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 Twitter/Instagram - Personal Learning Network

I've used instagram in my personal life and it has become a part of my personal learning network over the years as a resource for researching information and also to inspire me  with new ideas in my personal life. I've been interacting with a few teachers that are also "influencers" plus a few suggested by the professor of EME 2040. My cousin is also a teacher and has made a few recommendations as well of people to follow and use as resources and inspiration. I've found twitter beneficial as well, deciding to use twitter rather than instagram for the assignment in order to expand my horizons. I'm not entirely sure how this will aid me in the future more than it already has thus far but it could be more helpful as the social media platforms evolve.

Digital Divide

The Digital Divide affects student success in that it creates so many obstacles in their ability to learn and actively participate in learning and social activities due to an assumption of the average standard of living. The Digital Divide can be caused by a lack of digital literacy, barriers in education like virtual learning, differences in income and economic stability, and things like gender and geography being discriminated against. Teachers may experience all of the conditions listed above and are forced to adapt and assist the students by leveling the playing field and making each child receive the same opportunities as their peers. this may affect teaching strategies and make things more difficult by providing additional materials on your own dime, teaching beyond your job description to ensure a level playing field for everyone, or even going back to basics to reteach those who have an incorrect understanding of material or technology the students are using.

Academic Software

Amplify and teacherspayteachers.com are both academic software for students, or to be used for students that I found very interesting and helpful to use. teacherspayteachers.com is something I've used in the past for powerpoint templates and other resources for non-profit and religious organizations, though I'm aware of certain school districts that prohibit use of this software for teacher's use in the classroom. I'll probably use these in the future, though I may also use the software capterra as well since I looked into it after a classmate posted about it on Diigo. I would like to use these in the future, mainly teacherspayteachers.com, as something for resources and inspiration for curriculum and interactive activities - or using amplify as it looks incredibly easy to use and for all ages (capterra being a resource only to find other resources for the most part).



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