Johnny Pedersen edm 310 blog: April 2014

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Blog post #13

Instructions (3rd grade English, creative writing)

Think of a super power. Any super power you can imagine. What would it be? Why did you choose this power? Would you want anyone else to have this power? How would you use this power?

I would choose total brain/mind control. I'd be able to control what people do, say, think and even see. I need an A on a paper? Done. I need this cop to rip up that ticket and let me go? Done. I want the hottest girl in school to go to prom with me? Done. Not very ethical reasons but that's just the fun stuff. I'd use it for good. If I'd see two people about to get in a fight I'd make them walk away. If I was witnessing a hostage situation I'd make them release the person. If I knew someone had a drug addiction I could make them kick it. Basically I'd use it to help any situation that I could help for the better. I wouldn't want anyone else to have this power because I don't know how they'd use it but I'm guessing it wouldn't be for good.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Blog post #12

As time has come and gone, the methods of teaching have evolved tremendously. The days of paper are vanishing right before our eyes while technology is taking over. Today we have many teaching aids that can help us teach everybody including the impaired.

The first is the iPad. iPads come with voice commands and are tone/sight impaired-ready. When voice command is activated the iPad will guide the user through it with voice commands such as "double tap for" or "tap and drag" etc. making it easy and usable for handicapped people. A feature that is purchasable is called iBook. iBook is very helpful for blind people because it can simply read books out loud to the user.

Some teaching aids found in video 2 were: speech to text/text to speech devices, text telephones, sensory aids, screen magnifiers and flip cameras. All very helpful items that will most likely find their ways into educational institutions very quickly.

The Mountbatten Typer is a type writer specifically used for audio and tactile feedback. It's a keyboard with keys that says what the person is typing out loud. This device can also save, send and receive files from other computers.