Lily's Exceedingly Educational Education Blog

  My Diigo Experience  I've had a limited exposure to Diigo thus far. That being said, I do have some basic opinions on it. I think that as a classroom tool, it is useful to share important links and informative sites. This makes it more centralized and convenient for everyone in the class to see what they need to. That being said, I think the user interface feels a little outdated and could be more visually appealing.  My Blogging Experience I never had much experience blogging prior to attending this class. Now that it has been fully integrated into my educational routine, I definitely enjoy it. As someone with an aesthetic eye, it's always fun to organize my thoughts in visually pleasing ways, especially when talking about topics I'm interested in. Outside of class, I'd probably enjoy it even more without being restricted to answering specific questions, but understand that this kind of structure is necessary in a classroom environment. Web 2.0 During my years in the...

Exposure to Twitter I started using Twitter in 8th grade primarily to read tweets from artists and celebrities I was interested in. That element is still present in how I use Twitter today, but my current usage has evolved a bit too. I frequently use it to contact friends, and for a while, primarily used it for news and keeping up with global political discussions. Unfortunately, Elon Musk bought the company in late 2022, and my overall usage and faith in the site has plummeted. It is still very helpful for basic networking, but with massive employee layoffs, the consistent promotion of far right wing ideals, (particularly transphobia and Covid denial), and several detrimental changes to the site's design, my future with it is totally up in the air. The Digital Divide The digital divide is a huge problem in education today. With technology being so heavily integrated into most of our daily lives, the fact that many households don't even have internet access is unfortunately oft...

Copyright and Fair Use Generally speaking, I am of the opinion that the current copyright and fair use system is extremely antiquated  and primarily exists to line the pockets of inordinately wealthy entertainment companies, but let's not get into all of that. In theory, the copyright system is meant to provide legal protection of various forms of media and intellectual property so that said work is not stolen or appropriated without proper compensation. Fair use is a particularly complicated facet of this system which is meant to provide other creators the ability to use said materials without penalty. This is done by limiting acceptable uses of copyrighted content, (other than paid licensing), to categories such as artistic critiques, satire, commentary, and most importantly in our case, educational settings. This means that as long as there is no monetary gain associated with the material's use in the classroom, it is free to use.  To go on an amusing tangent that shows a b...