Look forward to reading your post # 6!

Hi, everyone

Time flies! We are in Week 6 now. So far, you guys did a terrific job in completing the required blog post every week. I am so glad to have you in the class.

I enjoy reading your post # 5. You did a great job in discussing the ELA standards for different grades, tools on CPALMS, and Web 2.0 tools! You classmates talked about tools used in elementary school and Web 2.0 tools including:

• Creatly, a diagram maker, which was mentioned in the LAFS.910.SL.2.5 standard (Malyce) 
Instagram, the best photo-sharing platform (Edda, Jacob)
• Remind which provides an easy way for teachers to manage communication (Noelle, Malyce, Hayley)
• Kahoot for quizzes and games (Erika, Olivia Maihan)
• VoiceThread that we will explore later this semester (Alexis)
• Mindomo, one mind mapping tool (Morgan)
• Snapchat for sharing resources in one class (Liz) 
• Canva, a graphic design platform for creating graphics, presentations, and posters (Alina)
• ClassDojo for classroom management (Hannah)
• Keyboard without tearing, one website for helping kids learn to type while having fun (Hannah)
• LiveBinders, a digital folder for organizing your resources (Brittany)
• Create a graph for kids, Pixlr for editing photos online, Tik Tok for short video sharing (Kemory) 
• Prezi for making presentations (Olivia)

I look forward to checking your post # 6! Your sixth post should contain:

• Most schools require teachers to maintain a set of class pages on the school website. Visit a school website and look at a few class pages. Write a paragraph about what kinds of information you see publically, (students and parents likely have access to the information you will not see without log-in privileges). Include a screenshot and link to the site. Be sure to identify the school and grade of students.
• How does the Digital Divide affect student success in schools? What are some causes of the digital divide? Reflect on what you may experience as a classroom teacher and how this will affect your teaching strategies.
• Reflect on your early course experiences in Twitter. With whom have you been interacting and how have you found it beneficial? Are you experiencing any issues? How might Twitter be helpful in your future career?
• Add a simple paragraph indicating who you commented to at the ending of your post or add it as a comment to your own post.