Strengths and weaknesses

According to the UNI I am considered to be an apprentice in many technology equipment areas. This means I used technology in everyday life but I’m not an expert. In some ways I am average for my age in skills and knowledge level of running computers and software. I understand the basics of how to get around on the net and find out what I want to know about. If you show me how I can most likely find my way around devices. I am however limited in my understanding of how they work. I’m not like my brother; he is has knack for picking up a technology tools and just using them. He knows how to build computers from the bottom up. He works for a company that creates simulation units. These are used to teach police how to drive in high speed chases, military personal how to fly, truck drivers, and others. One week he watched movies on the latest plasma screen TVs to see what one really had the best color for their new simulation units. I count having someone in the family to turn to when I can’t trouble shoot on my own as strength.



In my work with students with disabilities I have been exposed to many forms of communication and technology equipment, I count this as one of my strengths. I have been trained on using “Eagle-eyed”- which is an electrodes based device for controlling the computer with your eyes. By hooking probes to your face, your eyes become the computers mouse and you can wonder around the computer using eyes. Most of the students who use the program have neurological disorders that cause them to be locked into their bodies without the ability to communicate. Special needs really mean amazing people. In the classroom there are ways to help people interacting with peers. It would be fun to put the electrodes on students and have them see what it is like to use only your eyes to talk.

As a teacher I will need to incorrupt technology into my classroom. According to the National Educational Technology Standard it is the teacher job to use technology to make plan lesions, do assessments, and understand the ethical/legal issues with using technology. Knowing someone will make me more likely to try technology because I know I can always turn to my brother if anything goes wrong. However he won’t be able to come help me at a drop of a hat so being able to do things on my own is very important. I would like to take a workshop on how to use podcast in the classroom. It seems that the new way of teaching is to make learning meaningful and personal to the students. I like that idea but, I am over whelmed by idea of me have to know so much. I think field will help me see how it all comes together.