Blog Post #3
Cyberbullying is a major issue in technology use, especially among kids. Since I want to teach younger ages, I will need to ensure that technology is used very carefully within my classroom. I never want my future students to be vulnerable to cyberbullying, so I will closely monitor their technology use. We can utilize technology as a mostly class-wide tool, instead of doing a lot of personal activities. Since my future students will be young, their tech will probably be minimized and proctored by the school, so they will only have access to a few pre-approved resources. This close monitoring will lower the chances that cyberbullying will occur in the classroom.
Copyright and fair use are important topics for both users and creators. As a user of other people's materials, I need to be sure to give credit correctly. If I, as a teacher, decide to publish instructional or other materials, I will want to make sure that others are using them in a way that is fair to me. Understanding copyright and fair use will help me to ensure that they do, and I can set my standards for how my creations are used.
Through making my first newsletter, I have learned various strategies. First, I had to figure out how to fit all of the information in a concise and visually pleasing way. I also had to learn how much color and contrast to add, without making it look like "too much." This assignment helped me figure out other functions in Word to set up text and images in a nice-looking and attention-grabbing way. I now feel confident that I can make newsletters and other flyers for my future classroom, hopefully making them more visually pleasing each time.
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