Blog post #7

Adaptive technologies are meant to help students with disabilities to use technology. They can help students to read screens better, or even help them to navigate the web when they do not have the physical capability to use a mouse.  They can also be used by teachers to help them to create assignments for blind students, though the use of braille printers. These technologies help students to be involved in every aspect of classroom learning, no matter their ability level. I have never known anyone who used these technologies, just because at my schools usually these learners were separated. Cost may be an issue, since some of these technologies could be expensive. Another challenge could be teachers not knowing how these technologies work and therefore not being able to help their students.

From the Web Page design assignment I learned how to organize information in an a way that is easy to read and understand. I also learned what things might typically need to be shared with students, and how a web page can help teachers to keep parents and students up to date. The only thing I didn't like was the time it took to create the page and become familiar with all of the functions of weebly. Next time I could probably make the design portion better and nail down a better theme because I will be more familiar with the software. In the future I will definitely use this to post assignments, updates, and announcements for parents, students and other teachers to see.
armsteadsocialstudies.weebly.com

From Diigo I have learned how to bookmark pages. I have also learned how to use the tagging system to organize those webpages I also learned to use the tags so that other teachers can find them. I have also learned to annotate the main ideas of an article so that others can understand it more easily, and don't have to read the whole thing. I have also used the comment feature to comment on links that other classmates have posted. This application will be useful when I am a teacher because it will help me to save links that I may find useful later on. Teammates can also share and see my bookmarks. This will be helpful in the classroom because students can use it to share helpful links and sources for reports in topics such as science and history. They can also learn how to highlight the main ideas of passages through the annotating feature.