The above cartoons really sum up my feelings about assistive technology and this course. The classroom of the future will be full of students with technology at their fingertips yet we are not meeting the needs of such students. We limit programs, ban cell phones, and permit only those with specific criteria to use technology.
This course has definitely taught me the need and benefits of technology FOR ALL STUDENTS! I think the education system is still stuck in the belief that technology is a reward and for "special circumstances", but technology is, and should be, an educational tool. The places we could go with the proper access to technology would benefit all students. That stigma attached to a "technology adaptation" would be gone.
Just like the last course I took with Barb, this course makes me WANT AN IPAD even more!! :) I think that might be a gift I give myself when I complete my Masters degree. The most exciting thing about it is that I can use it with my two boys and really open their eyes to the possibilities. I might settle for an iPhone for now :)
I often find myself looking at my students who have an iPhone and think....."I'm SOOO jealous!!" But after I get over that :) I think.... you don't even KNOW what that thing can actually do for you!
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