Tuesday, June 28, 2011

WebQuest.

Web quest is a great sources for students to learn by themselves. Web quest gives students opportunities to be responsible in learning because they need to go online and look for web quest then they can learn new information from it. Most Web quest are interactive and interesting. web quest should be well organized and be challenging the students to learn.

Using Flexible Technology

Using Flexible Technology article discuss how technology helps teachers to meet their student diverse. Storybook is great tool for student to learn how to read. Also, it is interesting to read through this book. kids just loves it. Read loud is a good software that help students to read and correct their mistakes. Using flexible technology in classroom is a great example for UDT.

Accessible Textbooks

Accessible Textbooks is an article about assisstive technology that help student with disabilities to learn. This article mentioned four different tools for student with disabilities such as Braille, audio, large print, and etext.  Audio is the best tool for students with disabilities and assisstive technology provides alternate tools as audio. Blind GBS is one of the most helpful tool for student disabilities especially Blindness. GBS helps students with disabilities to be responsible for themselves. They can go anywhere that they want. Also, it helps them to have self-esteem because they do not need someone to help them in every thing.  

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Digital Kids. Analog Schools.

The kids who start school today will be retiring in the year 2065...

I really like the way that the author think about the kids in their future. We should prepare them for their future to be creative by provide valuable tools such as technology. Technology gives them a way to be creative and successful.

Digital Kids. Analog Schools.

I'm getting tired of hearing people continue to ask for the evidence that technology helps students learn....

The author strongly believes in technology that helps students to learn. He does not like the way that people need evidence of technology advantages. He thinks obviously that technology is helpful for students'  learning. when he confirms the importance of technology in this time as the pen and the paper in school.