I believe that gesture-based multi-touch displays hold the
biggest promise for education. I especially think this because touch screen
devices are so common now. This technology is used by more than three quarters
of the people in the world. This technology is utilized in education, in the medical
field, just for fun and so much more. Gesture-based technology can be used for
almost anything. It is changing our world for the better and it is benefiting
so many different people.
The digital divide is the gap between people who do and do
not have access to technology. You would think that most people use technology…but
some don’t have access and some people don’t have internet access. It benefits
some students, but not others. I am on the side of the digital divide that uses
technology daily. I think that this divide can run my classroom into some
challenges. This is because some of my students will have access to internet
and technology while others don’t. It will put some students at an advantage,
while pushing the students who do not have access to the curb. I will have to
take a survey and ask which students do and do not have access and then go from
there. If there are students who do not have access to technology and the internet,
then I will most likely hold hours after class for the students to work on
classroom computers before they go home.
I learned a lot about PowerPoint that I didn’t already know.
I thought I was pretty good at using PowerPoint but there were so many aspects
that I had to research in order to figure out the assignment. I did not like
the part where I had to make a slide master because there wasn’t anything that I
wanted to have on every slide (not to mention how confusing it was trying to do
it on a different PowerPoint at home).
I did not like the slide master thing either, it was way too confusing so I just ended up putting my initials and a star on every slide.
ReplyDeleteI was so confused by the slide master too! I kind of just did it and I am hoping for the best.
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