Bekah Koven's Blog

      Diigo is a very new site to me, it is pretty easy to navigate though, which I appreciate. One aspect I like about Diigo is, if you share a source someone also has, it will immediately show you the comments they left. This is very helpful as it can give another perspective on the source, and encourages collaboration. One aspect I dislike is the design, it is very plain and almost retro (as cliche as it sounds), I just wish it was a bit more modernized.     I really like blogging, it's not something I do outside of class mainly because it is difficult for me to think of things to blog about. Having prompts for blogs is very helpful for me, this way I have an idea of what I need to write about, and the rest comes easily for me. I have learned that blogging doesn't have to be structured fully formally, it can be a bit more casual which is something I really enjoy. Having to write something formally can be a bit stressful and difficult to do, so being able to w...

     I have found some accounts related to psychology and have been checking them for new information every couple of days. I find these accounts beneficial to me because they allow me to stay updated on current events in psychology, as well as find resources for research. Twitter is something I use personally pretty often, outside of the psychology field I use Twitter to stay up to date on stuff happening in the world. When something major happens, like when Queen Elizabeth died recently, I usually find out from Twitter. Some people may think using Twitter as a news source is not very reliable, but I think it's a way to find news from people like me, which makes it more digestible. I think Twitter will be very useful in my future career because I will be able to connect with people in my field, find new research, and just see what is going on in my career field.      The digital divide is something that is very important for everyone to be well-versed in, ...

      The grade level I chose to describe is 9-12. The 3rd standard is titled "Digital Tools" and it includes 2 specific benchmarks that should be surpassed at the end of 12th grade. The first benchmark basically says students should have the ability to describe different digital tools and how they are useful and effective for different tasks. The second benchmark basically says that students should be able to evaluate the usefulness of different file types and software programs for the specific purpose they are looking for, e.g. what program should be used for a spreadsheet? Or what file type should be used for a screenshot of their computer screen?     I chose the grade level 9-12 to search resources for in the CPALMS educator toolkit, I then chose the subject science and searched for psychology-related lesson plans. This subject had 14 different lesson plans available that related to psychology in some way, there were some neuroscience-related lessons, a Pavl...