History in the eyes of College Sophomore.

Blog Post #3:  Decreased productivity due to the implementation of technology can be remedied by providing support to students struggling with academic discipline by motivating and recommending a system to decrease technology use in unhelpful ways. Also educating students on the dangers of consistent overuse of social media and how it affects mental health negatively. Students can be provided with alternatives to unhelpful technology use like journaling, art therapy, reading etc.  These can offer a healthy distraction from technology use in a way that is healthy and beneficial in the future. Students should also be encouraged to try new things and form hobbies in order to find a niche that they can spend more time in rather than just spend time using technology.  I have learned about fair use and copyright in school before. I have learned about copyright while taking a digital design class in high school. As a teacher, I will explain what copyright and fair use is to my s...

My experience with Word has always been divided. On one hand I like the multitude of functions it has compared to other software.  Like they more advanced page setups, AI integration, and just more play and ability to work with your design. On the other hand a lot of its functions are clunky and its not super friendly. All through my high school years I was mainly using Google Docs due to its simplicity and accessibility. I didn't need to buy a subscription or go through an app and multiple steps to write my paper. Google docs was just far more convenient. My worst experience with Word would be when I was working on a business project and any one small change to a page made everything change too, it might have been due to inexperience but that experience has been stuck with me.  Also whenever I tried to pdf the file everything would move around too much. That's why I stuck with Docs for majority of my high school years. At FSU after getting more accustomed and used to Microsof...

I hope to learn how to utilize technology in classrooms to help students learn. I want to learn about the different tools that teachers can use and also about the methods that they use to prevent student distractions. I would love to learn how to work these systems more efficiently and how to connect projectors or setup smartboards.  I will apply it in the future for my professor position, and it will help me with my professional as well as personal learning and work related to technology in class.  I grew up in an digital age so I have a lot of experience using computers and smartboards in school.  In middle school we learned how to use the computer and often used it for a lot of classes. It supported education but also made it hard to focus on the class with all the distractions. The use of smartboards helped the teacher with teaching as they didn't have to use chalkboards and made it easier to present information to students. In high school, a lot of homework and class...