Academic Dishonesty and Cyberbullying

Technology has been incorporated into my learning experience now more in college. In high school, they made it a requirement that we take one online class in order to be able to graduate. Now in college, it seems as if everything is online. We are given discussion posts, resources, quizzes, and even tests online. We are also allowed to use our computers to take notes which is awesome. I feel like the most technology I used in elementary and middle school was for AR tests and the smartboards.

Copyright and fair use is huge when it comes to the technology world. It is really hard sometimes because everything is on the internet. Making citations a requirement allows us to use websites and pictures while still crediting the source. There have also been websites developed to detect copyright issues which helps prevent misuse. Personally, I use these websites all the time, especially when writing a paper so I know I have cited everything correctly. 

The two main technology implementation issues I have chosen are academic dishonesty and cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a big problem because anyone can post things anonymously or through a fake page, anyone can say anything. Another thing is you can't really hold people accountable for things they say online. To tackle cyberbullying I would make sure my students know that anything said in our classroom websites will be reported to me and taken up with the principal and if any foul comments have been made it will be followed by in-school suspension. Academic dishonesty is also a huge issue because you can look anything up online while taking a test or a quiz. Ultimately cheating is easier for students when dealing with technology. To tackle academic dishonesty I would use turnitin.com to make sure my students are not copying each others work or someone's past work. 


I commented on Kemory and Noelle's post.

Technology In The Classroom!

I think there are a lot of influences on teachers and students to use technology in the classroom. I feel like the main thing that influences teachers and students to use technology in the classroom is that it's all around us. It's kind of hard to teach now without some type of technology. If the students are already going to try and be sneaky by using their phones, teachers might as well find a way to properly engage students with technology.

As I reflect on the ISTE Standards for Educators, the main standard that is meaningful to me is the learner one. I think it is important for teachers to consider themselves as students as well and always be willing to learn the new and upcoming technology and the new skills technology offers. One standard that is outside of my current skill set would definitely have to be the facilitator. It is out of my current skill set because I know how to find the data but I don't know how to properly use it in my classroom if I was a teacher.

Personally, I agree with the term digital native. To be a digital native means to be someone who grew up with or using the technology that is all around them. Today's youth literally has grown up playing with iPods and iPads of some sort. I feel like digital native teachers are more excited to use technology and aren't as afraid as digital immigrant teachers to use technology. My learning experience with teachers that are digital natives has been heightened as opposed to my learning experience with digital immigrants. I hope that as I get older I don't become a digital immigrant and always stay updated with the latest form of technology so I could teach my students better.

Welcome!

Hey Guys!

Welcome to my blog, I am so excited to start this semester! I have a pretty wide background with technology. I have been using technology since I was like 8. I went to tech school to be a filmmaker/vlogger therefore I am certified with all adobe products.  I also tried to make my own blog and keep up with it but I just completely failed because I had nothing to really write about or post about.

I hope to learn a lot in this class, specifically how to incorporate technology into my classroom. We are gonna be teaching a generation of students that literally grew up using technology. Technology is now being incorporated in many schools. I feel like technology is a good way to capture students' attention in an innovative way but I hope this class teaches me how to keep the students' attention and keep them interacting with me using technology. 

My results taught me quite a lot about myself. As you can see I got a 1 in the active category, 7 in intuitive, and 3 in visual and sequential. I am fairly intuitive but I'm flexible with the other categories. I  always knew I leaned more towards the visual side of learning because I like how pictures, graphs, and charts explain things as opposed to words. I did not really consider myself intuitive which is nice to learn so I can better use that as a strength.