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Digital Learning Philosophy

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My path to education started during the pandemic when the world was forced to quarantine and students attempted to continue their education online. In this day and age, the task did not seem particularly daunting for me or my family, but unfortunately, that was not the case for many families in my small border town of Eagle Pass, Tx.  What I was ignorant of was the fact that the MAJORITY of early childhood students in my district were Spanish-speaking or bilingual students who did not have the resources at home to successfully complete their assignments. While my kindergartener and I got along just fine following vague instructions from teachers, many of her classmates found it impossible.  This is when I volunteered to help other parents from her class navigate and translate google classroom in order to help their students succeed. That is how my appreciation and curiosity about digital literacy and online tools began to grow. It became very obvious that digital literacy would be vita

The Benefits of Reading Aloud to Young Students

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Visual Applications for Literature Students

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Technology has become vital in all aspects of education. While many think of digital applications to be essential for communication and remote learning, there are a wide variety of targeted visual applications available for the facilitation of student's success in all subjects. Due to the intense workload that literature students endure being successful in their classes, it is especially important to consider the following applications to ease the understanding and workload in any literature course.    Book Creator Book Creator is an amazing tool for teachers and students to create outlines, posters, comic strips, and even publish their own story books. It is easy to use and flexible with all media types to empower students to publish their work for their teachers and classmates to share. This application does require time to get to know the basic tools and features in order to successfully create projects that broaden their knowledge in storytelling and literature. Younger student