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Best Gadgets For Valentine's Day Gifts For Your Special Guy

Best Gadgets For Valentine’s Day Gifts For Your Special Guy

There is a list of gadgets that you should gift to your loved one. For the Person who loves making memories. The Prynt Case ($130, originally $150)   For the people who sings in the shower. Iron Triple C Audio Speaker ($70) Person who still plays with his food. Star Wars Light Up Chop Sabers ($20) For the person who looks great in a suit. Marvel Avengers Stainless Steal Cufflinks ($63) the guy…

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Reflective Blog 4

           Having a 1:1 classroom would be great. For language learning ESL students, having personal access to school issued laptops or tablets will open up many learning opportunities. Online resources like Quizlet for language practice, being able to Skype or chat to help students that are sick, out of school, or just outside of class, or virtual environments like the SMART Notebook work we did in Dr. Gressick’s class that are a resource for students, makes 1:1 schools an excellent idea. Furthermore, students would be able to access additional help like online dictionaries and online articles for students to practice reading and videos for listening comprehension.

           There are many different way to build a learning environment with 1:1 technology. I really like Dirksen’s augmented reality example of putting a virtual information layer over the real world as a way to introduce knowledge into the environment. It may be a little difficult to implement, but simulating the real world environment on a 1:1 or BYOD laptop or notebook could be a great learning aid. I think it would be great to have video scenes that play out like short movie scenes or skits that would teach language while students could interact with the learning environment. Students could control the events in a video scene like a Choose Your Own Adventure book but as a virtual language-learning environment with supplemental imbedded ‘clickables” that can be used on a school issued or personal device.

           Unfortunately, the places I am likely to work in the Peace Corps are likely to be disadvantaged. There is certainly no reason for me to believe the schools I will be working at will have the necessary funds to purchase 1:1 laptops for student use. Furthermore, there is no reason to think, in the poorer areas The Peace Corps will send me to, students can afford to purchase their own devises to bring to the classroom. In this case, trying to get knowledge into the world will be a little different for me. Sure, it would be great to have a 1:1 classroom or even a BYOD classroom, but there are no guarantees, and it is unlikely I will have these resources. Still, I want to have a learning environment for my students. I really like Dirksen’s Boston Freedom Trail example. Dirksen is right when she says, “you could arrange tours, or provide maps, or you could create a slick GPS-based guide application that people could access on their smartphones. Or you could just put a big red line down the street” (245). I like the idea of a “big red line” for tourist to follow to see the historic district of Boston. This low-tech approach to tourism is closer to the reality I will have in the Peace Corps, and there is something about that kind of innovation that I find appealing. I think in my future classroom, I will have to find innovative ways of putting low-tech knowledge in the world. I may have to build infographics by hand with whatever materials I can get. Maybe I will have to design my own learning aids by hand, but looking at it, at the end of this blog, I do not think I want a 1:1 classroom or a BYOD classroom. I want a classroom of students who want to learn, who are not financially well off. I want a classroom of students who need the help the most. Moreover, for me, that is the greatest appeal of the Peace Corps.