After reading the blog posts of my classmates throughout the course I have found that the resources we were provided with have been very helpful. Most people did not know about a lot of the resources. Now we have more material to use in our classes. I believe we all have more confidence in our ability to teach because we see that there are plenty of websites and forms of technology out there that can help us to engage our students and create a meaningful experience for them. Regardless of our content area, we were all able to find sites that we will be able to incorporate into our classrooms. All of us acknowledge the fact that technology is an important part of the lives of teenagers today, so it is important to include it in our classrooms.
One idea that stood out to me was from Sarah's blog. She mentioned in her post about technology for students with disabilities that the iPhone and iPod are useful resources. I never thought about that, but so many students have iPods and, as Sarah mentioned in her post, they are pretty affordable. Students would probably feel less out of place using an iPod, since they are so common. This is a great alternative to other assistive technology. Of course, it cannot be used for every disability, but where it can be helpful it is a great resource to have.
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