1. The document outlines an upcoming class on integrating technology into teaching. It includes a schedule, reading discussion, and assignments. 2. The schedule includes a video editing workshop, technology plan assignment due, and presentation on technologies for teaching ESL students. 3. The reading discussion asks about common learning disabilities and provides a table listing types of disabilities, their symptoms, and available assistive tools.

1. Integrating Technology into Teaching III

2. Schedule for 4th Class
Logistic
Work Reading
Session Discussion
Video Technology
Editing Plan
Workshop Assignment

3. Logistics
1. 60% of video footage
2. Storyboards will be collected in the last class. Please practice
storyboarding skills. (Do it before, not after)
3. Video imported to your computer for today’s activity
4. Next class:
1. TBA: technologies for teaching ESL students (in class presentation)
2. Work session: Shoot more video? Finish editing?
5. A short survey

4. Reading Discussion
1. What are the most common learning disabilities and disorders?
Type Symptom Assistive Tools
Available
Motor difficulties
Math difficulties
Language difficulties
Writing difficulties
Auditory processing
difficulties
Visual processing
difficulties

5. 1. What are the most common learning disabilities and disorders?
Type Symptom Assistive Tools Available
Motor difficulties Difficulty holding a pencil; difficulty moving one or Pencil grip, dasher (eye-control
both hands; text input), alternate keyboard,
alpha smart
Math difficulties Difficulty understanding math problems, reading time Math Pad, talking calculator
and counting money
Language difficulties Lack of verbal language skills (stutter, difficult to AAC device (text-to-speech),
understand words/phrases); difficulty in letter/word recorder, Alternative format
recognition, slow reading speed and fluency; books, OCR/speech synthesis,
spelling… Word-predicting software
Writing difficulties Physical difficulty to form words and letters; struggle Tools for motor difficulties, speech
to organize thoughts on paper synthesis, graphic organizers like
“inspiration”, “kidspiration” and
“draft builder”.
Auditory processing hearing impairment, difficulty hearing difficulty Tape recorder (livescribe), hearing
difficulties between sounds aids, closed caption…
Visual processing Visual impairment, Difficulty interpreting visual Magnifier, alt-text, screen-
difficulties information reader…

6. Technology Plan Assignment
Student information
(strength/limitations, like
Your selection of the AT,
s/dislikes, behavior, acad Your goal for this student
and the rationale and
emic (specific)
strategies
performance, concerns…
)
Description of how it is
implemented (what went Evaluation (does it Reflection (lessons
well, challenges, your work?) learned)
solutions?)

7. Video Editing
Remove
Load video Split video
unwanted part
Add Add Add
Soundtrack Text/Images transition/fade
Add Credit

8. Work Session
Windows movie
maker iMovie
Adobe Premier