Blog Post 2

As a student, Microsoft Word was used for almost every assignment I have done or created. From what I have seen, teachers use it less often than students. When a teacher asks for an assignment, most of the time the students use Microsoft Word to type it up, or just to look at the word count. When I use Word now, it's mostly for essays I will be submitting. I have also used Word for discussion boards I am required to post. Even for a discussion post on Canvas, I personally feel more comfortable using Microsoft Word to copy and past the prompt in, as well as type out my discussion so I can use spell check and track my word count. In my opinion, Microsoft Word is the most used out of all the Microsoft software's.

Back in high school, I took a class that helped students with their typing. At the beginning of the class we would use a software that would show a series of words and we would have to type them out and it would measure our speed of typing. This software was copyrighted. Because it was copyrighted, each computer needed the software downloaded so that the students could successfully use it. My high school must have purchased the software for each of these computers. When using Microsoft Word, there are pictures that are provided to you that are acceptable to use without copyrighting someone else's work. As a teacher, if I want to use a specific software and only certain computers have it, I need to make sure the school I work at correctly downloads or purchases this software on all of the computers.

The invention of technology has helped shape the world in many positive ways, but also in many negative ways. With this huge creation, people of all ages are able to do things that no one thought was possible. Within schools, the use of social media and the rise of students looking up inappropriate websites on school computers has led to school districts blocking certain websites. This has allowed teachers to limit some of the distractions that these students may encounter.  As a teacher, I will repeat countless times to my students to cite their sources to avoid copyright issues, as well as give students registers through ADA the extra time or resources they may need to succeed in the classroom. Because of the block on social media websites, social issues, such as cyberbullying, will most occur outside of the classroom. Although this is still a major issues today,  teachers need to discuss the importance of being kind to everyone and to not hide behind a keyboard and say mean things. When regarding ethical issues, plagiarism will not be tolerated and will be acted upon. Within a school environment there are certain things you cannot say, even with the first amendment, and that will be strictly enforced in my classroom.