Thursday, April 1, 2010

Chapter 10 and on your mark get set wait.

Chapter 10 is about using technology to redefine the classroom. It talked about distance learning and tools to help the teachers. The article was based on technology for people in schools and to sepcial education students. With the distance learning style it takes a lot of more planning and preparing what you are going to teach. They have to prepare a pretest to let the students see if they have any previous knowledge. The teachers need to make materials for students to research and learn. Chapter 10 also discusses Murphy's Law , stating that anything can go wrong, will go wrong. It states to have a backup system to solve crises. It talks about delivery technologies with telephone, broadcast video, radio broadcast, internet chat, videoconferencing, and net meeting. The article discusses Assistive technology also AT which is a new field that is constantly changing. It mentions Universal Design for learning, which is a concept that orginated in the field of architecture. They are wanting teachers to use these programs in their classrooms to help the students learn.

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