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Twitter is something that can now be considered as controversial. Overall I mainly use twitter for humor and to be caught up in all the dumb celebrity drama. Usually I don't typically tweet I will most likely just retweet and favorite tweets that are appealing to me. Twitter is very beneficial as it can helps spread news and awareness, it can also help people become famous which is pretty cool. In the future twitter would be a good way to have students interact with one another and share ideas and thoughts openly without fear of speaking up.
The digital divide is something the gap between those who have technology and those who do not have access to it. The digital divide affects students success in school because is proven that those who don't have access to technology are at a disadvantage because they won't be able to access all the resources out there for academic such as online academic softwares or interactive study apps. As a teacher I believe that digital divide can be a problem but there are so many different ways to teach and learn without technology.
In my future classroom 2 academic softwares I would implement are Kahoot It! and One note. Kahoot It! offers a fun interactive activity to get kids to participate in class. It allows the teacher to provide questions with 4 answers and then it allows the student to participate by choosing an answer on their technological device. On the other hand One Note is used to benefit the students as it is a great way to take notes during class and allows for good organization during note taking.

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