Some Ideas to Apply Technology in the Inclusive Classroom
Some Ideas to Apply Technology in the Inclusive Classroom
An inclusive classroom is a general education classroom where students with and without learning differences learn together. Inclusive classrooms are welcoming and support the diverse academic, social, emotional, and communication needs of all students.'Technology is excellent for supporting language learners with special educational needs. An important principle is to focus on learning needs starting from what somebody can do rather than what they can’t do' (Dexter, P. in Hockly, N. 2017, p. 161). In this post, I will describe two websites that can help teachers focus on students' abilities and worry less about differences.
This website allows users to create two-character dialogues. It is free and user-friendly although its format isn't up-to-date. Another point to consider is that you will need to register in order to save your comics. Once that is done, you can easily start creating your comic by choosing pre-drawn backgrounds and characters. Then, you can come up with your own invented text and you can add a narration in each vignette. After that, you can add a title and save your work:
Why use this tool in the inclusive classroom? In the first place, students are much more inclined to learn via dialogues and interactive play roles.Secondly, visual students will benefit from this website. For example, a possible task would be to ask students to choose a scene from a novel you have been reading in which two characters appear and extend that scene using their creativity. In this sense, many visual learners will benefit more from the activity than if they were listening to someone read the scene because they will remember it by sight.
2. Smore
In Smore, once you register, you can create event flyers, newsletters, and other documents. Teachers can use Smore in assignments that involve marketing and advertising principles, self-expression, and targeting writing to a specific audience.Smore lets users design their own online flyers that can be printed and distributed. The free site offers easy-to-read analytics to help you track how readers are responding to promotional efforts. You can view how many visits a flyer has received that month; whether viewers came from Facebook, email, or other sources; how much time users spent reading the flyer; and more.The educator version costs $79 a year and lets teachers make all flyers private, which helps make the experience safer for students.Smore offers an easy, quick way to create attractive flyers. The design options aren't insanely complex; you can add some extras, like audio and video, and change fonts and colors, but the template is fairly simple. Besides, you get guidelines to create your works when you first enter the website:
One task that can be carried out with Smore is: give students an assignment to create a promotional flyer for a food product they've invented, then vote whose product is most likely to get purchased based on the flyer. This is a great activity that can be included when learning food items. The website helps us build an inclusive classroom in that students are free to choose whatever information they want to include in the format that best suits their needs. For instance, those who are visual may include more colours and images while those who are auditory may be inclined towards adding more videos.
Why use this tool in the inclusive classroom? In the first place, students are much more inclined to learn via dialogues and interactive play roles.Secondly, visual students will benefit from this website. For example, a possible task would be to ask students to choose a scene from a novel you have been reading in which two characters appear and extend that scene using their creativity. In this sense, many visual learners will benefit more from the activity than if they were listening to someone read the scene because they will remember it by sight.
2. Smore
In Smore, once you register, you can create event flyers, newsletters, and other documents. Teachers can use Smore in assignments that involve marketing and advertising principles, self-expression, and targeting writing to a specific audience.Smore lets users design their own online flyers that can be printed and distributed. The free site offers easy-to-read analytics to help you track how readers are responding to promotional efforts. You can view how many visits a flyer has received that month; whether viewers came from Facebook, email, or other sources; how much time users spent reading the flyer; and more.The educator version costs $79 a year and lets teachers make all flyers private, which helps make the experience safer for students.
Smore offers an easy, quick way to create attractive flyers. The design options aren't insanely complex; you can add some extras, like audio and video, and change fonts and colors, but the template is fairly simple. Besides, you get guidelines to create your works when you first enter the website:
One task that can be carried out with Smore is: give students an assignment to create a promotional flyer for a food product they've invented, then vote whose product is most likely to get purchased based on the flyer. This is a great activity that can be included when learning food items. The website helps us build an inclusive classroom in that students are free to choose whatever information they want to include in the format that best suits their needs. For instance, those who are visual may include more colours and images while those who are auditory may be inclined towards adding more videos.
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