This is something that is very important. Often times we are just told to use a certain tool for an assignment, but no one really considers the issues that using this tool could bring. I feel like sometimes I will be using a tool for an assignment and I am not sure how to fully use it. Especially in schools, we need to be considering the problems that these tools could bring or cause.

I think that this is an important model and we need to be implementing this more in schools. No two children learn the same, so it is important to provide the learning in multiple different ways.

This is what we need to start prioritizing. It's crazy to see how many websites and tools are not inclusive.

This is so important. I think that it is important that we are using positive reinforcement when it comes to giving feedback. Whenever a teacher would give me positive feedback in high school, it made me more motivated to keep going. Although positive reinforcement is helpful, we also have to remember to use constructive criticism to help students to continue to learn.

I am surprised that this is just in California, I would have thought that more states would want to follow this

This is so concerning to hear. I was not aware that internet providers would be sharing our location data, if anything I thought that they would be the last ones to share our information with third parties

Something that I have noticed in the past few weeks is how popular Chat GPT is becoming. I'll be sitting in lectures and I see people using this. While I think that it is important that all technology should be accessible, we should be aware that sites like Chat GPT could be giving us false information. If used correctly, I do think it is a helpful source though.

This is scary to think about. I have never thought about how so many websites may have my information simply because I signed up for websites. I feel like this should be especially concerning for younger students, these websites may have access of students' address, school, name, date of birth, etc. This also made me realize that we need to teach more about internet safety and teach about this kind of stuff.

I feel like as a college student this happens to me a lot. Professors are always asking us to make accounts to do things likes readings, assignments, etc. Sometimes I don't think that certain websites would have access to things UMass is supposed to be keeping secure

This is something that is very important. Sometimes when I am on campus using wifi and then I go off campus and I can't use a certain tool because I am not connected to wifi. I also think that it is important to remember that sometimes people's wifi goes in and out and the tool should be able to sustain that.

This is definitely something that teachers can bring into the classroom. I feel like the teacher should be making everything accessibly and removing barriers to improve the education that the students are receiving

This is something that is very important to keep in mind, especially is you are teaching virtually. You want to make sure that all students have access to the tools

It definitely important that the tool you are having your student use is easy to use. Sometimes students get stressed that they will not finish an assignment because they do not know how to use the tool

This is something that I have never realized. When professors and teachers assign reading most of them use PDFs and I never realized that they may not be accessible for some people

This happens a lot to me still in college. many professors will try to show a video in class but the audio does not work and then they do not know what to do for the rest of the class.

I often find that when there are so may features, I tend to get stressed out and I am not sure what feature to use.

Providing multimodal instruction is important as some students learn better when they have an image or video to go off of

I feel like this is important to acknowledge. As a teacher, you want to make sure that your students are comfortable with the tools that they are learning. When I was in high school, I would often feel stressed if I was using a tool that I was not aware of because I like like I was going to get everything wrong.

I feel like a lot of students felt like this during covid. When school switch to completely virtual I feel like everyone was confused. Teachers did not know how to work zoom and all the feature that went along with it. We have to do all assignments online which was a new challenge. It was not anyone's fault as many people did not use technology in school and did not have a lot of background on the tools they were using.

This is something that makes me so upset. Education is already such a hard field as it is and teachers feeling isolated is so hard. I feel like this feeling got even worse throughout the pandemic as teachers were not able to connect with their students face to face. I have been observing in a kindergarten classroom this semester and luckily it seems like this school is very supportive and the teacher does not feel isolated. I hope that when I find a job, I end up at a school where I feel supported.

Some people tend to think that social media has no value for things such as research. While you shouldn't base all of your findings on social media, it is a helpful tool to find features.

Whenever I am doing a research paper, I always like to use databases to make sure that I am using the most reliable sources.

I did not know this feature existed, I will definitely be using this feature when I become a teacher.

As someone who wants to be a future educator I am always careful with what I am posting on the internet. If you have a PLN, it is important that you are being careful with what you post and how you present yourself on social media.