As a student I have used Microsoft Word over many years. I have used it as a way to write essays for all my classes. I typically only used it when I needed to write an essay or create a project that requires clip art. Because it comes with many different fonts, font sizes, and shows how many words you've written, it makes it the ideal tool to write your essay. Also because it has clipart it makes it an ideal tool to use when creating a project such as a brochure, flyer, etc. I've seen teachers use it to make tests, flyers, or write up instructions for a paper or project. Both teachers and students use it often because it is an easy tool when typing up something for class.
Copyright is "a form of intellectual property that gives the creator exclusive right for a period of time"(Lever-Duffy 242). Because of copyright, a work can only be copied if the owner of the copyright gives permission. I've been taught at a young age from many teachers that copying another person's work is wrong and unethical and if you do you must quote and cite the source you used. I have seen many of my classmates get in trouble because they forgot to cite sources that they used so I have learned not to after watching them get zeros on papers and such. As a teacher I would too take off points for students that forget to cite their work because as an adult it becomes even more important that we don't. Legal action can be taken and teaching kids at a young age that it's not okay to plagiarize is important.
Learning how to use Twitter and other social networks allow me to present myself so that it's easy for employers to find me and understand better who I am. Twitter specifically I learned how to write a brief summary of what I want to say because it only allows me to type 140 characters at a time. In my future career this allows me to get my point across in less words which will help because kids typically zone out if a teacher talks too long or too much at a time. Or if there are too many words on a paper they feel overwhelmed usually.
Works Cited:
Lever-Duffy, J., & McDonald, J. B. (2003). Teaching and learning with technology (5th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
I agree with what you said about Twitter. I also have learned to write briefly because of the 140 character limit. Nice job!!
ReplyDeleteThat is true that Twitter helps you work to get your point across in fewer words, which is very beneficial! I never thought of Twitter teaching this, so very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI agree, twitter has taught me how to summarize what I want to say in fewer words because of the character count!
ReplyDeleteI agree, twitter has taught me how to summarize what I want to say in fewer words because of the character count!
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point about the need to teach students about proper citation because they will need the skill throughout their lives. Society is becoming more and more dependent on the internet and the majority of research and information is taken from online sources. Good job this week!
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point about the need to teach students about proper citation because they will need the skill throughout their lives. Society is becoming more and more dependent on the internet and the majority of research and information is taken from online sources. Good job this week!
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