Technology that is accessible to everyone

The one thing that I got out of the article is that technology can be used to accommodate a students learning style. Students who need things read to them or need help with there spelling can use the  technology to help them do that. There is also also other things that the students can do themselves to help facilitate their own learning. For example in the article they talk about have the students create maps using Inspiration. With this they talk about doing things like adding pictures to it to make it easier for the student to create relationships or remember relationships that have been created. These are all things that we have talked about in the class but this article further points to the need for this to occur in lots of classrooms.

Textbooks

This article made it very clear that we still have a long way to go to make textbooks more accessible to students with disabilities. There still seems to be a wide chasm that needs to be fixed. For example the Chaffee amendment does not cover those students who are Autistic or those who have a acquired a TBI (Traumatic Brain injury).  This population seems to be under served with regards to access to textbooks in different forms.  It does seem as tough the blind and those that have Natural learning disabilities seem to be getting the support that they need.

Web Quests

After reading the article and starting my own web quest I have come to the conclusion that web quests are great tools for the classroom. They can be used to as lesson or a way to review material or even assessment. They also get students to move up blooms taxonomy which is even more important than what they are used for. Reading this article is going to make me rethink what I am going to have the "students" do in the web quest that I have created. Above all else I think that web quests are fun for students and can really show you what they know.

Bus Driver's perspective

The last blog that I chose is actually kept up by a bus driver. This is one person who can be honest about how kids feel about school because she hears their conversations that they are having to and from school. I think that people forget that some children spend a lot of time on the bus and they develop close relationships. For example, in the PHM we have students that are on the bus for more than hour. I think that bus drivers have a unique opportunity to  hear candid responses from students that parents and teachers would not normally hear. Therefore I believe that bus drivers have a chance to make a real impact in the lives of teachers and students which is why I chose this blog

Student's perspective

The next blog that I am going to start following is actually for students to use and is monitored by teachers who allow students to speak their minds as long as it is school appropriate.  This gives the student's a true outlet for their voice to be herd around the world. I also believe that this site shows just how much you as teacher can do with technology in the classroom. I also believe as a teacher this is one place where you can get the inside scoop so to speak on what is going on the minds of students with out having to directly ask them. 

Teacher perspective

I chose three different blogs that all have a different perspective on the world of education. One  was by a teacher who uses lots of technology to enhance his classroom and has placed a lot of that technology on his site for others to view.I chose this for several different reasons but the main reason I chose it was so that I could hear another teachers voice in what some might call the murky waters of public education. I think the internet is one place where you can say what you want ( as long as it is not obscene or discriminatory) and really be herd. I also like his ideas that he posted on his site of free things that I can use that are really.

Should we be asking.....I think that our Children should....

This is interesting and also very true although I think that the money and time argument gets thrown around as a reason why this does not occur. This statement is correct and students should expect a lot more out of our schools. Although schools do not receive the proper funding to make this occur. I believe there are things that schools can do with what they have to help bridge the gap between what the schools are providing to what they should be providing. Figuring out what it is that each school needs to do to help bridge the gap is probably more difficult than actually making the change.