7 Classroom Adaptions

I have heard of Bloom’s Technology before, but have always been unaware of the meaning. Since there are six different components that make up the pyramid, the support of student learning can be done in multiple ways. I would begin by making a PowerPoint slideshow of basic knowledge of the lesson I am teaching. This basic knowledge will be facts that the students already know from previous classes. Next, comes the understanding part. After they recall the basic concepts I will ensure they can explain in their own words, maybe some key terms or ideas. After understanding, comes applying this new concept. I will give a new situation with our newly learned material so the students can demonstrate their ability to apply. Students will then analyze and evaluate. This could be done by using a compare and contrast chart on PowerPoint. Lastly, the students will be given the correlating assignment and sent on their own to complete. To incorporate the PowerPoint I will put he directions on the last slide and allow them to have access to the PowerPoint for reference. Each slide of the PowerPoint presentation will encompass a different level in the Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Adaptive technologies are alternate technology software and devices created for those with disabilities. A disability can range from strict screen readers to someone being color blind or even dyslexic. Someone who can only read a screen, but needs to see a photograph could have the image translated into descriptive text. People that are colorblind could have the color altered for their own use. A dyslexic student may carry around a spell checker for daily use in the classroom. Another example is someone unable to use a clicker or mouse to use a joystick to navigate around the computer.

I can remember when I was in middle school I had a legally blind kid in my language arts class. During class when we would write, he was able to type everything on this device had had and it would read each word back to him when he was finished. All the students were so amazed by this adaptive technology. When I become a teacher and have the chance to use adaptive technologies I could see them as a distraction to other students, as well as a hassle to set up.

I thoroughly enjoyed the web page design assignment. Weebly was an easy way to create an organized website and still make it aesthetically pleasing. I liked that each page allowed me to organize it how I pleased and had pre set up layouts, which were very helpful. Next time I make a website I would play around with the layouts a little and visit the app store to see other options I could include! Attached is a picture and link to my website.