8 Tech Talk

I personally really like the AlwaysPrepped tool which allows teachers "to gather their students’ progress from multiple resources and then to numerically and visually analyze achievement. This helps teachers to better target instruction for their particular learners." I think this is great because you can create groups based on what you need to work on with them.

I think Oculus would be so fun to use in a classroom. You can take students on field trips that you couldn't feasibly go to. You could also set up simulations so they can learn about different history and science topics. For instance say you wanted to do a lesson on the Gettysburg Address and you wanted your students to experience Abe Lincoln talking, assuming there was video then, you could find a simulation of him speaking and put the students directly into the action.

The digital divide is the divide between those with readily access to computers and those without this access. I personally am on the side who does have access, although I wasn't always. In school if I had a project I had to work out extensions with my teachers so I could make sure that I had enough time to go to the library to do it. Now that I'm in college I have a computer that I can use and access to computers walking distance away for when mine is acting up.

I think the digital divide might create some of the problems that I had to work with in school because not everyone has access to a computer. Like, not being able to get an assignment in on time. I would try to remedy this by giving extensions to those who don't have access to computers and by allowing them extra time whenever they are free to come to my class to work on their assignments, whether that be before school, after school, or during lunch. The teachers who always did that were the best because it made me feel like they cared about me getting my work done they weren't just like "whatever guess you're going to fail" like some teachers I had.

I feel like another way I could help out the students who can't get to a computer by setting up days to go to the media center or computer lab and having the whole class work on the assignment there. I had a few teachers who did that in school and I feel like it worked really well.