I was very excited to start this course, this is an area in which I totally could use some resources and information, and an overall revamping of my technological abilities. Technology can move very quickly, one moment you may feel as though you have mastered a new device or resource, then BAM! Something new has come along, your devices need to be updated, or worse, have become obsolete.
This consistent restructuring and improving of technology has done some amazing things over the past few decades, giving people the ability to communicate, to achieve success and to live their lives as functional as possible. As an educator I use technology daily, I have come to learn that there are so many things that I need to learn about, so many things that I have absolutely no clue about and things that I know a little about and can expand my knowledge on.
I am grateful for the fact that my school has many devices which can make students' lives more successful, however as teachers we need to have access to all of these devices and start utilizing them in our classrooms with our students. The Universal Design for Learning is a new term for me, it makes perfect sense once I understood its meaning. In ways I do provide students with multiple means of representation, expression and engagement, however I realize that there is more that I can do, which brings me back to the excitement that I have to participate in this course!
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