Blog Post #2

  My experience using MS Word dates back to 6th grade when I came to U.S. It was the first time using such tool, since writing an essay was not part of a curriculum in South Korea. Since then, I've gotten used to the functions MS Word provides, from inserting pictures to inserting equations and symbols, as I'm a student in math. I prefer using MS Word, rather than other softwares. I've tried using others, such as Libre Office which is a free document editing software. However, since almost all of the tutorials or how-to insturctions on different types formatting, like APA or MLA, are on MS Word, it was hard for me to meet the requirement, such as headings and footnotes, using other sofwares, so I had to go back to MS Word.

 To me, the most meaningful standard among the ISTE Standards for Educators is the Analyst. To me, the standard Analyst means that educators need to understand how to gather data and use data from various technologies available to help students learn. We are living in the era of Big Data. There are several organizations using various technologies to gather and analyze data from students' academic performances in order to influence legislations on education. The problem is that the result can be skewed for various reasons, such as biases and generalizations. In order to understand how legislations can impact how we, as educators, can help the students learn, we need to be familiar with the tools these legislations are based on.

 Being a digital native is being born in an era in which citizens are familiar with the digital technology. Most of my teachers were very similar in how I used technology. Some of them were even more advanced in technology, such as creating their own websites to publish class subjects. For example, my physics teacher in high school created her own website to upload all the works she have done to help students learn throughout her career, and I was able to use some of them to help myself. I anticipate the next generation's big technology being a VR and AI. Since I'm not familiar with those technologies, unless I familiarize myself with it later on my career, I would have troubles to see how future generations might want to use those technologies to help themselves.