Blog Post 3

Technology in Special Education

 

I really don't want to sound weak minded but this video touched me. Not only because I am a Special Education Major, but also because I have family members that were considered to be special students. I enjoyed hearing the teacher stating that she uses power point and sends assignments through email. In the past I have talked to a special educator who told me that in special education we teach life skills other than learning. I think that with the new technology we can teach more than just everyday life skills.

One of the best things in the video was  the teacher looked like she was having just as much fun as the students. You can tell she had a passion for teaching and those students made her smile. The video also showed some of the new technology that we use in the classroom today as well as some of the old. The students were  knowledgeable of how to use the old, but much rather use the new computers.

My app
The app called Match Me Autism Series,  evaluate the matching skills of the student. The app has a number of different learning games. The app will introduce learning, as well as fun. I plan to use this app to teach similarities between different pictures and words. The app can also be used as a testing tool for memorization. This app will improve learning by adding a fun and easy way to remember pictures and words without just using paper.

Gary Hayes Social Media Count

I think that this site is showing that soon everything will be shared by technology. The number of people on Facebook and many other social networking site increase every second. Also the age of people using the sites change every year. As a future educator, I think that our lesson plan is going to have to be internet ready. Communication to parents will mostly be done through text messages or emails.

I think as a educator, we must keep up with the most recent technology to keep the students engaged in what we teach. Going into the schools today most students know more about technology than the teacher. I remember being asked in one of my classes in high school to connect the DVD player for a movie we had to watch in class. Now we have Blue Ray players and Netflix, so the change is coming, we must keep up.

Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today

The video states a lot  of claims from the students point of view. Its states many different issues that college students deal with on a daily basis. The video was made as a wake up call to the University of Kansas State, to fix the issues. The Professors at the college should feel clueless after watching the video. At the end of the video you will see a link for anyone who wants to try and fix the issues.

I think this video is not just a wake up call for the University of Kansas State, but to all University's.
We all buy books that we don't use, write papers that have nothing to do with our major. College overall is very expensive,  yet we have students that pay for school and don't come to class. I think it's crazy how we never take the time to examine ourselves until someone makes a video and you see yourself on a note. In my opinion the video was talking to  teachers, students and parents. There is a change to be made, but it starts with ourselves.