Kasey- EME2040 Blog

 I'm unfortunately unable to find any class websites because it doesn't appear that any school district that I search for doesn't have their teachers make class websites and the few links that I found no longer function. If I try to search for "teacher websites" or "class websites" I'm only given websites containing resources for teachers and not ones for a specific classroom. The best I could find was the staff of Roberts Elementary School all providing a list of their favorite things so their students can get to know them better, much like the "About" page in a teacher website: https://www.leonschools.net/domain/5013 From what I remember from my third grade teacher's website (this was about 15 years ago so my memory is a bit fuzzy), my teacher had a link to her monthly newsletter, announcements regarding any upcoming assignments, and an "About Me" page. Seeing as I was too young to own a computer, the website was more for th...

SC.912.TI.2.8-  Evaluate the consequences of misrepresenting digital work as your own. This standard teaches students about the concept of plagiarism and how serious of an offense academic dishonesty can be. It also goes into the legal aspects of copyright infringement and I feel that will show students that not only is plagiarism cheating, it is also illegal. I feel prepared to teach my students to create their own works and how to properly credit any outside sources they may use in their works. I'll definitely use this site in the future for more learning-related matters.   Playing around with the CPALMS resources, I can see just how useful it'll be in the future. I'm able to find hundreds of lesson plans relating to all sorts of subjects. I searched for English-specific lesson plans and came across multiple relating to Fahrenheit 451, The Odyssey and other epic poems and how they can relate to modern day America. I'll definitely use these in the future, just in case ...

 So far, blogging doesn't seem to be that different form journaling, something I've been doing for years now. A disadvantage to blogging, however, (at least within the context of this class) is that I feel limited as to what I can write. I'm responding to prompts more than I am getting my feelings out. I love writing but so far blogging seems to lack some of the passion that the craft normally holds. I am firmly against Generative A.I. and am very concerned at how it is seemingly going to become a staple of human life. As a future educator, I feel that I'll have my work cut out for me, seeing as the younger generations are overly reliant on generative A.I. and critical thinking is less emphasized. Now that students can just ask Chat GPT to summarize a book that they find too difficult or even write an essay on said book, it brings forth an alarming realization that Artificial Intelligence is seeming to overwrite human intelligence. I was exempt from using Generative A.I...