This week in 486

First, I found the scavenger hunt we did to be pretty simple. I am pretty familiar with the various ways to upload pictures. However, I did learn new things about Macs and how to make those photos jpegs. I thought this would be something that I could actually use in the classroom if I wanted to show my students how to upload pictures in various ways. Since I will be a history teacher, I figured I could use historical images instead. For example, I could make them upload only images concerning the Civil Rights Movement or World War II. This activity would help them identify history as well as learn about technology. This little scavenger hunt could be an effective activity that might give students who do not have much computer access a chance to learn how to use them better.

Also, this week we covered word processing. A lot of that material I already knew because I have had a lot of interaction with programs such as MS Office. However, I didn't really know about the other processing software that helps students with disabilities. I think that those programs seem really useful and interesting. It is sometimes amazing to me on exactly how far we have come technologically speaking. So, I like knowing that technology can be used in such a way that might help students learn material they otherwise may have never been able to before. I just hope that more schools will be able to afford this kind of software because I doubt that all of it is free or easily affordable. Though, there are some processing programs available on the web, which is nice for those who cannot afford them.