#4 Chick-Fil-A vs. McDonalds

My use of Twitter in the past compared to my twitter use in this class is like comparing McDonalds to Chick-Fil-A. Both fast food restaurants, both serve chicken, but are completely and utterly different. Exploring Twitter in these past few weeks has taught me more than it has in the past 4 years. Before I would just scroll through my timeline for a really cute puppy video and now I am searching for tools that I can use in my future career. Crazy right? Before this class I was completely unaware of the teaching network and connections that Twitter housed, and I am so honored to now be apart of the community. One thing I found that was interesting was a teacher with a sign on her classroom door welcoming her peers to stop by and leave feed back as to how much her students were engaged and how she was presenting the content. I thought this was such a cool idea because a lot of the time teachers struggle to find feedback in order to improve. I will hopefully use Twitter to share content with my kids, give homework reminders, and find new ideas for lessons!


The digital divide is the divide between students that have access to technology and the students that do not. I cannot even fathom what my academic journey would be like without technology. Like students in the podcast I have always had technology at my fingertips. From as early as I can remember always had access to a computer. When kids have to rely on out of date computers at their library it can really put them behind.  Especially when preparing for college. How to we expect kids to feel ready for higher education if they have never worked with Microsoft Word, Power Point or Excel? We use these tools everyday and I have never stopped once to even think about how much they impact my academic career.

When looking at a website there are many things that one might need to consider. Like author, bias, content, design, and Technical elements. (ABCDT) This is what translates to my mind.

Translation: who wrote this? Are they trying to persuade me? What am I reading?  Does it look pretty? and Are there cool links and social media buttons?

Most of the time websites do have all the bells and whistles to make it functional as well as ascetically pleasing. However, when they do not I always have a baby panic attack. I become frantic and confused. I then proceed to complain to my roommates. I then give up trying to find whatever I was looking for on the website and find myself standing in front of my refrigerator to stress eat. Or just eat because I am always hungry.

I personally think the most important part of a website is to be able to easily navigate through it and find what your looking for.