During Week 4, I was actually able to catch my breath and digest
the educational material provided. I
enjoyed the videos on project-based learning and found several of the readings
interesting. My favorite reading was
from Rose and Meyer’s Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal
design for learning. I thought they
brought up some questions that I would love to debate. They state that students should have the
opportunity to complete assignments and tests in different ways. Does taking a test on a computer verses paper
and pencil change the outcome of the test?
I know that some educators feel that this scenario does change the
outcome. Unless it is a reading test, I
do not see how using the text to speech feature on a computer changes the
outcome of a math or social studies test.
I know that people feel strongly about this and have different opinions however;
we need to focus on meeting students’ needs.
If that includes completing an assignment in a different way, we need to
be open-minded enough to allow them.
Rose, D., & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in
the digital age: Universal design for learning. Alexandria, VA: Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Chapter 7. Available online at the
Center for Applied Special Technology Web site. Retrieved from http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/
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