Teaching stategies for autism

I found some great websites about some teaching strategies that may help with autistic children. There were so many great tips out there on the internet some that i had never even thought about before. One strategy that I really found interesting and i had never thought about as being a teaching strategy is a schedule. It said that autistic children generally need a very structured work environment. One other srtategy i liked was the idea of having work stations. http://members.aol.com/Room5/strat.html

Internet Safety

I am actually really glads we were asssigned this assignment. I loved elder Ballards talk about the media. My favorite quote in his talk was when he said: "The choices we make in media can be symbolic of the choices we make in life." I think that is so true, we need to fill our minds as well as our students' minds with good uplifting things. There are so many great websites out there to help educate us about internet safety such as : isafe.org and netzsmarts. I like that quote on the LDS web site about the internet and internet safety it says: " The Internet is a wonderful tool and resource for families, but caution must be exercised in order to protect families and individuals from the potential dangers that are present online." I agree with this statement completly, the internet can be a great tool if used with coution. We as educators and parents must be knowledgable about these things so that we can teach others.

Technology for the Deaf and Blind

I loved the presentation last week on the different technologies for the deaf and blind. I was amazed at how many different technologies were available to them. There were so many necessary technologies that I had never thought about before like the braille watch, that was so simple yet so amazing. Some other technologies that I found vey intriguing were the screenreaders and screen enlargement programs. These different softwares would be very helpful to a student with poor vision.