Today we started by looking at the program Clicker5. I was pleasantly surprised that it is a user friendly program. Also, I initially thought that Clicker5 was developed for elementary students. As a junior high teacher I was happy to see we can use Clicker5 and it is age appropriate at the junior high level as well.
I am beginning a position at a different school next year and because it's so late in the school year I keep wishing I had my caseload for next year. I find it is motivating to use software when you can connect it to a student that might benefit from it. I really hope I retain a lot of the valuable information we are taught in class and think about it when learning my students' strengths and challenges.
Angela and I enjoyed creating a baby book and using the writing grid in Clicker5. When we started using the program I said I didn't think I would create books once I got back to the classroom. But after a short time of playing around in Clicker5 things moved along quickly. Angela gave me a good idea. It might be realistic to train one of the EPAs in the school on how to use Clicker5 then whenever they have time they could create activities.
ClozePro was a bit of a flop for me today. I was able to watch as we explored the software as a class but I was unable to load it onto my computer. I didn't have a password for administrative rights for my computer. I feel like I was able to see enough to be able to use the program independently in the future.
Today (Sunday) I started to put my final pieces of my assignment together. I am wishing we had a chance to use Dragon Naturally Speaking at some point throughout our class. I think it would have been a wiser choice for me to pick a program I felt I am more trained to use. Regardless, so far it seems to be a good fit for the student in my case study.
