A successful week

So this week was a pretty successful week. I feel like I got a lot accomplished, and have been staying up on my assignments in all my classes. I do have to admit that I am a little nervous about the next learning block project. I have never done a podcast before, but hey why not do one now. I am sure it will be fun and interesting like all of the other projects. Over all I am feeling pretty good about school!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

Technology

When reading the text book this week I found this information very informational and interesting:

The principles of universal design have emerged from our understanding of the design of physical enviroments for individuals with disabilities. One example, of success of universal design is curb cuts. Originally designed to improve the mobility for people with disabilities within our communities, curb cuts not only accomplish that, but also improve access for people with baby strollers, roller blades, bikes, etc.

Recently, universal design concepts have applied to computers in oder to include disability accessibility software as part of the operating system so that access would be provided as the computer came out of the box (rather than require an individual to track down assistive technology specialists to make specialized modifications.) Today, accessibility control panels are availible on every control panel. I think this is wonderful! (Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, Ch. 15)

Powerpoint is great!

So...this week was pretty stressful with school, and tennis. Even though school was very stressful and there was a million things I needed to get done, I got it done and am very pleased. Also, tennis season just ended yesterday for good which is sad, but now I will have more time to work on my homework. This Friday and Saturday I am going to Angola for one of my Education classes. The event some of us education majors are going to is called "Geofest". I am excited to learn new things...and I think it will be a wonderful experience!

Yesterday when I was working on my powerpoint I was getting a little irritated at first. But, as I kept working on it everything got easier....and I found new tool to use ion the powerpoint software. I thought this was a great assignment because powerpoints will be good to use in the classroom when teaching!!:)

Technology is Great!

I just would like to say how wonderful the use of technology has been for me this week! I had to miss a few classes this week due to my tennis matches I had to play in, therefore I needed to get my assignments that I needed to make up. All I had to do is e-mail my teachers and ask them what I missed, and I got a response immediately. This was a huge relief for me because I then didn't have to go into the school and track my teachers down. Another way technology has been so wonderful to me this week is through my e-mail account and being able to attach homework assignments in order to open them up at anothr location. I had to do this a few times this week because m printer stopped working and had to print it off at the school. I am so thankful for technology and don't know what I would do without it!!:)