EDM 310 Class blog #3

Technology in Special Education
The video Technology in Special Education was a great informational tool. It was great to see that students who once did not have a voice and thought they never would was able to gain one in the end. Technology is a very important tool in her classroom because it was able to gain the attention of special need students. At first view you were able to tell that the classroom was a special needs room, but once she showed how technology worked in her class you couldn’t even tell a difference. Technology made her classroom do a full 360.
I believe in some cases technology should be included in the classrooms, but I think we should limit the students to a time. I believe that tunnel vision can develop from the constant use of technology and watching too much television. We should limit the students on using technology only when really needed, but not for everything. I have noticed in my pre-k classroom my students are fascinated with learning on the smartboard and they are always wanting to play learning games on it. Technology has it good and bad because the students need to learn that technology is not the only way of learning. I remember when I was a child going outside to play was the way I learned and I turned out great.
How the iPad Works with Academics for Autism
The video How the iPad Works with Academics for Autism was amazing to see a gifted young boy be able to complete a task happily. Going onApple.Education Apps.com helped me to find an APP that deals with Mathematics. I believe this APP could help enhance my special needs students math abilities. It practices mental addition and subtraction with motion of colorful fish. This APP will challenge the students mind to create different way to come up with a sum. This game I would use mainly in a small group setting with three to four children at a time.
Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
In Video Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts the teacher hits every learning fundamental. In using technology the students learn so much. The student were able to use their creative abilities to learn more than just the average. She was able to teach the students at the level in which they are at because many students learn better by doing. Her students were able to teach a lesson from just the little bit of information she gave them.
Her classroom reminds me so much of EDM 310. Before I came to South cell phones and computers were not really used in the classroom. At South cell phone are welcomed to complete your assignments. I have learned that there is more to computers then just typing, researching, and facebook. I'm glad that I took this class because the school systems are going to paperless, so this class has done me some good.