Blogging with Bri™

 ✰    When looking for inspiration, I went to the Florida State University Schools (aka Florida High) homepage. Last Spring semester (2020), I did field experience at FSUS before the pandemic hit when I was in EDF 1005: Introduction to Education class. It was ~very~ easy to find with all of its information, and it lists everything for departments for parents and teachers and resources for all viewing parties. I like the students and parents section where it lists policies for absences, Testing calendars, Code of Conduct rules, etc. Here is the link for Florida State University Schools website  ✰     With technology, I want to effectively manage my workload, but also use technology to implement and engage students. For myself, I definitely will be using extensions like Grammarly and Kami, which are chrome extensions that allow grammar and structure for documents. Kami is more for annotation and transfer between documents, where Grammarly is more for helping ...

✰     My experience with Diigo has been fairly positive, even when it was my first time using the extension. I had some trouble adding the extension, but once I got it, it was easy to use and highlight through articles. I really like the highlight option and you can see it under your bookmark. I don't normally actively bookmark things within a group, but it's great for personal bookmarking for academic sources. ✰     Outside of the class, I never really had a proper blogging experience. So far, it's been enjoyable, and I enjoy just typing out my opinions about educational technologies. I wish the prompts were a little more personalized with providing examples, but I understand the use of privacy and access to information.  During the learning process, I have learned how to convey my feelings with words and I have also learned how to apply images as well as crediting them in blog posts. I also learned about styling the blog and personalizing it as my own. ✰ ...

 ✰     This week we talked about the Digital Divide and Website Evaluations. But first! I should mention my Twitter experience and usage before we dive in. I never had an interest in Twitter, so it was not useful for me. I usually was interacting with my friends and popular accounts, but I liked following academic institutions or followed some people in the education world. Twitter might be helpful in terms of connecting with colleagues and understanding and gaining new information, but I do not see it in use for the future. ✰     The Digital Divide is known as the technological gap between people who do and do not have access to technology. Whenever there is an educational gap, I get really passionate about it because I want students to have equal access to knowledge and education so they can be successful in the future. The Digital Divide affects students in not having the right technology access as others based on demographics and skills provided in their edu...

 ✰     This week in class, we discussed Internet Searching, ELA Standards, and tools in CPALMS. ELA Standards are defined differently by each state, whether they are under Common Core learning standards or another educational standard curriculum. On the FLDOE website, I chose the 7th grade ELA standards and one of the standards listed as being able to compare and contrast a text to another form of the said text, such as audio, a video, or a multimedia form, and being able to analyze it. This standard was one of the standards that I feel comfortable teaching. As a future history teacher, there are various forms of analyzing different documents that history has recorded, and it comes easy for me to compare and contrast two different documents using the same message  ✰     CPALMS is known as the online toolkit for resources and skills for teachers! For this site, I once again chose 7th grade Social Sciences, and I found some cool resources that I liked. Most o...

✰    This week, we talked about the use of copyright and fair use. Copyright is when by under the law, an individual has the right to perform, reproduce, distribute, and display publicly on their presented work (whether it be a video, a song, movie, etc.). Fair use is when you use someone else's work and remaking a small bit from it for non-commercial use and to make new meaning of it. It is important to understand these concepts since as a teacher, you need to be able to give credit when it is due to others. We will be making lesson plans that others may use, and when we publish it out into the open, we have to be aware to make it our own and encourage our students to credit this material that they learn and look up material as well. ✰     There are also technology implementation issues that teachers will face among their students. One of these issues is academic dishonesty, and it affects students both offline and online academic platforms.  Sometimes, st...

✰    When it comes to MS Word, I feel like I have used this program for the majority of my educational career. I was introduced to Word around 6th grade, which is as far I can remember using it. Before middle school, we did lots of writing on pen and paper, but I feel like the more assignments I did on Word, it helped me understand how to manage around the settings in Word. I like using Word when I use it for papers or write stories when I have downtime (as a college-kid working a job, that is not usually the case). I have familiarized myself with the tools and skills that most students know how to use when writing a paper. Whenever I go on a different word-processing program, like Google Docs, it isn't as nicely formatted as it is with Word; I also feel uncomfortable using Google Docs because I rarely use it. ✰      In our EME 2040 class this week, we talked about how teachers incorporate technology with their educational and professional networks. We talk...

      ✯   Hi, my name is Bri! Welcome to my blog! ❤  I  am 19 years old (20 in March, wow I feel old), and I am a second-year student studying Social Sciences Education while minoring in Child Development at FSU. I am a huge fine arts kid at heart, and I've done choir and theatre for seven years. I am involved with Women's Glee Club, an open-access all-women choir, and this semester, we're working and debuting on a major, new cantata called the Suffrage Cantata by Andrea Ramsy (it is dedicated and written for the Women's Suffrage Movement!). I also work at Starbucks outside of campus, and I love making coffee drinks and connecting with customers and my fellow partners. Some fun facts about me: Favorite Music Bands/Artists: Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, Waterparks, and Walk the Moon Favorite TV Show: RuPaul's Drag Race (currently watching Season 13), Friends, and The Good Doctor Favorite Starbucks Drink(s): Iced Caramel Macchiatos with Almondmilk, Cold Bre...