BLOG #2

     Microsoft Word began to be a huge part of my career as a student beginning in middle school. I began to need Microsoft Word to write essays and print them out to turn in every once in a while. Once high school began, my use of Microsoft Word sky-rocketed as it was now needed more frequently as more essays were required. High school was also when it began to be the norm to submit essays electronically. This is something that would not be able to be done without Microsoft Word or other word processing programs. 

     Copyright and fair use of materials is something I had never gave much thought to until now. It is clear teachers simply do not have the time to create their own worksheets and materials for every single thing they teach, so I never bat an eye when I received materials from my teachers that were clearly reproduced from another source. The use of previously made, copyrighted works benefit both the teacher and the students as the U.S Copyright Law allows teachers to display and perform copyrighted works without issue. In my classroom, I will use copyrighted works that are well-made and fit into my curriculum, along with making my own materials to better suit my specific students as well. 

     Technology can not come without technology implementation issues. Academic honesty will be addressed in my classroom with a discussion about why it is best to do your own work, along with noticing similarities in turned-in assignments with the assignments of other classmates or sources online. Cyberbullying will be addressed in my classroom with a discussion explaining what is it, why not to do it and what to do if you are cyberbullied. To address the digital divide, whenever I assign and assignment that a computer and internet is needed for, I will bring my students to the library to provide equal opportunity to all my students.