EME2040

       I first made an Instagram around the 6th or 7th grade when the app was first released. I used the app free-spiritedly, posting my uneventful school lunches and selfies with my dog. I followed relatively everyone I knew who had an Instagram, including friends, family members, celebrities, and even teachers. Since then, the app has changed drastically, and the way I use and care for the app has changed as well. Today, I am more conscious of who I follow and who follows me - for example, coworkers, employers, and, ironically, even some family members cannot access my Instagram profile. I prefer to keep my social media presence very private now compared to my earlier days on the apps. Although I do see the benefits of having a social media presence accessible to students, I would like to continue this separation of professional and social spaces.       The digital divide can affect students' confidence in the classroom, negatively influencing skill comprehension for certain stan

     As a teacher, I can enhance literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills by incorporating technology and ELA standards into my lesson plans. I focused on the 8th-grade ELA standards because I want to teach middle school students. After analyzing the standards, I understood the strategy of developing skills along the way and ultimately forming a solid foundation for assessing the credibility of both digital and print sources, effectively searching terms, and writing informative and explanatory texts with standard citations. I am confident in my current skill level to implement these standards within my curriculum because the skills covered in the standards seem relatively basic, and they're spaced out enough for me to cover the topics thoroughly.            The resource I picked was a cyberbullying lesson plan. The standard for this lesson plan is to integrate diverse media to emphasize the relevance of a topic or idea in oral or written tasks. The lesson plan had a ve