Describe issues related to training special education teachers to use technology.
Time and money would have to be the biggest issues related to special ed. Teachers using technology. Special Eduaction teachers are required to do a lot of paper work and individualized planning, and while technology may make things easier for the student, and teacher, it may take more planning on the teachers part. Finding time to train is difficult for a lot of teachers regardless of their specialization, but for a special education teacher it would be more difficult I would think because of all of the other trainings that they must attend. Money would be another factor. When a teacher goes to training it is usually during the school day and a substitute teacher must be payed for. On top of the sub funds, the training may need to be paid for by the school depending on the type of training that they are being sent to.
Give examples of no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech solutions for special students.
No tech solutions could be to have a peer help a student to read things to them. A low tech solutions could be to enlarge print. A high tech solution could be using a reader program that reads a highlighted section of text out loud.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Social Studies and the Internet
What are the "history wars," and what are their implications for technology use in history?
The history wars refer to a difference of opinion on how to teach social studies. One group of people think that we should teach it chronologically, the way a lot of us have learned most of our history. The other group suggests that we teach history in the form of lessons that each piece of history teaches us. For example, instead of teaching about World War I, then World War II, then the Vietnam War, teach about wars and how they affect a culture, why they are good, or bad. Certainly use those wars as an example, but they are merely examples, and do not make up the entire lesson. When I graduated from highschool I had taken the normal amount of history, in the typical history format. When I went to Northwest Vista however, they had switched to the other form, I remember feeling a little lost on what I was studying. We would read primary sources about different things, and I was lost. I think it takes an adjustment, and that is hard for a lot of people, but I do think that once the adjustments have been made, a lot of learning could come from teaching the concepts.
With students' ready access to information on the Internet, what might be the concerns of
social studies teachers?
I think teachers should obviously be concerned with legitimate information, and helping students understand that it is not all correct, and also how to find the correct information. But teachers should also be concerned with teaching the correct internet ettiquete. If we want our students to understand that there is incorrect information out there, then maybe we should teach our students to post things that are correct, or even how to use the internet appropriatly.
The history wars refer to a difference of opinion on how to teach social studies. One group of people think that we should teach it chronologically, the way a lot of us have learned most of our history. The other group suggests that we teach history in the form of lessons that each piece of history teaches us. For example, instead of teaching about World War I, then World War II, then the Vietnam War, teach about wars and how they affect a culture, why they are good, or bad. Certainly use those wars as an example, but they are merely examples, and do not make up the entire lesson. When I graduated from highschool I had taken the normal amount of history, in the typical history format. When I went to Northwest Vista however, they had switched to the other form, I remember feeling a little lost on what I was studying. We would read primary sources about different things, and I was lost. I think it takes an adjustment, and that is hard for a lot of people, but I do think that once the adjustments have been made, a lot of learning could come from teaching the concepts.
With students' ready access to information on the Internet, what might be the concerns of
social studies teachers?
I think teachers should obviously be concerned with legitimate information, and helping students understand that it is not all correct, and also how to find the correct information. But teachers should also be concerned with teaching the correct internet ettiquete. If we want our students to understand that there is incorrect information out there, then maybe we should teach our students to post things that are correct, or even how to use the internet appropriatly.
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