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My experience on Twitter so far has been a learning journey. With my EME Twitter account I have been exploring other accounts that pertain to teaching and working with children, since I am majoring in family and child science. One thing about my Twitter experience that I have enjoyed is being able to see the different things that teachers do with their students. One thing that I have especially enjoyed was how creative teachers got to promote black history month. Many teachers decorated their doors to look like black students and celebrities. Many others also used their doors and bulletin boards to fill them up with information about black individuals whom made history, besides MLK, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X.


Working on the web design was definitely an experience. Initially, I was very nervous about this assignment because I have always assumed it to be a difficult process. However, with Weebly, the process was very easy. Through Weebly, I learned how to build and design webpages. One skill that I thought was especially cool was learning how to embed a calendar onto a website. The web design assignment taught me that it is very easy to design a website to showcase what you are doing. In my future career as a teacher or school counselor, I would definitely like to set up my own website so my students have access to resources that can help them and that they can access at home.
http://maggiemaeclass.weebly.com
Assistive and adaptive technologies help people with disabilities perform tasks with greater ease or independence. there are numerous of assistive and adaptive technologies that can help students with  various disabilities from autism. I have not used any adaptive or assistive technologies nor do I know anyone who has. Although, I have not used any assistive/adaptive technology I am familiar with one. Voice Dream is an assistive/adaptive technology that students with disabilities can use to help them read if they struggle because of speech/language impairment or intellectual disabilities. I believe that a challenge I would have using assistive/adaptive technologies would be having access to them since I plan on working with students in low socioeconomic area, which I perceive would be low on resources.

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