Blog Post 3

Peer Editing

In Paige Ellis's blog post she talks about the importance of peer editing. The main idea of her post is how to cirque effectively and constructively. So what is peer editing? Peer editing means working with somebody your own age and helping them improve, revise, and edit their work. There are three main tips in being a good cirque: 1. Compliments 2. Suggestions, 3. Corrections. Being able to cirque work properly can truly help you as a writer and the persons work you are editing.

It is important to remember to not be a Picky Patty. It is always best to start out with what they did right when you are editing somebodies work. This helps them feel more open to your cirque. When pointing out someones mistakes, it is much more helpful to give them examples or pointers of how to fix it. Peer editing can be a very useful tool in a classroom. It gives students a chance to see the steps in correcting their work.

Assistive Technologies

Assistiive Technologies with and Hearing Impaired Children and the Mountbatten is about making people aware of children with disabilities and their learning. Technologies have made learning so much easier for us all, but especially for people with disabilities. The Mountbatten writer was designed to help blind students stay in a regular classroom. This is an amazing invention for learning! It gives the blind student the ability to translate a document into braille. It also allows the teacher to give feedback. Both videos really shed light on how importance learning is for everybody no matter what may try to hold them back.

Apple product is really amazing. Knowing they have made applications and adjustments for the blind is truly mind blowing. This is just another tool that can enhance learning for the blind. Using the iPad, the students can use the same applications at school and home. This is something I will incorporate in my future classroom. Being able to use an iPad blind to surf the web and play games is beneficently for adults too.

Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

Incorporating technology into your classroom is beneficial to you and your students. Not only will this enhance their learning, but it will also help them later in life to be more proficient with technology. In Vicki Davis's classroom she promotes technology and learning. In her classroom students create a virtual world. This must really be a tool the students love. Keeping the students interactive in their learning is a great move on her part. Mrs. Davis also makes a great point; not all students can learn from a paper and pencil. She is absolutely correct and it is very important to be able to carter to each child's learning.

I hope I will have the ability to use technology inside my classroom. I believe it can make a huge difference is our students learning experience. The main purpose of educating our youth is to prepare them for their future. In our world now we truly rely on technology and our students need to be able to use it. The classrooms have changed for the better since I was in elementary school, and I hope they will continue to get better as I teach.