Final Reflection

Overall this semester I have learned about assistive technology. I did not realize that there was so much already on the computer to help people with their needs. I always thought you have to download some expensive software. I also learned more about google and all the stuff that comes with it. For example we used google docs to make a presentation, we used to good sites to create a website and of course blogger to create our own blog. I already knew how to work Windows Movie Maker, Powerpoint, Web tools,  Concept mapping, and about plagiarism software. However when coming to concept mapping, Inspiration was new to me. I liked it, it was easy to use and will most likely use it in the future. My strong point of the class are of course the stuff that I feel comfortable using: powerpoint, web tools, etc. My weak points would be all the google stuff because it was all somewhat new to me. I think that using google more often will help me in my weakness. The only time I really used google was as a search engine but it definitely has more to offer than just that. I will use technology in my classroom by having a website to inform parents, using web tools to create tests and rubrics, I will allow my students to play games on the computers, use movie maker to create movies consisting of pictures from throughout the school year (of course with parents consent).