"Electronic Spellers and dictionaries"
Electronic spellers and dictionaries is one of the most creative things that I have learned about yet in my opinion. These things are good for so many different things. You are able to plug headphones into the machine so you aren't disturbing others while learning. All ages have access to these machines.
Students that have seeing problems can use them, because the machine is all through hearing. A student that is trying to learn a different language can use it for great help as well. I am reflecting on this topic in chapter 10 because it is one of the things that is used in classrooms that I believe is extremely beneficial for students AND teachers.
Handheld calculators
What would life be like in school without a calculator? Calculators can be used for simple math problems, or complicated ones that have to do with graphing, they even have calculators now a days that make graphs for you. We don't realize that calculators can be beneficial to everyone sometimes, even children with learning disabilities. For instance, there are calculators that do the number operations for you, so you don't have to remember what has to be put into the calculator first.
Interactive electronic storybooks
These interactive storybooks seem great and I can't wait until I am a teacher and can share these with my students. They not only have them on CDs, but you can download apps on tablets and smartphones. Students are more interested in technology these days, so I think that reading a story on a tablet or a computer, will draw much more interest then picking up a book and reading. These apps are so awesome because not only do they read aloud to you, they have visuals along with the stories. I am reflecting on this topic in the chapter because I will be interested in downloading an app like this so I can learn more about them.
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Resources: Woolf, B. (2014). Promoting Success for all students through technology. InTransforming Learning with new technologies (Second ed., p. 98). Upper Saddle River.
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ReplyDeleteThose electronic story apps are certainly very popular and they appear to have learning opportunities with additional features such as highlighting audio for specific words, built-in dictionary, etc. Some of them even have some pretty cool interactive components which makes reading much more active. And then there's the opportunity for students to create their own e-books through various iPad apps - we've come a long way from the 'analog' books! :)