#2 Becoming a professional online

As a student Microsoft word has become a necessity. Almost every assignment and class I have taken in high school and in college requires at least one essay or use of word. For awhile my dinosaur laptop I owned would not allow me to use Microsoft word so I was stuck using the weird note application that came with my computer. Every single assignment I turned in had some sort of problem with the formatting, or when downloading. It is after this sad year of struggle that I began to truly appreciate Microsoft word and all of its amazing qualities. Another issue I had when using the weird note app was all of the documents my teachers posted were on Microsoft word so opening these attachments was a chore to say the least! Having gone through this rough time in my Microsoft word experience it is safe for me to say that I appreciate word and all that it does for students and teachers.

Thankfully, being a student I have never quite had to worry about copy right and fair use but ever since middle school, teachers have made me aware of the rules. When I was in middle school I remember sitting in the school library watching a video about fair use. It was some sort of Disney-esque video that told us all about the copt right rules. I thought this use of Disney clips to teach us about this issue was very clever and I intend on teaching my students about this in a similar way one day.

I have been using social media for awhile now and have been on twitter for quite some time, but I have never thought of using social media for a more professional agenda. But after using twitter as a professional, I truly see all of the benefits that it can have. Using social media professionally instead of personally makes transmitting and receiving information much easier and faster and also helps professionals to stay up to date on news that is happening. I am very happy to now have a professional twitter alongside of having a personal one!