Assistive technologies are a cornerstone in education, enabling all students to have equal access to educational materials. Teaching has been a critical job in society for as long as human civilization, over the years it has become abundantly clear that a variety of resources and experiences help to shape students into well-rounded learners. As technology has progressed ten-fold, it has turned into a tool of great use in education so its extremely important to ensure that all students can access these wonderful materials. Re's discussion with us made it even more clear that these resources are needed, but not that developed yet. Its important for me as a future teacher to learn how to make my materials and resources accessible so that all students can use them efficiently to learn.
Using Diigo helped me to get a better understanding of how to share resources clearly with all necessary information, as well as using the extension tab. Most of the extensions I have added for myself or classes were only needed to be installed on the computer, but I needed to use the Diigo extension after the installation. It was nice to see the resources all together on the class page, where they could be separated into different topics. In my future classes, if we do not already use a resource that has many of these functions, I may consider including Diigo to my curriculum. Diigo could also be great for teachers if the same school sharing resources with each other, it would clearly label and display the information for each other.
It is clear that technological development in education is up to teachers, many notice that schools have been one of the slowest institutions to improve its technology, this being a result of leaving everything up to minimally paid teachers. Despite this setback, many teachers have found ways to implement new technologies and resources into their lesson plans, so there are also many resources online to use in order to stay up to date. Better lesson has a great program for teachers professional development that can help teachers to improve for their students and stay relevant to new teaching techniques. I believe it is important for the government to increase their support of students and educators but also for teachers to make sure they are relevant on teaching strategies and technologies.
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