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There are so many assistive technologies out in the world. Virtually anything can be made possible with technology. These can include inspiration that can help reading and writing, CoWriter to help remember words and their meaning, and audiobooks that allow the student to read along. I personally have not used these technologies, however my doctor uses dragon dictation during appointments instead of writing her own notes to gain a more accurate description of health and provide quicker appointments. With any technology, glitches will occur. This is the biggest issue I foresee in the classroom. When a teacher is planning a lesson around using a technology and it does not work, frustration and inefficiency occurs.

I acquired many skills while building my webpage. Since I have never experienced building a webpage, this was completely new to me. I ran into some issues with the formatting of the site itself, I had problems figuring out how to make certain paragraphs look the way I wanted and have the layout I envisioned. Although I did get frustrated a few times, I eventually figured out how to cooperate with the site and I believe created the website I had pictured in my head beforehand. In the future, I would definitely add more details and give the page a more sophisticated, finished look. I think that having a class website is extremely helpful, they can help not only my students remember assignments but also myself and keep the entire class, me included, accountable for assignments and lesson plans.

Diigo is such a great resource for group or class collaboration. The site allows for the creation of groups and anyone in a group can bookmark a website for the whole group to see and review. Not only does diigo allow bookmarking, but also annotation of those websites. Any group member can leave notes, highlights, and tags on a page. This would be perfect for group research projects.