Kaley's Blog

      In the classroom, Microsoft Word is unavoidable. We have been using Word to submit any form of typed assignment since elementary school, and continue to use it nearly every day in college. Due to its heavy usage it is critical to know how to use it, and format within it. Especially in college professors expect you to follow all MLA or APA guidelines to a tee and sometimes it can take longer to format the document than it does to actually write the paper, if you do not know how to use Word proficiently. Teachers use Word to write their syllabus, any assignment rubrics, and so much more.      As students we deal with Fair Use laws based on the amount that our teachers can and cannot post on Canvas for us to use. This can become annoying when teachers make you purchase an expensive textbook just to find out that you are only going to use a few pages. If a teacher could just post PDF scans of the book, then no one would have to buy it, but this isn't...

Many factors influence teachers and students to use technology in the classroom. Often times teachers and students have to use certain forms of technology because they are told that they have to do so. At FSU this semester many of my teachers have complained about having to shift from Blackboard to Canvas, which was a difficult shift for students as well. Having to learn a new way of doing things after doing it a different way for so many years can be difficult to readjust. Teachers and students are also influenced to use technology in the classroom because it can be a much more fun and efficient way of learning new material, by using programs and watching videos to experience things they never could have before. It can also make assignment submission and grading much easier, before a teacher would have to sort through hundreds of papers that they had to remember to bring home, but now they could just search the student's name and the document would appear immediately. One of the...

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Much like most of my generation, I use technology all day long, every single day. Social media such as Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook fill any empty time I manage to find with loads of aimless scrolling. Technology has been an increasingly large part of our education; we use it for research, submitting assignment, and communicating with our teachers and peer, as well as so much more. It is almost impossible to not be exposed to technology on a daily basis, which leaves even the least "techy" people at least around the 5 or 6 range on digital literacy, which is where I believe I fall as well. In this class I hope to take my educational skills to the next level and develop an understanding of more programs that will be beneficial to my professional life. I do not often use programs like excel and it would be helpful to know how to use it to its maximum potential. Especially now, one of the things that sets our younger generation apart from a more experienced candi...