Hello Fellow Steppers,
IEP season has had me and my fellow Special Educators incredibly overwhelmed lately, as most of you probably know. However, I am now feeling quite inspired by all of your blog entries, and I look forward to more technology integration in my English classes upon our return from this much-needed Spring Break.
Meanwhile, technology integration is still very important to me and my students! We are thoroughly enjoying the ELMO, although I have not done very much with the digital camera just yet. I use the ELMO almost everyday. I did use the camera to have them complete a H.S.A. preparation activity on "TONE," with several pictures that I took. This required them to identify the tone in "non-print text," which they definitely seemed to enjoy more than the pictures we typically use in their textbook.
My Wikispace continues to be a work in progress, although I am learning a lot from creating it, and feel more and more technologically savvy everyday! Other than my overwhelming and exhausting workload, and lack of time to really delve into things as I might like, STEPPING has been a wonderful learning opportunity for me so far.
