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 1. I don't think that Twitter will be very helpful in my future career. Although I had not interacted much on Twitter before this class, it has helped me find access to other teachers on the website. However, I keep in mind that it can be hard to trust what people say/advocate for on these websites, as the internet provides anonymity that makes it hard to track credibility. With that in mind, I intend to avoid using Twitter in my future teaching career. 2. The digital divide determines how connected some of the students are, with those who are unable to enter the digital world being left out in the divide. This prevents all students from being able to interact with one another on the same level, leaving certain students left out of groups that discuss coursework. Because these students are unable to interact with their peers about homework, they are often left to their own means when outside of school. This leads to these students having worse grades as a result. With this in mind...

1. I will be looking at grade 12, and benchmark  SC.K2.CS-CP.2.4 . This benchmark askes teachers to make a simple program using code in Computer Science and Programming, and I can confidently say that I am not prepared to teach this course. Most of the education courses I've attended so far discuss the ethics and practices of teaching, not so much the material of the courses I'd be teaching. Although I do not know if computer science courses for primary school are offered, I imagine they may be few and far between. 2. I took a look and the Genes and Health toolkit for this. I believe that this toolkit, as well as the others, provide a good base line for lessons on the subject matter that they discuss. Additionally, the Genes and Health toolkit also provides some practice students could possibly use to test their knowledge of the material. However, I couldn't seem to find a section discussing the benchmark I found on creating a simple program using computer science. 3. Being...

I believe that schools should be exempt from certain copyright laws. Although I understand why this isn't the case (faculty or students stealing and using software/other materials outside of the classroom), I still believe that it would make educators' lives much easier by allowing them to be exempt from these laws. As a teacher though, I'd try to find ways to provide my own instructional materials to my students. I believe that doing so could make the material more accessible/applicable to the students than the copyrighted materials could.  I'd confront the issue of student privacy by using software/websites that allow students to provide answers anonymously while I still know who gave the answer. Additionally, whenever these activities are happening, I'd place folders in between students to make sure privacy is ensured. If students wish, they can take down their folders if they wish to share their answers with their peers. Students should be enabled to have privac...