So far, expanding my Personal Learning Network has been very helpful. I followed many high school English teachers for ideas on lesson plans, classroom designs, and how to better communicate to students. It is beneficial to me to see teachers loving their job and staying creative while teaching their students. Sometimes, I get frightful that I might not be a great teacher and I my students won't be engaged with my teachings, but the other English teachers make me feel more confident in my teachings and inspire me to always be learning alongside my students. My school that I attended K-8 was pretty digitally poor. There was 0 Chromebook carts the first 3 years of opening, with more and more being added throughout the years. There was one computer lab with enough computers for one class and not every teacher had a smart board/projector when the school first opened. My kindergarten year was the first year the school opened, so they were not super prepared for a large amount of studen...
Since copyright can be such a confusing subject with a system that pretty much goes by a case by case ruling, I would make sure to teach copyright very early in the year. This why, if any issues arise where students may need a license or need to cite someone properly, the lesson would have already happened, and the process can be much smoother because of it. Another benefit of teaching copyright early in the year is that the subject matter is not high-intensity. Although it can be confusing, students won't get worn out if that lesson is taught early in the year. I would probably teach it very similarly to how I was taught; first going over each symbol and title, then going into an example of using one and how to get one yourself. I am still confused on one thing: if someone tries to use an image that does not have a Creative Commons license attached, how are we supposed to credit the creator? My chosen issue is lack of funding, as I have had experiences at schools where there is a...