Turnitin

Turnitin is a very good website. I think it would be good for any grade because students should learn at an early age not to plagerize. The only problem is that alot of schools cant afford the program so how does that benefit teachers.

Youtube

Youtube is a great resource website. The same thing comes with this when it comes to putting children on the internet. In my opinion youtube was very annoying. I personally dont own a camcorder so I had to go find one. What happens when a student has to do this project and doesnt have the resources? Alot of kids dont have the resources to do this project. At the same time alot teachers dont have the resources to do that. I honestly dont know how this would benefit a classroom.

Photostory

I think that Photostory was alot of fun. It is very time consuming but for a classroom it would be fun for an end of the year project for the students to help with. I think that this would be good for an older group of students to do. At the same time it would be hard to put kids that arent allowed to have their picture taken on their. They would probably feel left out. I think this would be good for a computer class or a high school group of kids.

The Website

While doing the website, I found some things very useful. I found that having a classroom website could be very useful when it comes to connecting with parents. Alot of parents that work in an office setting could check and see what their child is doing while they are at work. The one problem I have with this website is what about the parents or students that dont have a computer at home. In my home town alot of people dont have the internet let alone a computer at home. I could always send home a flyer, but alot of parents will never get them. The other problem I have with a website is if I take pictures of my students and put them on the internet that could be a safety issue. There are some crazy people out in this world. That is my only concern with doing a website. Also some teachers would put things on their that might not be suitable for a classroom setting.

Chapter 8 Reflect on ways to adapting for special learners as explained within the chapter.

Concept maps are very beneficial in general. Some children are visual learners and some are auditory learners.

I used concept maps in grade school and they helped me organize my thoughts. Concept maps help students brainstorm for papers, stories, etc. The program Inspiration helps teachers start concept maps for students. It could also make concept map worksheets so the students dont have to make their own. I also believe it could help teachers test students on certain subjects.

For the visual learners a Concept map could help the students see the problem at hand. They could also see what connects to what. The students can see the problem at hand and usually solve it with a concept map. Students can also learn how to brainstorm different ideas for an English class.

In this class we are learning how to use this program to basically organize our thoughts or learn the properties of a computer as in the difference between software and hardware. We also can visually see where for example a microphone would be classified.

Concept maps can be probaly used for just about any subject. We learned how to arrange the bubbles. We also learned how to make the bubbles pictures instead of just bubbles. We can make it suit just about any subject just by searching for the subject we are looking for.

Chapter 3

I think that some the things that were discussed in this chapter would probably be beneficial to teaching Special Education. Such as the assisted software. Some students would greatly benefit from this software. The scan and read software is really cool I think. I could basically teach a student how to read just by getting them to sit at a computer. I could also test them on what they learned. I dont think it would benefit them if a teacher didnt test them on it because in my eyes they would rememeber anything from that. I also like they IEP software. Being as I right now dont know how to write an IEP that would benefit me and also help me out alot. All in all I like this chapter better than the rest I think.

Chapter 2

I learned today about the hardware of a computer. I now know how to pick out a computer for myself or my classroom. As for this knowledge in the class room I dont really think it would be very beneficial because Special Education students need to know about reading and writing not computers. I honestly dont think they would understand what was going on or what i was talking about for that matter. It just always depends on the child.