Since I began to use Twitter for this class, I’ve learned a lot about the different communities and resources that are available on the platform. I had never been a big fan of Twitter and never really used it personally so using it in this class was a learning curve. Though most of the accounts I’ve interacted with have been educational-based accounts. They provide tons of good resources about being a teacher and tools to use. I’ve viewed some of the online chats through hashtags and I really enjoy the thought-provoking questions presented to really make teachers and educators think.
A digital divide is a divide between those who have access to and don’t have access to technology devices. In the past, this was often an indication of the wealth gaps and divided “rich” from “poor.” Therefore, the digital divide occurs because of these separations of class, and students’ abilities to afford technologies. As a teacher, it’s our job to ensure that students have access to technology inside the classroom, because they may not have this access outside the classroom. When working with students who may not have access to technology outside the classroom and get to interact with it daily, may fall behind other students who are more familiar with technological tools. Therefore we have to adapt and work with students of all different backgrounds to teach them technology even in a “digital native” society. Teachers can make changes by allowing students to do all "technological work" inside the classroom.
While using Canvas for assignment 2 I learned a lot about the program and how it really operates. Being on the student side it’s hard to get an understanding of how the site works and how we can use it as an educator. It was interesting to learn how to add hyperlinks, and how to connect all the pages together. While I did enjoy using the program and think it’s pretty simple for all educators to use. I feel that there were some features that made it confusing and hard to access. Such as when pasting a table, you have to ensure you adjust its settings to that it can be viewed properly. I feel this was super helpful to prepare me to make a canvas course for my own students. Understanding how to make pages and connect them so that its accessible to students is super important.