Final Post - Course Reflection

Overall reflection of the entire course:

• It is hard to believe that this course is over already! There have been so many valuable things that I have learned from this course and will definitely use in my future teachings. Some of my main takeaway's or highlights from this course are:

• Tyler and his amazing journey with assistive technology.
• The SeeNow website simulator really hit home for me since my Pop had vision issues and now I understand what he was seeing or not seeing. 
• Katie Novak's UDL site and the dinner party activity.
• BookCreator was amazing and I will definitely use this with my class.
• Learning about all of the accessibility options on my devices. I did not know that there were so many available.
• Mentimeter is so neat for using in classrooms.
• The Myth of Average video was a great resource and taught me that we need to ban "average".
• The Understood simulator was so cool but also frustrating when using it yourself. It really opened my eyes as to what my students may deal with on a regular basis.
• Google Read and Write is something that I use daily so I am glad that others have learned about this great resource as well. 
• All of the different apps that can be used for phonics and more.

• Technology is always changing and I am so thankful to have learned about the variety of different apps and websites that I did not know about before. I will use these in my teaching practices for sure. I think that we all need to be adaptable and ready for change. 
• Moving forward I feel more prepared to use the technology that we have learned about and am feeling more confident in my abilities to properly employ them at work. 

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