Today was another interesting day in class. We had the opportunity to share our Kurzweil presentations with each other. It was interesting to see how everyone was able to use the features in Kurzweil in a different way to meet the students' needs. Although my presentation seemed short (job fair had my mind occupied) our work shows that our group also enjoyed using features in ways that we felt best supported our student. On a side note, it was interesting to reflect on the discussion we had with Jolaine regarding assistive technology and access when teaching French. It certainly must be frustrating for her.
During the afternoon, I attended job fair (and picked up a 100% L.C. job :) ). I have since had the chance to read the chapter on Dilemmas, Challenges, and Opportunities. I was amazed by the percentages of assistive technology that is abandoned. We have talked frequently about training being an issue but I didn't consider the other factors such as mismatching the technology.
I also have the opportunity to work with Inspiration and WordQ. WOW! I missed a lot in a few hours. Inspiration was a little confusing to me at first. It seemed like a lot of information on one template was confusing. But after some videos and the tutorial I enjoyed playing around. The task analysis activity for Inspiration will not open on my computer at home so an update on that will come tomorrow.
I used Classroom Suite with one my students this week. He used it regularly at the beginning of the year but we strayed away from it for months. There is just so much software available it's easy to get sidetracked. I forgot about some of the great things Classroom Suite has to offer but now I am back to exploring it again.
Here's a copy of my Inspiration assignment.
