Sunday, February 12, 2012

Blog Assignment 3


This video shows how this teacher is using technology to enhance her students learning. The students stated themselves that computers helped them to complete their work. Although some of these students were unable to communicate with the teacher verbally, using computers helped them communicate in a tremendous way. The teacher allowed the students to use technology to help them with certain needs that they were unable to complete before. The computers helped with commutation, vision, and hearing.

After watching this video, I realized how technology can be beneficial to everyone. I never knew that computers could help students in such a major way. When I was in school I did not see computers being used to help special needs students. I believe this new use of the computers is amazing in every way. Technology is not only being used for entertainment, it is not being used to help in ways they were never used before.


After searching for an app that would be helpful for use in the classroom with a special needs student, I found plenty. I did not know Apple has some many apps that teachers or parents can use to help their students. I chose the app SmartKids Picture Dictionary. This app is used for younger kids learning the English language. With teaching elementary school special needs students will be falling behind the other students. By this grade level students should be able to identify some words and pictures. This app is used to help teach words and pictures together. It increases the child’s vocabulary. I would use it to help the students with identifying words and processing them. I believe it will be beneficial to special needs students because of the involvement it requires. If the student is more involved, most likely the more they will grasp.

child looking at educational app on an iphone


This counter done by Gary Hayes is an amazing eye-opener. The use of social networking and internet researching is growing tremendously. The networking that we as students are being introduced to will most likely be outdated when we become teachers. New updated items are being added to technology at a very fast pace.

As upcoming teachers, we must keep ourselves updated with the latest technology spree. If we keep ourselves informed then we can inform our students. Using the social media and making it beneficial to our students in a positive manner will have a great impact on their future. I believe teachers who used technology to the fullest have a better outcome with their students. We need to stay away from the traditional classrooms, and take advantage of our technology.


This video done by Michael Wesch is enlightening to both teachers and students. From a students’ point of view, I realized that we are not highly involved with our education in the classroom. Students are doing the minimum or just enough to get by and this is accepted. We are not being pushed or motivated to perform the maximum work in classrooms. This begins to fall upon our teachers. As a teacher, I plan to have my students involved as much as I can without overpowering them. I believe some of our teachers today do not know the difference in this. It is okay to push students, but we do not want to make them give up on their education either. Students have outside lives besides school and as teacher we need to keep this in mind. We need to have our students involved in the classroom and push for extra involvement outside the classroom.

1 comment:

  1. Hello Jasmine,

    Good post. You write well and you covered the areas of the post nicely. I found one typo "commutation, vision, and hearing." I think you meant communication. All of you links work properly and you have title tags visible for the images.

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