Blog Post #7

   A presentation software such as PowerPoint would support student learning very well in all knowledge dimensions. The first knowledge dimension, being the cognitive process of remembering, is enhanced because students need to first gather facts for their presentation to collect for their PowerPoints. Next, the cognitive process of understanding, is where PowerPoint essentially comes into play, students learn to sort their information into groups and fact relationships to organize and reformat their info into a comprehensive multimedia format. The next step in the cognitive process is applying, where students actually use their technology skills through PowerPoint to create multimedia, such as flowcharts and concept maps or making sound and video. The last three processes of analyzing, evaluating, and creating come down to comparing facts others have gathered, viewing and comparing other students PowerPoints, and creating a concise finished presentation. 

   Adaptive technologies are devices and softwares designed to help people and students who want to educate themselves but are either at a low level of learning or have mental or physical disabilities. For example the technology JAWS which is a screen reader for people who are blind, and WYNN Wizard which is a scanning and literacy software for people with learning disabilities. I believe that the only challenges that might be faced with using adaptive technologies in the classroom would be an unfair distribution or availability of whatever technology might be offered, or of course normal technological interruptions and difficulties. 

   I enjoyed working with my group members on this weeks assignment Web Page Design, i find it to be a new and necessary skill to be able to create a website of your own and utilize it's different options. Creating working links, a calendar, and making the website visually appealing was a good skill I didn't realize I needed to work on. In the future I'm sure being able to create a user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing website would be a vital skill in the classrooms of the future, for updating information, grades, and giving access to recommended online resources.