Assistive Technology

The first article I found with searching assistive technology was “Leaping over Walls: With Technology Integration, the Sky’s the Limit”. This article is about how assistive technology can aid students with learning disabilities. The article is about a student who found out he had a learning disability at a young age; he learned how to break down the barrier of his disabilities with the help of technology. He first went to a camp that’s mission was to increase opportunities for those with disabilities through the use of inventive computer skills. Through this camp he learned how to type, meaning he was able to write out his ideas and thoughts without struggling to make them unreadable. The author goes on about how without technology he wouldn’t …show more content…
To explain this model, it’s a concoction of direct teaching and constructivism. Students watch recorded lectures for homework then complete assignments, labs, and tests in class. This helps students keep up with homework and then use the time in class to go through misunderstandings. The article states “For students to be successful on their own, videos used in the flipped-classroom model must include a variety of approaches in the same way a face-to-face lesson would, and they must also have good sound and image quality so that students can follow along easily. These videos must also match the curriculum, standards and the labs or activities the students will complete in class.” The blogger reflects that this model of instruction individualizes learning for students, they can go at their own pace, and teachers can be more one on one with their students. The con of flipped classrooms: student accessibility and requires for students to sit in front of a screen to learn. Why it’s important: this way of teaching inspires teachers to overlook their instruction and motivates them to integrate technology into the …show more content…
We as educators need to “…consider the educational future we are aiming for in higher education, technical education, and especially in the early years of K-12 education, when it really counts.” The blog discusses instructionism versus constructionism and how effective each is for education. Instructionism is fitting for mandatory presentation and explaining information not otherwise readily obtainable to students in struggling communities. Whereas, constructionism is essential and also promotes students to be in charge of what and how they