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    I've been using Word for probably 6 years now. I used it starting in middle school for a poem assignment in english, and haven't really stopped since. Throughout my time on the yearbook staff in high school I used Word to write my stories before I put them in the final copy. Senior year I used Word almost everyday to write essays for my ENC 1101 class. Since starting college, I've discovered Google Docs and I think I prefer it over Word. I find navigating it to be easier and I like the more simplistic layout. Although when I submit assignments to Canvas that I've written in Google Docs, I save them to my computer as Word docs so I'm really just adding an extra step to doing work.
    I love the ISTE standard that Educators are collaborators. This standard address that educators should collaborate with colleagues and students to discover and share ideas. I love the saying that you never stop learning and I think this standard aligns with that. While younger, students can still teach a thing or two to their teachers. And similarly, Older teachers have years of experience that they can share with younger teachers. This standard also talks about including parents as co-collaborators in student learning which I think is so important.
    Digital native fits perfectly as a way to describe today's youth. A digital native is someone who's grown up in the age of digital technology and is therefor familiar with it from a young age. Many of today's kids grew up this way, Gen Z and even more so Gen Alpha. In the classroom, it's clear the younger teachers have a better grasp on technology than their older colleagues. I imagine the same will be true when I become a teacher and (hopefully) stay in the field for many years, there will come students and other teachers who will know how to use newer tech that's yet to come out, better than I do.

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