Blog Post #8

http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/specials/make-create-innovate/3d-printing/

     The 3-D printer is becoming more popular than ever, not only is it super cool but it is going to help further students education and many different things. Students will be extremely intrigued by the simple fact that a printer is printing something three dimensional, how often will they be able to see this, so we can teach students all that they need to know about this. Also the things that this printer will print can help many different types of students, it can help a lot with younger kids and understanding certain things and also with blind students, you can make brail on the 3-D printer. Students will a intellectual disability might also find these objects that are printed very helpful with sensory and motor skills

     The digital divide that is the gap of people who and do not have access to technology. I believe that I am on the side of student A because I have the access to internet and I have the tools to use different types of programs and computers. I can see it affecting my future classroom by students when it comes to education and homework in the classroom, if I were to assign something to my students and not all students have access to a computer or internet at home. I think that I will try my very best to work with these students, because I still want technology to be very involved in my teaching process, regardless of if its at home or the library or in the classroom. I will work my best to accommodate all of my students in any situation that they may come faced with.

     Working on powerpoint I can admit I thought it was going to be very easy but it was quite difficult figuring things out and nothing completely knowing what I was doing at every moment. I found myself constantly googling how to do this or asking a friends what to do. The only thing I didn't like was how tedious the work was, every little thing that had to be done I hated it. Also, I recored all of my voices and saved and than the directions told me to turn it into a Powerpoint presentation Show, however the direction did not tell me that it needed to be in pptx. Therefore I lost all of my voice audios and had to redo them because converted my powerpoint into the wrong thing. I will most likely be using powerpoint presentation in the future with my students however I don't see myself using the voice overs at all.