blog post 8

     Adaptive technologies allow students to learn at their own pace and in their own way, which can greatly reduce stress and a feeling of general "behindness". Concept mapping is one way that students are able to make sense of things their way. By using concept mapping tools, students can organize their thoughts in a way that makes sense for them personally, which can improve their comprehension. Technology can also be used to help students who speak other languages. Through the providing of comprehensible input, technology can help students overcome the language barriers they face.
     I am not personally familiar with the use of adaptive learning technologies. I feel that it may be difficult to ensure that students are all getting where they need to be. It is great that students can work at their own pace, but at some point they should all be at a certain level, and guaranteeing that happens may be difficult.
     Using powerpoint could be a great way to help students learn at each level of Bloom's taxonomy. For the remember level the powerpoint could show students simple facts, such as definitions. For the understand level the powerpoint could include visual graphs that help further explain what the facts shown previously actually mean. For the apply level the powerpoint could offer up real life examples of the concepts that are offered early in the powerpoint. For the analyze level the powerpoint could include graphs to show how the information can be categorized and grouped together. For the evaluate level the powerpoint could include different persuasive arguments about the theories being discussed to offer students different points of views. For the create level the powerpoint could include rewritten definitions in different terms based on the students level of understanding.
     
forbes

     Forbes is a good way to stay up to date on the latest trends, even in technology. It provides rankings for different categories of technology and descriptions on what these types of technologies do.