Blog Journal 7

Twitter has been an interesting experience because I have always had a twitter but I have never been consistent about using it. This class has forced me to use it and I am getting more comfortable with it. I have learned how to effectively use hashtags, this is something I never use on my own twitter. I've never seen the purpose of them till this class where they are used to keep related topics under the same category. I would like to learn how to have a discuss chat on twitter, its a feature I've never known about. But overall I appreciate twitter and it is very easy to use, I have not run into any problems thus far.

For the web design project it was both fun and irritating. I liked getting to make my own page and using the different tools. It makes me appreciate some cool, elaborate websites. But at the same time I did not like the limits on the formatting of specific themes. Also there was not much of a variety of themes available to use. I felt very limited and maybe I was unsure of how to use it but I settled for how my website came out. I will definitely use weebly in my future career, I feel like every teacher should have a page that is designated to their class and offers information for the parents to easily be kept up to date with everything. My website came out pretty nice in my opinion, I wish there was more freedom with the layout but I am happy with it.

Class Dojo is an online digital classroom, that allows teachers to communicate with students and their families online. It has interactive tools that can be used during the class and can make things easier for an educator. Through exploring on Class Dojo, you can see how easy it is to keep not only the students and parents up to date with all the activities going on in your classroom, but also with other teachers. This tool allows for everyone, whether they are in the physical classroom or not, to be a part of what is going on in the classroom right online. 

 Assistive and adaptive technology includes technology that we would never even think of as being assistive  or adaptive. I have used text to speech before and I never realized how beneficial these tools can be for someone with an exceptionality. I would love to incorporate these technologies into the classroom because each student learns at their own pace and these technologies help to keep everyone on the same playing field. One struggle would be having the technology accessible to all students. Everyone's financial situation and levels of access is different and it will be hard to make accommodations with these technologies if they cannot access these technologies.