Class today started with an introduction to the new questions discussion board, the purpose of which is to allow us students to answer the questions that one another has, or for Dr. Kele to answer them on the discussion board instead of through emails. After that we had a short lecture about standardized testing.
We then moved onto a video that talked about the use of technology in the classroom. One quote that came up was a quote by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. The quote went as followed: "Teachers with not be replaced by technology, but teachers who don't use technology will be replaced by those who do." I agree with this statement. A teacher who is more tech-savy will be much more capable of taking new technology advances in stride than those who are intimidating by advancing technology. But teachers will not be replaced by technology because as teachers we still have our knowledge about the certain subject that we teach, and we will still be capable of teaching our subject even if we don't have technology. The video then went on to give the several reasons why students benefit from technology, and while the format and presentation of the video was sub-par, the information was very helpful.
After this we broke into groups to discuss the articles that we read for class. The article that I read was about the use of smartboards for students with disabilities in the regular classroom. It listed a wide variety of tips for engaging students with disabilities, tips that will also further engage the regular ed students as well. Another article discussed was an article read by a group member. This article also dealt with students with disabilities, only involved teaching students with cognitive disabilities about real-world situations such as grocery shopping. Then, as a class, we shared the results of our article search.
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