Strengths & Weaknesses-PDP

I am not as technologically savy as I thought that I was. Reading the articles, watching the movies and doing the survey really opened my eyes to let me know what I still need to learn in how to apply technology into my own classroom. I believe that I am computer savy and that I am able to work with programs pretty well, after I have learned how to use them. I feel that I know most of the basic skills in using computers. Some of the things that I would like to learn about(that I learned are my weaknesses from the UNI Survey), and impliment into my own classroom, are learning how to effectively use troubleshooting and adaptive technology for students with disabilities.

I would also like to learn how to teach it to my students. I could learn this from watching a tutorial that goes along with your computer and model, on the internet by looking up the webpage. This would help because the instructions are coming right from the source of where the computers are made. They understand your computer and how it works. Another way that I could improve my weakness on this topic is to watch a video on Youtube teacher tube specific to the problem that I could possibly be encountering. These videos go through and explain various problems that could occur and how you can solve the problem.

Another weakness that I have is knowing about the adaptive technology that disabled students can used. To help me learn about this I could observe in a classroom that has need of those adaptations and ask the teacher about them. This would help me to understand the methods that are used and how effective they are. I could also take a short-course about how to work the technology, this could be done within the schools. This would help me to apply what I have learned about the adaptations.