Chapter 12 – Internet Applications in Education
Disadvantage / Disability
Internet helps a lot – helps with kids in disadvantaged situations (ex. Distance learning)
Students can be tutored via Skype
Helps decrease some of the disadvantages
There are so many tools via the internet that can decrease or lessen the disability.
Distance / Personal Appearance / Special Needs
Distance – Skype learning
Personal Appearance matters if you have some type of physical abnormalities – people judge people by how they look. When you are on line (when you can’t see them) you don’t judge by how they look, you judge them by what they say (their brain)
Special Needs – could even be needing chem. 30 and living in a small town without that option – taking the course via distance learning.
Technology has the ability to eradicate (eliminate) disadvantages or disabilities.
Learn – A.A.A Anywhere, Anytime and with Anyone (also Anything)
Tools:
- Skype
- Chat rooms
- Messaging Software
- Blogs
- Texting
- Facetime
- Wiki’s
- Togetherville – Kids Facebook
- Kidblog – Blogs for kids
- Glogster/edu – for kids
*Learn Alberta*
Rule about allowing kids to surf the net.
-You need to do the work in advance and find appropriate websites
