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1.What did you learn from the PINTEREST activity? What a wonderful tool to share ideas with other teachers around the world. Collaboration with others.

2.How do you believe you will utilize PINTEREST as a teacher?  What a great way to share resources, information, and ideas. You can find all kinds of classroom projects and share.

3.What are the strengths of PINTEREST? You can create resource boards, organize ideas,find other teachers that have similar interests and share ideas, create lesson plans, and share with students.

4.What are some of the challenges of PINTEREST? Maybe privacy?

5.What comments, questions, thoughts, opinions, and/or feedback do you have about PINTEREST? I love it! It gives you a broad variety of ideas from many different sources.

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"Khan/Koller Review"

-When you visited the site, was it something you envisioned using yourself?

Yes, I love the idea. I even went as far as doing some algebra problems. I like how the website gives a student hints if the student wants. Plus it even goes as far as teaching the problem step by step on the video. This gives a student extra time to watch the video if they aren’t sure of an answer or ahead. The student can work at his or her own pace.

 - Is it something you could imagine encouraging your students to use?

I would defiantly encourage students to use this. I think it this would be could be such asset for struggling student so they could move at their own pace or advanced students.

 -After perusing some of the videos on the site, did you think they were easy to follow and learn from?

I think the videos were easy to follow and I would definitely use them. I am not a math person but the videos could make a huge difference for some students that just need the extra time to learn.

 -Do you believe that Salman Khan is right when he says that in the future, we will rely more on "credentialing" through the use of online courses? Do you think this st tudents move at their own paceyle of education makes learning more accessible for more students? If so, why? If not, Why?

I do think Khan is correct when he says that in the future we were rely on “credentialing” through the use of online courses. Yes, the online education makes education learning more accessible for more students. For the best results it should be combined with classroom learning. You must be highly motivated to learn strictly online.

When you explore the coursera course offerings, what course looks most interesting to you?

I looked at the Introduction to Clinical Neurology course. It is an overview of the relevant aspects of the epidemiology, clinical presentation, basic disease mechanisms, diagnostic approaches and treatment options of the most common neurological diseases. The course did state that you should know the basic function of the brain and how each section (lobe) worked.

 -Does Columbus State accept Coursera transfer credits?

 CSCC does not offer credit transfer at this time but you can receive a certificate from using Coursea courses.

 -Do Coursera courses appear to be more challenging or more interesting thank those you've experienced before? If yes, why? If not, why? Either way, could your opinion have something to do with WHO is teaching the Coursera courses?

I don’t believe that Coursera course are more challenging or more interesting because they lack real individuals that may have a different perspective. It seems that your course work would be boring without the interaction of students and a professor. Although it would be great for homework. It would be like you had your own private tutor.

 - Do you think that MOOCs (massive open online courses) are the "wave of the future"? How do you think MOOCs might change the way a student like you would receive their education?

Maybe they will be the “wave of the future” but for now they have a lot of kinks to work out, for example, cheating. I think it would be harmful for students to only receive their education only online. Everyone needs interaction with real people.

“Ohio DL Schools”

The first DL school that I have looked at is ECOT. I have seen more failures than success with this type of online school. Students must be highly motivated in order to be successful. Unfortunately, students that don’t like school will not be successful. Students that suffer from school anxiety or just do not want to attend school because of poor attendance will not be successful. They usually end up transferring to a typical school because they lack the self-discipline and end up credit deficient. It takes a very special student that can survive an online school like ECOT. I am sure there are some that can survive with strictly online course work, but it is a very small percentage, for instance, athletics who qualify for early draft.

 If I had to choose an online school for my child it would be Virtual School Community School of Ohio. Students have a better chance of success in a blended classroom. They have the advantage of face to face with a teacher and their peers vs. strictly online. I personality feel that K-12 is too young to be strictly online because they lack the maturity but of course there is always an exception to every rule.

Assistive Technology for students with hearing loss”

a.       Paragraph 1: Discuss the disability you chose and describe how it limits learning. Explain the types of struggles students with this disability might have. 

Some children are born deaf or with hearing disabilities and some develop them later in life. There are three categories: 1) Hearing-Impaired 2) Hard-of-Hearing 3) Deaf/Deafness.  Hearing-Impaired - the ability to perceive sound, it could be, for example, ringing in your ear or total deafness. Hard-of-Hearing -is hearing that is impaired, for example, as you age you have hearing loss that requires hearing aids to amplify the sound. Finally, Deaf, no sound at all including speech. Most children/people with hearing disabilities do not consider themselves as people with a disability’s. There is a deaf culture/society that share a sense of connection and a shared understanding of what it means to be a deaf person.

Deaf students face many types of struggles, for instance, self-confidence in the classroom with their peers, academically, and speech development.

 b.       Paragraphs 2 & 3: Discuss at least TWO specific types of AT designed to help students with

      The first type of AT assistive technology that I have researched is: FM systems use radio signals        to transmit amplified sounds, the second is Personal amplifiers are hand held devices that                    amplifies sound.

       FM systems are commonly used in the classroom. The teacher wears a microphone which is              connected to the transformer and the student wears the receiver that is tuned into a certain radio          frequency, like a radio transmitter. Students who wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant have a          wire connected to pick up the radio frequency.

       Personal amplifiers are useful wear FM systems are not, for example, being outside, a concert,            watching TV they can reduce background sounds. They use directional speakers and the user              may use earbuds for listening.

       c. Paragraph 4: discuss the future directions of AT for the specific disability you

         chose. You can research what the most current advances are for that particular

        AT, but if you can’t find anything, you can make projections based on what you

        think would be a viable direction for advancement for that AT based on what

        you’; ve learned from your research.

       Technology is changing rapidly so change and improvement is always on the horizon and new             types of devices are invented. Both the above systems: FM systems and personal amplifiers use          wires There is new technology in the making that is wireless. I believe in the next ten years we            will see dramatic changes with new technology that will allow some disabilities become things of        the past.

      

Here are a few links that will give you more detail:

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/assistive-devices.aspx http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/hearing-aids

My masterpiece! PicMoney has many different applications for  the classroom. You use it for photo editing. It allows you to create overlays,effects, textures and adjust colors. I can see a teacher using it to create journals and their is much more that can be done. It was definitely user friendly. If I can do it I am sure any school age student could.  

First day of school by lkondas on GoAnimate



This is the third GoAimate that I made this weekend. Definitively some thing you could use in the classroom.  This GoAnimate takes place on the first day of school. The teacher is greeting everyone outside before school.