Reflection Blogging 4

It is imperative to use assistive technology inside the classroom because it gives students a way to complete their work independently without having to become stressed and unmotivated with the assignments. This way they are able to retain information all the while improving skills that they may be weak in such as spelling, organizing, math computation, etc. The idea that nobody is perfect is show by using UDL, everyone regardless how intelligent they are can use some sort of help. Assistive technology also allows students that may be struggling to do their work without everyone being displayed to their difficulties. There are applications that can be used on most forms of technology that can be accessed by students that will better their work.

The three principles of UDL deal with 3 questions, "why" "what" and "how". By incorporating these three principles into daily lesson plans, teaching a group of diverse learners is made easier. Knowing what form of technology to use and what information needs to be taught before trying to teach a lesson makes learning more successful for students. It is important that each different learner is receiving the same amount of instruction and fairly in a way that they can comprehend.

In my own classroom I intend on using technology to support my teaching, I will do this by taking the curriculum that has to be taught and integrate different approaches that can be helpful to all of the learners. For example, if there is an assignment which involves writing the students need to have a place to go in order to organize their ideas other than just a piece of paper, as well as a place to spell/grammar check and resources for researching information. Another way I would use technology to support my teaching could be in teaching mathematics. While some students feel like math is an easy subject I know there are a lot of students who do not. There are applications that can be found online that can help students learn different formulas, multiplication facts, and other skills that can be easily remembered and used when students are doing computations.