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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Irene Sweigard

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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND AUTISM - 2 views

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    When looking for various assessments in relation to technology, I stumbled upon this article that discusses assessments, not only in relation to all students, but students with special needs.  Technology has really made a breakthrough with communication barriers among children with autism.  Technology assessments have helped with data collection, communication, and allowing various learning techniques to create new methods of retaining information.  In relations specifically to children with autism, the internet is a social network for them and allows them to communicate without the need for speech.  It is very interesting and worth a read through.
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Creative Web 2.0 Learning - 4 views

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    A slide show represents the way students are learning today and the new net generation. Just thought it fit well with the class.
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Hands on Learning vs. Lecturing - 5 views

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    Research was done on whether students learn better from lectures or hands on and the outcome was clearly in favor of hands on. This article highlights a study and actual research performed to show the difference in results. The study was also done with middle school aged students.
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