One type of learners that Gardner discusses in his multiple intelligence model is visual learners. Visual learners learn best by seeing! Educational websites can meet the needs of these types of learners by SHOWING samples or examples!
My educational website contains many visuals such as a class schedule, the class rules, a homework table, etc.
They key for visual learners is for them to have something to physical see. A website can do just this. Students will not only be able to see what the teacher is talking about in the classroom but they will also get to see assignments at home from the website.
This technological advancement is great for visual learners!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Univeral Accessibility
I entered the URL address for the homework page on my website to be checked for universal accessibility. I was not sure what boxes we were supposed to check off so I just checked all of them. When my website was tested, it received seven yeses, four N/As, and 1 warning.
It got a warning in checkpoint 2.1 which stated "Short alternative text may not be valid, warn the report user if alternative text was found that is less than seven characters in length. Additionally alternative text should not be larger than 80 characters, if the alt text is greater the long description attribute should be used. This check validates that the alt attribute does not exceed 80 characters in length." My website failed this checkpoint because "the alternative text failed the minimum/maximum allowed characters check.
Note - img Element at Line: 36, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 37, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 48, Column: 148 - The alt attribute is 0 characters."
I felt that the results of this test were a bit confusing; however, to pass in the future, I would have to add alternate text characters to these lines.
Teachers can ensure that their websites are accessible to all students by always having alternate text. Alternate text allows students who are not able to see the image to still know what it is of.
It got a warning in checkpoint 2.1 which stated "Short alternative text may not be valid, warn the report user if alternative text was found that is less than seven characters in length. Additionally alternative text should not be larger than 80 characters, if the alt text is greater the long description attribute should be used. This check validates that the alt attribute does not exceed 80 characters in length." My website failed this checkpoint because "the alternative text failed the minimum/maximum allowed characters check.
Note - img Element at Line: 36, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 37, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 48, Column: 148 - The alt attribute is 0 characters."
I felt that the results of this test were a bit confusing; however, to pass in the future, I would have to add alternate text characters to these lines.
Teachers can ensure that their websites are accessible to all students by always having alternate text. Alternate text allows students who are not able to see the image to still know what it is of.
Monday, November 26, 2007
What about lower income districts?
The use of technology in the classroom is a great way to integrate learning how to use the internet into the classroom. Students who have access to computers both at school and at home have the opportunity to continue their education outside the classroom. In many school districts this technological advancement makes it easy for students, parents, and teachers to access important school information at any time.
However, what about the school districts that are not able to provide their students with this tool? Unfortunately, there are lower income districts that do not have the funding for computers in the classroom. Also, there are many families in these areas that do not have computers or the internet in their homes. I feel that this puts students who come from lower income families at a disadvantage due to a lack of money and resources.
I am interested in hearing about how anyone else feels about this issue that faces students and schools today. Feel free to comment at any time.
However, what about the school districts that are not able to provide their students with this tool? Unfortunately, there are lower income districts that do not have the funding for computers in the classroom. Also, there are many families in these areas that do not have computers or the internet in their homes. I feel that this puts students who come from lower income families at a disadvantage due to a lack of money and resources.
I am interested in hearing about how anyone else feels about this issue that faces students and schools today. Feel free to comment at any time.
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