tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post1115571559508430743..comments2024-03-26T23:57:42.268-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: Margaret Soltan and Jim Crowirasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-63546288772818575472009-05-12T21:30:00.000-04:002009-05-12T21:30:00.000-04:00great blog.great blog.Eyeglasseshttp://www.simplyeyeglasses.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-44831724321835719912009-05-09T00:26:00.000-04:002009-05-09T00:26:00.000-04:00Well said! One of our students is using a laptop p...Well said! One of our students is using a laptop provided to him because of his multiple needs including learning disabilities and low vision. He has benefited greatly from this access BUT frequently wants to do assignments without it because it makes him different. What you say is so true - if when he gets to university he needs to substantiate his need for the technology he will probably just go without. I am eager for the day when all our kids have access regardless of their "need" for it (we would provide access to all if we had the funds to purchase the technology). <br />I am a good reader but I frequently use the odiogo you provide to read your blog entries just so I can read more when my eyes are tired. I would have been more productive during University if I could have used text-to-speech to read university texts. Crazy that that people think that doing so is less valid in some way.Anita Stranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546910483219829858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-61217649896199248452009-05-07T14:46:00.000-04:002009-05-07T14:46:00.000-04:00Tim,
This is what disturbs me most about Dr. Solt...Tim,<br /><br />This is what disturbs me most about Dr. Soltan (and many others). I began reading her because I found a "similar soul" - a lover and appreciator of Joyce, for example. But how can you love and appreciate Joyce without understanding the ways cultural leaders separate and diminish those who are different?<br /><br />See, she wouldn't attack the rights of any of those "others" - but I suspect they match up as worthy of sympathy in her constructed world view. But I become a "Bloom" to her "Dublin" - and just don't count no matter how essential I might be.<br /><br />Her lack of understanding leaves me baffled. Since an attempt at quiet conversation failed to bring her to engage, I hoped this headline might.<br /><br />- Irairasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-40940329295121753052009-05-07T13:36:00.000-04:002009-05-07T13:36:00.000-04:00Ira,
I like Professor Soltan's take on a number o...Ira,<br /><br />I like Professor Soltan's take on a number of topics---excepting the one you've brought up here. She's an astute person who tracks a number of important issues, but she's wrong on classroom technology. <br /><br />I think the problem might be that she views it from a visceral/aesthetic and manners angle, not seeing that sensual learning tools might need to be enhanced. I mean, I doubt she would object if a student with a cast on his/her ankle walked in with unsightly crutches, or a motorized wheelchair. She also wouldn't object to a student wearing a visible hearing aid or ugly eyeglasses. I just don't understand how she can be so, well, unthoughtful and lacking in empathy about the need for ability enhancement.<br /><br />Her retort might be that people who use the devices I just mentioned above do not abuse them to distraction in front of other students. Well, the potential for distraction is a small price to pay to create a healthy learning environment for every student.<br /><br />Yours,<br /><br />TimTim Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098955217921572372noreply@blogger.com