TWITTER, WEB DESIGN, AND ADAPTIVE TECH

Twitter for me has been an interesting experience. I already use Twitter on my own, and I follow lots of content creators, gaming industries, and political accounts. As such, my personal twitter feed is full of interesting interactions, so it's definitely refreshing to see a feed that is almost entirely focused on education and education technologies. I think that using Twitter has lots of benefits, like getting immediate updates on new technologies and direct interaction with educators. So far, I haven't really experienced many issues, despite constant notifications on my phone!

The web design assignment was incredibly interesting and definitely a new experience for me. I enjoyed just how easy it was to use a third party service to create a fairly decent website with lots of information. I can see how it would be quite useful to a new educator. I would try to improve a future version of my website perhaps by adding more interesting elements to it, and giving it some more flair. You can check out a screenshot of my website below!




One of the most interesting things I've learned in the course so far is the amount of assistive and adaptive technologies that exist and how they help learners. These technologies are as simple as closed captions on a video and as complex as text-to-speech software. It's my firm belief that differently-abled students should have access to the same education ans standards as other students, and these kinds of resources help those students achieve success. Personally, I do not know anyone that has had to use adaptive technologies out of necessity, though I enjoy having closed captions on most videos I watch. Though I would do my best to adopt adaptive and assistive technologies in my classrooms, I do understand that they can be complicated to use and lack some consistency, especially technologies like text-to-speech. Doesn't mean I won't try!

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