Peer Review
I can honestly say that the tips we watched, read, and were asked to put into practice about peer review where very simple to the point and helpful. I will honestly say that even with those helpful hints, I still don't know that I do it correctly. Peer review has never been my strong point, probably because writing isn't my strong point. I usually end up spending hours upon hours writing, reading, editing, rereading a blog post before I ever publish it.
I think one reason I struggle so much is because I am a rambler. I have a hard time clearing all the junk from my head to get to the point. Even when I talk, I can see in people's faces when I start to loose them. I have to stop what I am saying and either just tell them the point I am trying to make instead of giving an example, or I have to start all over. So I will say this. If anyone I do a peer review on feels like I didn't make a point or help them out in anyway, please feel free to email me and be like I didn't get it. I will then try again.
Assistive Technologies
The advances in technology never cease to amaze me. I remember how exciting it was when we got our first computer for my dad's business, I was in the third grade. All it was really good for was doing his books. Now I am almost twenty-five sitting on my couch surrounded by three "computers," my actual computer in my lap, my iPad, and my iPhone. The great thing about there current items I have is that with just a little bit of setting changes or software installs these items can be changed into assistive technology. People who don't have the ability to see can do anything on the computer that I can do, even read books.
I think assistive technologies are a very big deal and I think we will continue to see huge leaps and bounds made in these areas. I have personally seen how items such as iPads have been great with teaching. My family friend's son is not blind, but he is autistic and they have been using and iPad with him for many years now. She says he works with it great and they do see him actually learn with it. I think all aspects of assistive learning falls into being able to keep up with technology and finding the best available resources to help the children you will be "teaching."
For myself and my future career I do see myself working with a variety of children who have some sort of challenge they are facing. I am really excited because I believe that I will get to do a lot with hands on with assistive technologies.
Harnessing your student's digital smarts
I really don't have very much to say about this, because I think it speaks for itself. What I would like to say is if more teacher took this type of approach of let's all learn together, instead of the idea of I am the teacher listen to what I am telling you, then children would actually learn what they are doing instead of just faking it to get a grade. I say this because that is what I personally did in most all of my education until the last 5 years.
"I think one reason I struggle so much is because I am a rambler." Outlines help. And they can save a lot of time!
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In all three parts of the assignment you fail to summarize what you read or watched, who wrote or created it ,and how others can access it (use links). That is an essential part of the assignment.
"... just faking it to get a grade. I say this because that is what I personally did in most all of my education until the last 5 years." I hope you have given that up forever.
I am making a huge effort not to fake it anymore. I think part of the reason is because I am actually to a point in my life where I am learning something I want to know about, and that makes a huge difference.
ReplyDeleteAlso on this assignment I really was trying to make an effort, but I was sick and my head was very cloudy when I did this blog post. I will come back to it in a few days and try again.
Hello Hannah! This was a good blog post, but I have some helpful hints that I hope will make blogging a lot easier for you. First, I would focus on proof reading. A trick that helps me is reading my work out loud. Most of the time if I read it in my head, I will accidentally skip over some mistakes. Another thing that helps me is letting a friend or sibling read my work before I turn it in. This is a way to get a second opinion, and they can find mistakes that you overlook. Some sentences may sound good in my head because I know what I am trying to say, but the other person does not. For example, when you wrote this sentence,"The great thing about there current items I have is that with just a little bit of setting changes or software installs these items can be changed into assistive technology" I am sure you knew exactly what you were trying to say, but for the reader it is difficult to understand. Another big thing is run-on sentences. When you are writing, make sure you have both a comma and a conjunction if you have a complete sentence on each side.
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"I think assistive technologies are a very big deal and I think we will continue to see huge leaps and bounds made in these areas."
Another way to improve your blogs is to always mention the video or presentation that you have to read for each section, and then explain about it. This lets the reader know what you are talking about, and it may even help you stay on topic easier. You can make your blog more interesting for your reader if you also put the videos you watch in a link so the reader can also view them. The last thing is to always remember to put a picture in all of your blog posts. I hope all of this helps in your future blog posts! Good Luck!
Thank you Farrah for your input. All of those were very good suggestions.
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