Blog Journal 7

My experience with Twitter so far has been good! I am no longer having troubles navigating through Twitter and I now know how to tweet with no issues. While using Twitter, I’ve learned  that it is a great tool to communicate with others and keep up-to-date with various events happening not only in the education world but also in every other community such as political issues, weather updates, pop culture, etc. All of these things are the exact benefits of Twitter! Twitter can be used for many useful resources and is a great place for anyone to share their thoughts, experiences, and useful information for all to see. Personally, it has been helpful for me to learn new things in the education world whenever I check Twitter, which is beneficial to me as I approach becoming a teacher. As of lately, I have not experienced any issues. As I said before, I just recently got the hang of things and now everything is going smoothly!
The Web Design assignment was so much fun! This was definitely my favorite assignment so far this semester. I had designed a website before using Wixx but this time I used Weebly and it was easy to navigate and creating the website was a breeze! I did have to familiarize myself with the tools and resources at first but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. I learned so many new skills like making a website itself, the design elements of a website, the principles that make up a website, specifically a teacher’s class page for this assignment, and much more! There wasn't really anything that I did not like except maybe the layouts given to pick from, it would've been nice to have more choices! I suppose that next time I can add more information regarding the curriculum and focus more on what will be learned inside the classroom. Everything I’ve learned during this assignment, I will be able to apply in my future career. I learned what to expect on a teacher’s class page and what information should be provided on it. I also learned how to design a website for a class page and the elements that go into it, all of which I will be useful when I go to create my actual class page in my future career. My Class Page  
Assistive and adaptive technologies are used to help people with physical and learning disabilities that make things easier or possible for them to use their technological resources. They are used to support people with disabilities such as troubles with seeing, hearing, learning, or any other mental and physical issue that may cause them to need assistance in learning. When I was in high school I knew a student that had to use a voice recognition software because he had minimal movement in his hands. I know this was very helpful for him and useful when it came to online learning. I can see challenges occurring while using adaptive technologies in the classroom especially if they are not used effectively or applied appropriately. Also, I feel like a big challenge is not having all of the resources and tools needed to use these technologies in the classroom from lack of school funds, etc.

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