Second Journal!

     As a student, MS Word has been the most used application in my career. Every paper that I have had to turn in for a class has been on done on Word. It's the program I'm most familiar with and the one that my teachers all approve of universally. I never even thought of using another application. Since the first grade, my elementary school took pride in teaching all their students how to become familiar with all the programs on their computers. In the class periods where we'd learn how to use Word, I would find myself practicing how to make brochures, flyers, and even invitations. I never really understood how to do more intricate things until I took the Computer Fluency course (CGS 2060) here at FSU. They went into more detail about each and every tab on the program. Personally, I see MS Word now solely as a way to write papers and create tests and quizzes. I've learned about different programs to make more visually appealing handouts and complete different organization methods. 

     In the past and even now in my courses, teachers have been very adamant about teaching us what exactly about copyright issues which led to the discussion of plagiarism and how it could negatively affect our futures anywhere. It's very tricky and I found that when my teachers would make visual presentations I understood it way more. I want to do that for my students, visually present the information in a presentation so they understand the ins and outs of copyright issues. 

     In Chapter 11, the three implementation issues that were mentioned included legal, social, and ethical issues. To solve the legal issues, I would help my students learn the right ways on how to use another persons material and how to properly give them the credit, and the wrong ways so that they will recognize it if they were to ever do it themselves. Teachers must also be aware of the social issues that will arise when implementing technology, such as cyber bullying and their overall safety when using said technology. To solve this would be to, again, teach them about the wrong and right ways to use technology. A workshop would be helpful and warning them about the dangers of using social media and the internet, while reminding that there are many positives to using technology. This leads to the ethical issues. Teachers must use their judgement on when are students old enough to be on the internet. You have to teach them how to be a respectful digital citizen and how to appropriately use the internet. Ethical issues also have to do with plagiarism and cheating. I will at least teach my students that while the answers for their homework might be on the internet, it's always better to do the work themselves and I will make myself available for any issues they should have to minimize the need for cheating.