Blog Post #3

Technology in Special Education

Special Education is taught easier using technology because technology makes it easier to communicate back and forth between the student and the teacher. Without technology, the students would not be able to learn as much as they need to from the teacher. Also, students that use technology can get their work done faster. Students doing their work with technology get their work done twice as fast.

I would use technology for special needs students in my classes just like Lacey Cook does in her classroom. I would use it to make all the special needs students participate and get their work done. Also, having them type on the computer what they are trying to say would help me understand them.

Apple Education Apps

The app I would use in the classroom to teach special needs students would be this app called TeachMe: Toddler. This app teaches six different subjects. It teaches letters, abc phonics, numbers, shapes, colors and counting. This app gives the student an award when they get an answer right which will want to make the student participate in the activity. For example, they will get a sticker and coins when they get the colors right.

Gary Hayes Social Media

In Gary Hayes Social Media Counts there are counts on different ways to use technology. Every second more and more people are using technology. I think that these counts mean as my professional career as a teacher that technology will keep on growing.


Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today

A Vision of Students Today by Michael Wesch is a video that has questions and statements by students that wonder about technology and school. A group of students surveyed themselves and asked questions that were quite shocking. The video shows how much more students are interested in using technology than they are regular textbooks. People read more online articles or web pages rather than a hard copy book of any sort. As students are growing older and deeper into their studies they are using more technology.