Hi class!
One experience I have seen that technology made a difference in the classroom was while I was subbing in a special education classroom and one student was unable to write. This students name is Danielle, she goes by Dani, and she did all her work from math to english on a personal tablet that stayed in the classroom. This allowed a student who would not be able to keep up with the class in a setting that didn't offer this advantage due to technology to exceed her previous abilites. These tablets are owned by the school and kept in the classroom. Each student that is physicaly disabled and unable to write uses them. Some can record the students voice and convert that into text. Seeing as I would like to be a special education teacher this was very valuable and encouraging.
Something that I learned that was significant was that I need to get a laptop computer. This computer needs to have wireless access built into it. Why? Because this weekend I traveled to Boston to visit friends of mine and was without means to do my classwork. This posed a major problem because I was admitted into the class late and was not able to complete my assignments on the first class session. I got back from Boston and had to rush to campus to add the class then do the homework before the day it was due. That was a real bummer because I was tired my winter wonderland excursion and had work early in the morning. So I'll be hitting the nearest Best Buy to purchase a comp.
Catch yah on the flip side,
Casey
