The tool I choose from Larry’s site is Fotobabble. It is an application where people can post photos along with an audio description. This is a great tool for educators, teachers, and learners because it helps those to practice speaking english, and any other language. It is a simple tool students can use to help their speaking skills. It is easy to use, but also has a tutorial video just in case. Their are student example’s on this website as well if anybody wanted to browse before they made their own.
In a general education classroom setting a student with a disability could really benefit from this tool. Some students who have ADHD and have trouble focuses on normal school work and reading books could use this tool in a variety of ways. They could have the book recorded while having pictures of each scene up on the screen. This could help students stay focused but while still learning and covering all the material needed. Another example could be students who have trouble speaking proper english. They could look at a word on the screen, hear the word being said, and than repeat it themselves. They could than make their own fotobabble and continue to record until they get it right. The neat thing you could do here is continue to create multiple fotobabbles and over time you could see your improvement on your speaking. The amount of things you could use this website for are endless. You could teach a student with a brain injury who has trouble remembering things from the past. You could put up pictures of past experiences with a description speaking as the pictures go by. This is a great tool for a student with a disability. Students with disabilities often take longer time to finish activities and go through school curriculums. This could help students travel faster because it is a tool that is always readily accessible for their use. If they are blind they can hear this, if they are deaf they can see this. It is a tool that can be used for any disability because it has multiple features, and can be used in many different ways.
I chose this tool because it is a great way to help you in a classroom. It can be used to present pictures to parents and students. It can flash times tables while shouting out answers. This is an upcoming tool in the Web 2.0 world because it is fully online and technology savy. It is based on the 2.0 design system and has brought technology to a whole new level. This tool would fit perfectly in any classroom, any bedroom, and be used on any type of handheld or computer device. This tool is the new technology and it is only going to get better from here.
I like how you integrated so many different ways this could be used. I think that it is important for teachers to invest in tools that are multifunctional in their classrooms, with all the budget cutbacks. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a very interesting tool. I like that you talked about how you could adapt and use it for students with disabilities. Did you try it out and if so do you have something to share/post?
ReplyDeleteThanks.