Digital Blog Post #G - Chapter 10

Using Assistive Technologies to Engage All Learners:

Assistive technologies means using both digital and non computer based tools. Creating a curriculum that is both accessible and engaging for all learners is such an ongoing task. It is very important to recognize as you begin making the accommodations for one student, you are often developing accommodations that could benefit multiple students. In our role of being a teacher, we have the ability to use assistive technologies to modify both the classroom environment and the way curriculum is delivered.

DI AND UDL:

I thought this was interesting. DI stands for differentiated instruction, and UDL stands for Universal Design for Learning. All students benefit from a wide and varied range of educational experiences that can activate their talents and potential as learners. Differentiated instruction (DI) and universal design for learning (UDL) involve changing the institutional practices and classroom structure to promote learning success for every student. A universally design classroom using technology involves changing the classroom learning environment and the ways curriculum is delivered
A teachers technology choice for universal design can be organized by low tech, mid tech and high tech options.

• Low Tech: Refers to changes that are made easily, inexpensively and without applying digital or electronic materials.

• Mid Tech: Involves substantive shifts in organization and delivery of curriculum that may include the use o electronic materials.

• High Tech: Introduces changes associated with the integration of computers and other specialized information technologies in the classroom.
  
  
  
  According to this article there are many ways how assistive technologies support teachers in reaching out to all learners. 

Ways to technology supports culturally and linguistically diverse students:

Culturally and linguistically diverse learners include African American, Latino and Native American students, students with special educational needs and students learning english as a new language. Multicultural education affirms all the diversities present in new language. Technology offers powerful ways to promote education for diverse learners, including revealing untold stories and hidden histories, expanding teaching methods and approaches and integrating multiple languages and cultures into the curriculum.

Resources:

 Freeman, Kailin. "Toon DOo." ToonDoo. Kailin Freeman, Oct.-Nov. 2016. Web. 14 Oct. 2016.

Ormsby, Bobby. "7 Inclusion in the 21st-century Classroom: Differentiating with Technology." Inclusion in the 21st-century Classroom: Differentiating with Technology. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2016

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.