Edutecher Study Tool: GoalBook

GoalBook helps educators, students and parent work in a partnership toward a common goal of how to best educate the students.  It helps to personalize an instructive plan.  It organizes and focuses on each student’s specific needs.  This is an excellent tool for children with special needs who may require an IEP or an ILP.  However this tool can be utilized to keep so called normal students stay on track.  Parents can more comprehensively identify with and participate in their child’s learning progression, while having a perceptive understanding of the educator’s evaluation processes.  This will promote brainstorming.  Parents will be able to better help their children with school work at home.  Everyone’s ideas will be reflected in the student’s education and goal development.  Student will have a say in what is effective and valuable opposed to what is ineffective and worthless with reference to their own education.  This may all sound very involved, I pleased to find that this GoalBook method was simple to use.  GoalBook brings teams, and projects together simply and proficiently.  The website is all inclusive and clearly explains step by step how to use it's tools.

 

Edutecher Study Tool: YakiToME

 

 

YakiToMe is a significant and noteworthy method education for students with disabilities who may NEED their lessons to be converted into audio. It eliminates pressure and anxiety of reading for students who are struggling or challenged by it.  YakiToMe can be most influential with students who are sight impaired and those who are dyslexic.  It is also a great way for so called normal student who may WANT their lesson converted into audio.  These students can multitask and more proficiently complete assignments. This student can complete their lesson while walking home from school or doing chores around the house.  The text to speech conversion is easily uploaded using RSS feed. 

Professor Smith made it clear on the first day of class that teaching does not have to difficult.  Educators are more successful when they offer innovative and alternative methods to reach the students to keep them engaged.  This method also accommodates students and educators with overwhelming busy like styles.  The following is a step-by-step YouTube tutorial of how use YakiToMe to convert text to an MP3 player. 

Edutecher Study Tool: StudyBlue

With StudyBlue both educators and students can work together making, revising and studying flash cards online.  Student can interact with each other and create virtual think tanks to explore their different studying tactics of learning. Students and educators alike, create study guides and quizzes.  This collaboration allows students to get the most out of their study time.  StudyBlue uses a concentrated method of study which keeps students engaged with one another at the same time more productively focusing on their individual areas of need.  The learning process is more attentive and useful.  I believe students will be more willing to learn, be taught and study using this method as they are involved with the design of each lesson.  As well, the educator can more efficiently access how the students are progressing. The beauty of this website is that is can be downloaded as a mobile app.  This will make study time easily accessible for any busy lifestyle.  The following is a YouTube tutorial of how StudyBlue can make studying more proficient. 

My Tech Journey

Well I am embarking on the inevitable.  I am determined to master basic technological skills and learn the language of technology.  I believe that Professor Smith is right man for the job.  I appreciate all the encouragement and patience that he and my fellow classmate showed me today.  I am grateful.  Thank you.