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I feel most confident with all of the multimedia standards. Since I have personally been through all of the standards during my time in grade school, I feel confident in my ability to integrate many various forms of the same content in my lessons and also assign projects to my students that I know will allow them to gain knowledge for themselves of incorporating various forms of media in their own work. I have been familiarized with incorporating articles, videos, charts and also being able to analyze and compare the different medias. I feel very confident in my ability to pass this knowledge on to my students.

The book gave a few options for search engines to use in the classroom, however, I believe that using google may end up being simpler to implement in the classroom. Most students and I are already very familiar with google so I would not have to take the time to teach myself or my students the process of an unfamiliar search engine. I would implement technologies for collaboration and make requirements to include various resources that include different media types. Ideally, I will be teaching middle school or high school so positive digital citizenship should already be introduced. However, many students at this age may feel above the rules or may be more inclined to disobey set expectations. In this case I will be sure to stay consistent with instructions, punishments, and being sure to lead by positive example.

The newsletter assignment, to be honest, gave me a bit of frustration. Word can be temperamental and uncooperative. This being said, I did learn to incorporate decorative details such as borders and shading of certain paragraphs. This will highly improve the look of many of my future projects and assignments. I also learned just how much word can work against you, this will be extremely helpful in future assignments so I can expect issues and allow extra time for completion. 

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I have used Microsoft Word every year as a student since at least fourth grade. Whether it was for typing an essay, preparing paragraphs for a science fair project, or simply typing a word to make sure I was spelling it correctly on paper. MS Word is how almost all my teachers typed their syllabi, test, and worksheets.

Copyright was a pretty big deal in my high school, there was a no tolerance policy regarding plagiarism. I have encountered many of the websites discussed in the text, such as TurnItIn. I believe that if content is copyrighted then the one who has the rights to the context should be compensated for the usage by others, so as a teacher I would employ websites to ensure my students were creating their own work and ultimately understand the material without having to take thoughts from others. I did think that not being able to google search an image to use in class lessons could be difficult, but after viewing the images MS has in clip art, I no longer see that as a major concern.

I think that Twitter and other such networks can be super helpful to keep in contact with parents of students in my classes. I could also tweet homework and test reminders for my students. Twitter can also create surveys so I could gage how well my students feel about their knowledge on a subject. I could also take the network out of the classroom with advertising school events and/or games.

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Computers are a very useful tool for both students and teachers. Computers are a useful tool in preparing presentations, lesson plans, taking attendance, and communicating with your class. Students need to be able to navigate computers so the will be ready to enter the 21st century work force. However important, incorporating some of the always new, changing, and emerging programs takes up time and financial resources that many teachers and schools do not have.

Like many other forms of standards, the ISTE has pros and cons. The fact that students are mandated to learn certain technological topics by specific times, I think is extremely important. However, there are situations where some students may not have the same access to practicing skills which creates an unequal learning curve. One of the included standards that I think is awesome is the communication and collaboration. This is something that as a younger student I did not get immersed in which has created difficulty as I have had to work in many groups over the past few years. Something I might have trouble with as a teacher would be facilitating and inspiring student learning and creativity. The reason for this is that each student has different motivations to learn, and learning those and trying to incorporate them into lessons for each student seems incredibly difficult.

To be a “digital native” means to have been born in the era of technology, not knowing a world/life without it. For the majority of my age group I would say I agree with the term, however there is a minority who do not have access to technology and do know a life without it. For me, most of what I know about technology has come from my teachers, they taught me how to use a mouse, type, navigate Microsoft (all at different points in my education, of course). As for myself and future students, it is hard to say just because who knows what new and innovative technologies will be out in the world in 10, 20, or 30 years from now. I would love to say that I will know more and be more in tune with technology than my students but that could very potentially not be the case.

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