Distance Education

This week I learned about distance education in our Lab School video and also in reading chapter 10. Over the summer I’m taking my very first distance education class so I enjoyed watching these videos and knowing a little more about what to expect. It actually gave me a positive outlook on taking an online class because the students seemed to enjoy the one on one attention and convenient schedule. In our lab we learned about Mac’s Universal Access Platform. This makes it possible for people with disabilities to have full access to everything computers have to offer. One thing I liked about was the VoiceOver feature. It is for people with visual disabilities. The computer will speak the name of the window the person has opened and even read the words on, for example, a page on the internet. I have no idea what kind of students I will have to teach in the future but chances are I will have a student with a disability, so the Universal Access Platform will definitely be useful to them.