Experiences With Twitter

 My experiences with Twitter have always been minor prior to this class, mostly keeping up with sports and news rather than any direct social interactions. When I made my account for this class, (@anastasia_2040) it quickly got suspended, which I can't really explain honestly. I have submitted a few appeals to get it back, but there has been no response so far. I hadn't posted anything by the time I was suspended, and was only following the required accounts and a few official college accounts. While I can't really comment on interactions on Twitter because of this, I can say that viewing accounts that tweeted out information on the materials they cover is useful in planning my own lesson plans.

The digital divide has had a clear effect on student success as people can utilize exponentially more tools for learning than before the digital divide. The internet creates more and more opportunities for learners to enrich their education while also giving ample ways for one to distract themselves from their education if they aren't careful. Being a teacher will mean certain things need to be given more focus such as giving students extra resources to allow them to learn outside of class. It will also mean being extra cautious of the multitude of ways students can be academically dishonest such as receiving help beyond what the class allows.

A tool that I would like to use in my classroom would be Discord. I feel like Discord is a very useful application for learning, and I have made several study groups in various class servers. Teachers can hold a moderator position and step back from the conversation, while overseeing that no dishonesty is occurring. Another tool I would use in my classroom would be Quizlet. I think that allowing students to make and share quizzes with each other is a great tool, especially in the social aspect of studying.

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