Hailey's Blog

       Over the past few days, I have been able to gain experience in navigating Diigo for my education technology course. I enjoyed that Diigo has an extension that can be installed on Google Chrome as it made it very easy to highlight and create sticky notes on articles and other resources. I also like that groups of people can connect on Diigo to share resources. This would be ideal for college and high school classes as it works on important annotation, communication, and collaboration skills. Overall, I enjoyed the platform and would enjoy using it in the future.      I have enjoyed my experience blogging over the past few weeks as a means of completing assignments. I think that this is a unique way to discuss topics and encourages thoughtful reflection and responses. Had it not been for this course, I likely would never have started a blog as I do not wish to post long entries about my own personal life publicly. Although I, personally, would not enjoy blogging about my own life,

 I have been on Instagram since I was in the later years of elementary school. While a large portion of my time spent on Instagram has been purely for entertainment value, I have recently begun utilizing Instagram as a means of learning and networking. I now use Instagram largely to find information about current events and updates within my professional and academic life. I currently follow accounts of several professional organizations and important people within the field of ABA which allows me to learn about upcoming events and opportunities for involvement. I plan to continue using Instagram in this way and I hope that it allows me to meet people with similar professional and academic goals. I think the digital divide is an important concept that needs to be considered by educators when planning lessons and activities. While it can be easy to overgeneralize and think that every student has internet access and knows how to navigate technology, this is not always true. Many students

 The ELA standard that I chose is LAFS.2.RI.2.5 which is a 2nd grade standard. This standard outlines that students should be able to utilize several different types of text features to determine important information about the reading. These text features could include headings, icons, images, and electronic menus. I feel slightly prepared to teach on this topic, as I am familiar with several types of text features and feel comfortable teaching about how to navigate these features and use them to learn about the reading. I would be able to find several examples and walk the class through locating and discussing the importance of these text features.  The CPALMS standard that I chose is MA.2.AR.1.1 which is a 2nd grade math standard. This standard requires that students can solve 1 and 2-step addition and subtraction real-world problems. There are several resources for this standard, including a formative assessment where students are required to compare word problems. This involves st