My Twitter experience so far has been okay. I do see how it can be useful if you have the right connections and are heavily involved in it, but I would not say that is the case for me. I have learned that it is a way that I can learn about current events related to education and see useful tips for in the classroom. I haven't had any issues, but I just don't see myself using it more in the future as I continue to pursue education. I do understand how it can be a great tool, but I am just not very excited about it. I think it is partly because I am still learning to become familiar with it. My experience hasn't been bad, so that is good.
I really enjoyed creating a website because it was creative and productive. I have used Wix before but this was my first time using Weebly. It took me longer than it should have, but that is probably because I wasn't making my website for a real class, so it took me a little while to think about what I should put on the website. I love how there are so many ways to create a website, the possibilities are endless. I learned how to be familiar with Weebly so that could help me with faster creation of a website in the future. I was fairly happy with how my website turned out. Here is a screenshot and a link for it!
Initially I was a little confused by the difference between assistive and adaptive technologies. From my understanding, adaptive technology is designed specifically for people who are disabled. Assistive technology can help disabled people, but it can also be used by anyone. I think something like an iPad is an assistive technology. A disabled person can use it to help them communicate and perform tasks, and someone like myself who is not disabled, could also use an iPad to accomplish tasks. Our activity on the device might differ, but it still assists both of us. Using adaptive technology in my classroom could potentially be difficult because it would require me to be knowledgeable in how to use those things as well as help your students successfully use it. I have no issue with helping my students with this, so hopefully I will actually have the time and resources to best help my students with adaptive technology.
Hey Natalie! Great post, I definitely agree about the website taking awhile because we had to think of more content to add. However in the future for a real class this experience will make it seamless!
ReplyDeleteHey Natalie! I really like how you designed your website. It seems easy to navigate and has visual aspects making it easy to read and look at. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI agree to your point about Twitter. While a good resource, I do not see myself using it in the way we are now in the future.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comment about. I also do not see me using it in the long run.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy how light and personal the homepage of your website is. It really does add a sense of welcoming to a student who may be scared of entering middle school for the first time. Using the same font was a good choice for your website. It adds consistency and makes the website look professional. The website has a neat layout. Nothing is compacted closely together. Also, all of your text boxes align. This makes the website look organized. There are not any pages in the website where weird contrasts are happening either, you did a good job designing this website :)
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