Blog Reflection #2

Reflect on the importance of access to technology


Having access to technology is very essential in many aspects of our lives. Technology is used in schools, libraries, hospitals, and just about everywhere! In schools, technology has made it easier for students who work and have a family, for instance, myself. Online classes save me a trip from traveling to go and sit in a classroom if I do not have time. Libraries provide the latest software to help assist people in searching for the right books. Hospitals use technology in unlimited amounts of ways. From the nurses station to the operating room, the access of technology is used to help save people lives. Wherever we may go, there are some type of technology being used. The access of technology is right at our fingertips. We can access it through our cellular phones or in our vehicles through GPS systems. Technology is never-ending and is steadily becoming more and more advanced daily.

Blog Reflection #1

Reflect on the characteristics of special learners

Special learning students are not only students that have a physical disability in the classroom. Teachers should prepare their classrooms for children who are from different backgrounds and face many challenges such as learning challenges and behavior challenges. Learning challenges affect memory and language as well as the academic performance overall. Students that move from one environment to another may find it really hard to understand a new way of teaching. This too can make the student to become withdrawn from the classroom by not talking to other people and feel isolated from everyone else. Behavioral challenges causes students to not be able to pay attention and may cause disruptive behavior like becoming aggressive. Assistive technology is a device or service that legislature supports to achieve a learning goal. It is also defined as "any piece of equipment, excluding being surgically implanted, to help improve functional capabilities of individuals with any disability. Technology then, more so today, has given special learning students the opportunity to be integrated into classrooms to learn the same material but on a different level.