Tools Reflections

1. What are your favorite tools you now have in your personal technology toolbox?
I love posting the videos once I finally learned how. There is soooo much information on accommodating for students out there, and many of the videos give you exact how tos, so why reinvent the wheel. I also liked playing with the voki, but my most favorite thing I learned, which I will definitely put to good use is the google documents. I can't wait to be able to share documents with all my diag. friends!!!
Briefly describe a particular activity that you will plan for your students using at least one of these new tools.
Since I won't be teaching this to students, I will be teaching my colleagues how to use the google documents. As we write reports, I can incorporate the different therapists information in the report with the click of a button and send it on its way to whichever therapist will be adding to the document. This is soooo awesome!!!
2. How have you transfomed your thinking about the learning that will take place in your classroom?
Again, no classroom, however, I think the teachers have a huge responsibility in helping their students become digital citizens. I do not envy them that task, but I do know the teachers at MWE are definitely up for it. I think this is going to make learning so much fun for the students, as long as the technology is used, not for technology use in and of itself, but for the actual learning that will go along with it. It will certainly level the playing field for those with special needs.
3. Were there any unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
That I was actually able to finish it was my biggest surprise. I would not have been able to do some of the items, were it not for Robye and her help in uploading my videos.....most of the other items, after much reading, trying and retrying, I was able to figure out. I think if the children had as much trouble as I did getting some of this done, they MIGHT give up.....but again, they come from the technology age and this stuff comes much more easily to them than it did for me.

And now to the assessment!!! I look forward to now being able to post my actual suggestions for accommodations!