Necessary for some, good for all
Technology in the classroom is the way of the future and I feel we are so fortunate to be teaching in this day and age because assistive technology is so readily available to help us help those who are the most vulnerable of slipping through the cracks in the education system. I think students with special needs are getting a much better education now that they have such incredible tools at their disposal.
I think that the best way to describe my learning in the last week on this subject is that I have had my eyes open to the technology that can help in a mainstream classroom as most of my experience with special education technology was in a school with only students with special needs. I really like the idea of universal design, and using technology that is necessary for some and applying it to all. I think it makes the job of teaching easier because you are using all the same technology for all even if you are having to differentiate the task. I think that the technology that is necessary for students with special needs is actually more engaging for the rest of the class to use too.
I have learned about so many new things to use from my peers in this module! There are many websites that I can use in my French teaching that as the quote says are 'necessary for some' but that would be 'good for all'.
Reading my colleagues staff manuals were interesting too because the tools and technology that was described are mostly things that we already have in most schools, or would be able to easily access.
One thing I have never used but would like to try for my students on IEPs in French class is Google Read and Write. I read about it in this module and when I investigated further I realized that it could be used in French as well, you just have to change the settings.
This has been a very engaging and interesting module for me, and I am looking forward to continuing my learning about staff training in the next module.
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