Blog Post #7

For students with all manners of disabilities, technology can offer an important avenue to increased independence, participation, and success in classroom activities - these tools are referred to as adaptive technologies. Some examples include recorded books, which allow students to hear a story rather than having to read it, and talking word processing programs, which read aloud whatever a student has previously written. Although I have not known anyone that has used adaptive technology, it is important to be comfortable with these tools and be accepting of all students, especially as a future educator.

To be honest, the worst part about the web page design assignment was picking an appropriate layout for the website. After the layout had been chosen, it was easier to create the pages and assign each topic to a specific page. Although a website is certainly aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate, I do not think that it would be appropriate to use as a communication tool between teachers and students - it would, however, be much more appropriate as a school website rather than a website of just one specific teacher. The link to my web page design assignment is: https://annaswen.wixsite.com/sweneducation.

From working with Diigo, I have realized the benefits of annotating websites and utilizing the resources found by my classmates. Although I am not the biggest fan of Diigo and think that having to log into the account is a bit of a hassle, the application is useful and allows certain resources to be saved for future use. It also allows for better communication between students, which is always needed in a classroom environment.