Technology helps students with physical or learning disabilities to utilize technology more effectively. Those with physical disabilities may use different methods of input to be able to use computers such as a special mouse or speech to text. Those with learning disabilities could use technology to aid them such as software that helps kids with dyslexia or time management software for kids with ADD. In my previous sign language class we learned about assistive technologies that the hearing impaired make use of like closed captioning, TTY and other visual devices. I feel that in a classroom setting, while this kind of assistive technology should help those who need it, it could also serve as a distraction to other students. Overall the goal is to learn and all students would have to be aware that these technologies are for learning purposes only.
I learned how to create a basic website for a class. It was a little difficult to get the hang of how to use weebly but overall I think it came out nicely. I feel that it could be improved better if I were a teacher with a class plan already instead of having to fictionalize which is not my strong suit. I could see myself using a class website for distributing class material to students or communicating with parents. Here is my site: http://dj16deme2040.weebly.com/
And a screenshot:
Diigo is a really helpful tool to use for reading and annotating documents on the computer. This software could be particularly useful for doing research and saving resources along with your own personal notes and highlighting. As a student I've already found it useful in my history classes, but as a teacher it can be utilized for sharing ideas, new research and projects with other teachers.
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