* Born and raised in the beautiful island of Saipan.
* March 7, 1987
* Chamorro [father] Palauan [mother]
* Special Education Major [Speech Pathology]
* quiet most of the time and can talk a lot when needed!
* love to make new friends and learn new things!
* goal: working very hard to finally hold that degree in my hands & know that I'm half way to accomplishing my dreams! =)
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Throughout the years I've been at The University of Guam I have learned a great deal about the use of technologies and the importance. This portfolio will provide some of the things I have learned and how that technology may be useful and helpful to those individuals with disabilities. I used the word some because I know there are more to explore and discover and new technologies that will be invented in the near future.
ED443-Assistive Adaptive Technology is a course I prepared myself to learn more about assistive technology and the many other ways it can be useful and helpful in and out of the schools. As a future SPED teacher I know their will be a lot of assistive technologies that will be used to help students with disabilities explore new things, learn numerous things in the academic areas and assistive technologies would help these students succeed and head for improvements. some examples of assistive technologies are telecommunications, computers, and multimedia. This course helped to explore and understand how assistive technologies can be useful and helpful and to whom are they suited for .
Technology being used in the special education classrooms is always a plus. It helps the students who are in need of alternative ways for learning new things. Instead of the usual pen and paper there are other technologies that can be substituted for the child's learning. For example, having a talking calculator with big number and screen can help the students with vision impairment or hearing impairment. Some high tech technologies are mostly the one that comes as a software that can be installed into the computer and the student can be practicing the activities and become good at it. Many times the students enjoy more of the computer activities or assignments that pencil and paper.
As a future SPED teacher I would love to have the different techniques that the students can be exploring with and at the same time learning. Though I know that it won't happen that easily, if I had a student in my class who is in need of a certain assistive technology I would go out of my way to make sure that it comes one way or another only because a child's learning shouldn't be put on hold when there is something out there already that can be helpful and useful to this student.
Having the many chances to observe students in a classroom has shown me the different types of learners I will encounter when I become a teacher. There are the ones who are fast and slow learners and even if it may sound simple being able to make sure all the students are learning about the lesson being taught and of course they won't be on the same pace so teachers have to accommodate those students who may need more time, etc.
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*CEC Standard 3: Individual Learning Differences
During the experiences in the schools observing I have encountered with different religions, beliefs, etc. I learned throughout my observations and practicums that as a future teacher I should be able to be open to the different backgrounds, etc. I will make sure that if I know what the students beliefs or background is that I will try my best to accommodate the student in his/her assignments and learn about their background because I know that many backgrounds, or beliefs perceive things very differently and I want to treat each student the same way and not hurt any of their feelings or anything of that matter.
I think that one of the most important grade levels that are in need of most of the technologies is in the elementary level. I say this because it is always good to start at a young age when teaching a child something. They will have a lot of time during the years for improvements. Sometimes during the high school level they differ between the young children in a way that they make decisions on their own and know already what they want to do and what they don't want to do. At the young age they are still wanting to explore numerous things.
Integrated Play Group
ED315/657
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* CEC Standard 6: Communication
Technologies that are used for communication are very important especially for those individuals with communication problems such as speech impairment, learning disabilities, or individuals who have MR, TBI, etc.
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