Edward Waters College Professor and Student

[williamjackson]

Edward Waters College Professor and Student Attend  WordPress 2016



Prof. William Jackson - Edward Waters College
Joshua Rodriquez – Biology Major at Edward Waters College
@wmjackson

HBCU students are learning that the content they create is valuable in the career
direction they are taking. Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, LinkedIn and
other Social Media platforms can be used to enhance Brands beyond being a
student, it can enhance visibility as an innovator, smart creative, developing
leader in the ever changing tech industry and a  potential rising star in intellectual
exchanges and collaboration.

HBCU students can now become entrepreneurs while still in school if they have
the vision and skills.
Joshua Rodriquez a student majoring in Biology and a new user of #WordPress
has learned as a first time participant at#WordCamp 2016 conference, the
importance of writing  and blogging. Josh, a junior attending Edward Waters
College has aspirations of medical school and blogging about his experiences
and journey.

Pro. Jackson a veteran of WordPress attending WordCamp each year;
I learn something that I can apply personally and professionally as a teacher,
blogger  and business owner with #MyQuestToTeach
On the teaching side it is required that students taking Educational Technology
and Social Media course that Prof. Jackson teaches blog each week
about what is passionate and interesting to them.

Allowing students to develop WordPress sites encourages students to
read, build comprehension skills and share on a digital and literary platform
their growing knowledge and  understanding how to apply technology
intellectually towards their career interests. They learn that literacy is just
not reading and comprehension there are other
dynamics as  written by Rusul Alrubai‏ @RusulAlrubai
https://rusulalrubail.com/2016/11/22/literacy-beyond-reading-writing/

She gives a very good explanation of literacy and its dynamic use not just for
academics, but other areas of learning.

Building future technology professionals HBCU students need to be able to write,
share content and information on a professional level that is required in many
careers. Just as important is the ability to comprehend what is read and
able to apply what is read to achieve the goals and missions of their careers.
Many businesses claim that students from many institutions are
not competent writers and even lack comprehension
skills. These skills can be gained and strengthened from reading.

Being an educator on the elementary and higher education level I see the
importance of students, especially students of color strengthening their
abilities in reading and comprehension. HBCU students even after graduating
need to continue to read and engage in diverse literary genres, join book
clubs and participate in reading events at their local libraries.

Joshua and Prof. Jackson had the opportunity to help elementary students
at the conference to develop a web presence, sharing our knowledge and skills
with these growing writers.

More HBCU students should attend conferences like WordCamp, BarCamp,
EdCamp, and EdCampNABSE. Students like Mr. Rodriquez are the growing
leadership that is needed to assist African Americans to increase the 2% that
own technology companies. There needs to be more to empower African
American communities.

In order for HBCU students to expand beyond traditional career roles and
enter into entrepreneurship roles, management roles, and business startups
they must be involved in leadership roles. To be engaged in video blogging,
podcasting, microblogging and creation of Apps and the area of virtual reality.

"I would like HBCU students to understand they are the authors of  their story,
they are authentic, they are unique and they are eternal in the stories
they provide." William Jackson

Reading is vital to building language and intellectualism, "books may look
like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex
imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures
inside your head." Jasper Fforde

Joshua speaking at #WordCamp https://youtu.be/0jdPakqSh5o

Resources:
WordCamp Central
http://central.wordcamp.org/

WordPress
https://wordpress.com/

EdCampNABSE
https://twitter.com/EdcampNABSE

NABSE
https://spark.adobe.com/page/TcID6BRLHlupl/

William Jackson
My Quest To Teach
http://MyQuestToTeach.Wordpress.com

Educational Technology and Social Media at Edward Waters College
http://ewceducationaltechnology.wordpress.com/