EDU 151-Educational Technology

Webquests are becoming very popular in the classroom. They are beneficial for many reasons especially their versatility and ability to differentiate instruction for all the different types of students in the class. Look in the link and search in your content area for some webquests to complete. Once you are finished with that get with someone who has the same content area and think of a webquest that you could create for your grade level.

Consider how technology has helped you to be productive and complete tasks.   Examine the physical requirements for using your favorite technologies.   How might physical disabilities hamper your use of those preferred technologies and impact your personal productivity.   As a teacher, what can you do to mitigate these challenges for students with special needs.

Check out this Website! Play around and create a short story for kids in your content area. This is a fun site. However, what are some problems you see using software like this? Do you think it would be easy for a student with physical limitations to use this software? How would Gifted and talented students use this software? Can ELL and CLD benefit from the use of this? In your opinion, does or can, software like this increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of all students in the classroom regardless of talent level, language and culture?

Concept Maps/Graphic Organizers will be common in your classroom. This picture is an example of a commonly used graphic organizer to help students with the writing process. How would something like this help students with the writing process? Can you see any problems this may cause in your classroom? Check out this website for different types of maps and organizers.