Blog #8

The field trip to the Assistive Technology Lab provided incredible insight into the learning of students with disabilities. We were able to witness several different technologies that could help these students, whether they be blind, color blind, etc. There were braille typewriters, speak-to-text computer programs, special colored keyboards and more. It was really interesting to see all of the tools these students could use, my personal favorite being the special pen that helps record notes. Bloom's Taxonomy aims to classify learning objectives. These objectives are knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This can be supported by PowerPoint to an organized and detailed level. Knowledge can be supported, obviously, by putting details, definitions, information, etc. on each slides. This can support comprehension by explaining this information with examples, pictures, graphs, etc. This can then go into application by having slides on possible scenarios the information could be applied to, and analysis can be supported with discussion questions or quiz layouts int he slides. Synthesis can be supported by having slides that compare and contrast things which can be done nicely by having two separate text/picture boxes and other techniques. Lastly, evaluation can be supported in the concluding slide in the form of class feedback. When I think of trends in really anything, the firs thing I think of is https://twitter.com/ because it is the main source for anything trending, including technology trends. I've also been learning a lot more about Twitter because of this class, so it's something I'm now comfortable navigating. Whatever trends you are interested in, there are people to follow for it. This gives the opportunity to receive updates in really any subject, including technology. See a picture of the Twitter site below: