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I use a variety of social media platforms to stay in touch with friends and family: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I have used the Google platforms to keep track of personal finances, personal documents, and communicate with family. I would like to expand upon this to use different platforms to build my online profile for future career choices to make it engaging to potential employers.

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I hope to gain better insight into a variety of educational technologies to use in my classroom. I often stick to what I know and find it difficult to learn about a technology enough to feel comfortable introducing it in the classroom. In addition, I expect to encounter different perspectives about education and technology throughout the course.

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Hello! My name is Melanie Wilson. I am currently in my 3rd year of teaching high school at Fort Zumwalt School District in St. Peters, Missouri. I teach Social Studies including US Government, World History, and Sociology. I lead the World History PLC.

Originally, I got my degree in Psychology and always missed the classroom. I went back to UMSL for a teaching certificate in Secondary Social Studies and love every minute of it.

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One interesting fact is that I enjoy researching my genealogy in my spare time. I've been researching for 10 years, often connect my personal history to my world history class, and try to get my students to incorporate theirs when we can.

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In the classroom, I have used technology to synthesize material, take notes, and create assignments. This is limited in range as Google is my go-to tech in the classroom. I have used Padlet, Powtoon, and Canva on a limited basis. I would like to use a variety of technology in the classroom to incorporate more videos, podcasts, or projects.

I sometimes use Twitter to communicate with my students and would like to do that more.