So far, my experience from Twitter has been mostly positive. I love learning new things from my classmates and organizations that I follow. Today, one of my peers tweeted about how theatre education can help students who will one day become doctors because they develop communication skills that will help them collaborate and share their work. I had never thought about theatre that way before I read her tweet. The benefits of using Twitter include connecting with people you would otherwise never meet. When I participated in a Twitter chat, I got to learn from teachers who live across the country. Another benefit of Twitter is that you can learn about new resources. Today I learned that JSTOR just added a new function that allows you to share articles with other people in your class. The only issue I have with Twitter is that sometimes I can get carried away scrolling, and it distracts me from my work.
The Web Design assignment was the first time I had ever created a website, so I learned a lot of new skills. I learned how to embed a calendar that automatically updates. I also learned how to embed a Create Commons license. Overall, I felt that Weebly was very straight forward to use. Creating a website was easier than I thought it would be. I liked how you can drag in images or text boxes and create multiple pages. However, I felt that uploading images was not very user-friendly. I could not figure out how to change the size of my images. I think next time I could improve my website by making it look more aesthetically pleasing. In hindsight, my color scheme does not match, and the overall design is too simple. I would add more images to make it more exciting. In my future career, if I become a teacher, I could create a website for my class and include announcements and a calendar. This would keep my students and their parents informed. Check out my website here.
Assistive and adapted technologies help make learning accessible to all students, including those who are disabled or who cannot come to school. For example, an audio version of a textbook can help those who are visually impaired, and closed captions on videos can help those who are deaf. I knew someone who was visually impaired who used a screen reader program in order to access information on the Internet and on apps. The text would be read out loud by the program. If I were a teacher, I think I would be challenged by adaptive technologies if I had a student who was homebound. I would gladly work to make sure that the student was still learning course work, but it would be a challenge to record extra lectures, write notes, and adapt assignments to be online for the student. I would hope that my school would offer adequate resources and support so that this would not be a challenge for me.
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