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**Title:Introduction to ESOL**
 * Date: April 28, 2010 **
 * Description: **My intent is to build a PowerPoint presentation that I can use on back-to-school night to explain the ESOL program. I plan to interview former and current students. I want them to share their thoughts and feelings about the program in order to help newcomers and their parents understand our goals and focus on academic excellence.

Understand human, equity and developmental issues surrounding the use of assistive technology to enhance student learning performance and apply that understanding to practice.
 * Technology Standards**
 * VI. Assistive Technology**

2. Apply assistive technology to the instructional process and evaluate its impact on learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics and abilities

Wow! This project was initially challenging and fun. Using the Flip camera was easy. However, editing and creating the movie took assistance. Once Ben Murphy showed me how to “clip”, I was on my way. I set up my folder with my “clippings”, created a movie, and added music. One thing to note is the amount of computer memory that was used. It posed editing challenges….but it worked out. I am a proud contributor to Youtube.com! I enjoyed using my “snowball” and the Audacity software to conduct the interview. In learning how to use it, it ended up teaching and sharing the technology with the person being interviewed. Ella was so fascinated with the recording process. She wanted me to show her how to create her own recording to use in her power point presentations. I did. She commented that I always have cool toys and always show her neat things to do on the computer. Ella’s comment meant a lot to me because she was involved in my STEP I and STEP II projects. Being able to share information, about technologies that I gained from being a part of the STEP grant, was extremely rewarding.
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