Assistive technology is one of the core strategies schools use to help with learning and attention issues. There are some technology that are more fancier than others like for instance like hearing aids or captions on TV that support students who has a hearing loss or are deaf. On the other hand, students with dyslexia that have a hard time spelling can use spell check to help them with grammatical issues. I remember when I didn't realize that I needed glasses, would sit really close to the computer screen until I learned how to use the magnify option. It gave me a chance to be able to see clearly and not fall behind in class. The only challenge that I can think of that might occur to in a classroom is trying to keep that student at the same pace as the other students so he/she won't get left behind.
I used Weebly back in my computer class when I was in high school but I never thought that I would actually use it again until his class. I loved using this website back then but now it seems to be a bit more difficult then what I remember. I couldn't even get the apps to pop up in order to put my calendar up (let's hope I get this fixed before class). Overall, I enjoyed creating and designing my class webpage because I got to add my own "flavor" to the whole outline of what we had to do. I loved the different themes that they had for the website and the many layouts. The only problem was that the app part was difficult for me to figure out. I don't know if it was just my laptop but it wouldn't pop up after I installed the calendar app. In my future career, I will definitely utilize this web design page by making a space where my students or coworkers can come together and find out about the different things going on around us.
I never heard of Diigo until this class but I learned so many things just by utilizing it in the class. I can now share things instantly with the people in my classroom and I can annotate any website that I need to share. This application can be very useful in many classrooms like for instance our classroom. We use it all the time and we have learned to share information that someone else could find interesting or useful. This is an educational tool that anyone can learn to use and can make it easier to learn things with students that need hep with finding things on their own.
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Just A Funny Video of A HILARIOUS Little Girl
