Blog #8
Whether physically impaired or learning disabled, adaptive technologies can support students with special needs. Some of the adaptive technologies are word processing, word prediction software, talking word processors, talking spell-checkers, and more. An example of this would be talking word processors which can review and edit one’s work, which can be so difficult for students who have poor reading skills, so this makes it easier by the use of text-to-speech or talking word processing programs. Personally, I have never used one of these tools and not known anyone who has used one of these programs. Using these technologies in the classroom might be difficult because the school may not have enough funding to have them or there might not be enough kids to have the demand for these tools. Kids who do not need these tools may also try and use them, which would be detrimental to their learning because they are not doing the critical thinking that they should be doing.
This is Bloom's Taxonomy Chart; it has six different levels.
At the remember level, PowerPoint could be used kind of like flashcards, or Quizlet. Students could go back and forth between slides, learning key terms and their definitions. At the next level, teachers can use PowerPoint to explain new concepts or ideas to the students. At the apply level, teachers can go more in-depth about the topic they are teaching and can give students example problems to solve, to demonstrate what they've learned so far. At the analyze level, teachers can compare information that the students have learned so they can make connections and get an even better understanding of information they have learned. At evaluate, students can present using PowerPoints and the teacher can grade them. Finally at the create level, students can make their own powerpoint.
To stay aware of technology trends, teachers can use EdTECH weekly. This website does weekly podcasts and can keep teachers up to date on technology for the classroom. Provided is a screenshot and a link of this week's new podcast.
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