Ease of Access

Playing Around With Ease of Access

My W200 class is discussing how to make the computer easier to use for students with disabilities or just in general. I learned how to use the magnifier and how to use high contrast.

Magnifier Example- this will really help students who have a hard time reading the small text on a monitor screen. The magnifier can go up to 16x. The screen I saved was only on 2x and notice the vast difference. This tool is incredibly beneficial for those students whose eyes are constantly being strained from staring at the monitor.

High Contrast Example- this tool helped me more easily read the monitor. It turned the background black and the text white. Though it felt awkward at first, it really did help me see everything much better. I'm actually using it right now. It's so much easier to read everything quickly and easily. I can definitely see how this will help students out when reading long text on the monitor. It's much easier on the eyes.

This is a screen shot of my [DataDriven] Excel chart I learned how to create in Lab.

The question is:
I wonder whom he bribed to get the contract?
(1) Sentence is grammatically correct
(2) Sentence is not grammatically correct
(3) I don't know

The correct answer is (2) because every verb with a tense (-ed/-ing) must have a subject, and if it's a nominative case, then who is used.

My class got this answer correction, but there was some discrepancy. I feel as if I should review the lesson just to make sure all of my students grasp the concept of who/whom.

Guide to Grammar and Writing is an excellent tool for my students to use in and out of the classroom. I'll be teaching Secondary Language Arts. Guide to Grammar and Writing is an easily navigated website in which students can search virtually any type of English related topic. Sometimes students have more questions than I, as a teacher, will have time in a class period. This way, students can answer their own questions without being so dependent.

In particular, I could use this site to help my students reinforce how to structure a paper. This is a basic five-paragraph essay, but it will help my students understand more complex papers.

There are also quizzes available for students to check to see if they are truly comprehending the grammar required to write an effective paper.

TeacherTube is a great tool because:

• It has an almost endless array of videos.
• It's simple to navigate.
• It's easy to use.

It will improve the effectiveness of learning by:

• Teaching students visually.
• Helping students to understand be reinforcing ideas.

I can use this in the classroom by:

• Showing students different videos in class.
• Having the students find a video which is relevant to whatever we're discussing in class.
  

The Guide to Grammar and Writing is a great learning tool because:

• It has several different categories that students can use.

It will improve the effectiveness of learning because:

• Students can use this tool for several different English related topics.
• It has almost every type of paper imaginable.

I can use this is the classroom by:

• It will help students with writing papers.
• It will help students with Sentence structure.

RubiStar is a great learning tool because:

• Students can easily navigate the website.
• It isn't only geared towards one subject.

It will improve the effectiveness of learning because:

• Students will be able to see how a rubric is created.
• It's easily accessible.

I can use this is the classroom by:

• Showing my students how to create their own English rubrics.

ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Persuasion Map is a great learning tool because:

• It will be simple to use.
• Students can easily see how to set up a persuasion essay.
• It's an enjoyable way to begin writing a paper.

It will improve the effectiveness of learning because:

• It will allow students to see how a persuasive essay is written.
• They'll be able to see how they are organized.

I can use this in the classroom by:

• Showing my students, with an easy example, how to organize a persuasive essay.
• They'll be able to do this by themselves in class with little frustration.
  

Visuwords

I chose Visuwords to be one of my top websites because:

• It's an online graphical dictionary.


• It allows students to visually see the connections between words.
  
• It's very simple to use.
  
• It's captiviating and enjoyable to watch.
  

It will improve effectiveness because:

• It's more interesting to use than a paper dictionary.


• It gives several adjectives, verbs, and antonyms for each word typed.
  

I could use this is the classroom in the following ways:

• I can have the students draw words out of a hat, and they have to write a poem about that word using Visuwords.


• I can give them a "word of the day" and each student needs to come up with a synonym or antonym to that word.