Reflection 5

This week I was not able to make it to the Twitter session, but I did go to the storify that Mariah made. It was nice to see the session in a different way and really take in what others were saying instead of worrying about what I was typing. It was great to think about the types of assistive technology that is already in most classrooms. When I was student teaching, we had iPads with visual audio stories and books on tape station. I also agree that a large part of what stops schools from getting specific assistive technology is money and who is going to pay for it. This can also take a long time to figure out which is sad becasue students are most likely struggling while this is happening. 

            This week I worked with the same group Cherie, Heather, and Gerald. Heather seems to be really good with technology and how to set things up, so she did that again this week. We had basically the same time layout as last week. We meet after class on Monday and decided to do a google hangout on Wednesday. By this time, we were supposed to have all chosen three assistive technologies that we would like to research more. While in talking in google hangout Heather set up a google slide and we all got on it and decided on the order and what theme to use. Cherie and I had three types of assistive technology that we were good with researching, so we decided to do three and heather and Gerald where good with two. It all worked out nicely. The link to the slides is https://docs.google.com/a/alaska.edu/presentation/d/1GQhOWpzRBvtdMzQGOAPy7HrE7omUWHJsa_mvzcuh3Io/edit?usp=sharing

I was really interested in Gerald’s Graphiti: Tactile Graphic Display. I have been doing some research in another class about people who are blind or visually impaired and I thought this was a great way to help students who are visually impaired to feel more involved in math classes. It was sad to see that it is not available yet, but hopefully it will be soon.