Podcast

Podcast!

1. A podcast is a software or hardware combination that permits download of information for the user to listen to at anytime

2.You have to subscribe or download a program that can be known as a pod catcher(iTunes etc) which can supply downloadable files. You can also have it to where it will notify you when something has changed by subscribing to it. Once you have your podcast downloaded you can open your pod catcher and listen to it at your leasure.

3.Provide audio/video content which can hold your classes attention.
Another way is for professional development. Teachers can download a podcast and listen to it at their leisure. It can also allow you to communicate effectively with parents and community.

4.There's a middle school in Mabury that uses it to add to their audio/video content and in a high school they use it for biology class.

5. I think that podcasts are a great way to think for our students. They are very much so in a technology based generation and that is what interests them! It would be awesome if we could make the classroom more apt to their daily lives and ways so they can be set up to learn and succeed.

1.http://travel.podcast.com
2.I chose this podcast because I love to travel!
3.I thought it was really good! It showed me the places that I chose and I could get a glimpse of if I wanted to travel there or not.

AVL

The Alabama Virtual Library is tool that is very accessible to all. It is basically a library online for every age group specifically being Elementary, Middle & High school, as well as College! It provides many resources to search through including Britannica, EBSCO, and much much more! Most importantly it is free!! How is works is you go to the AVL main website and click on the links that pertain to what you need! It is an awesome source available to teachers because you can create more online stimulation for children being as they are an "online generation"
I think that it is a very useful website with many data bases to search for anything you need, you are guaranteed to find what you are looking for when you search on AVL's website. I love that it has specific tabs for Elementary schools so that I can use it for my classroom in the future. Check it out, for sure!

Mr.Sullivan Presentation

Wow, I never knew how many resources that are available for blind/deaf students. I had never thought that I would get children with specific needs like that. I am very comforted and excited that there are resources available. I learned a lot of how students can still perform tasks that other students with all capabilities can. I loved the computer programs that was shown to us, the speed at which people can hear and understand that recording amazed me!
I think that it is very important for me as an educator to know exactly where and how to operate these important devices such as the computer for the blind. Most of all I think it is very very important to be informed on how to best serve all of your students. Teaching is a service and if we are not aware how to meet every students needs we will be doing them a great disservice.