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Digital Blog Post #G - Chapter 10
While reading the first thing that caught my attention was Multicultural Education. In the book it says that James Banks (2009, pp 3, 7) that all students, regardless of their gender, social class, and ethnic, racial, or cultural characteristics. I agree with this 100% because I believe despite who you are and how you are everyone should be treated equally. Coming to this country at a young age I didn't know any English and it was difficult but everyone treated me equally and it was a huge part of my life growing up being accepted by others rather than being know as the new foreign girl.
There are so many online language translation services that its great. Many people come from different countries that have difficulty learning our language. Some go straight to school, this is easy for kids to learn a new language because they are so young but it's difficult for older people. Thankfully there are many translation services available that are extremely helpful in any situation. Google translate is one that I use on a daily bases since I know two languages it's sometimes hard for me to translate to the other.
Lastly I read about assistive technology that is to help people with disabilities. With today's technology so much has developed and there are so many new great things to help children and adults develop their learning if they have a disability. Some of the technology provided for people with learning disabilities are speech recognition software, text reading software and many other great things. I believe that throughout the years many of these will be more advanced than what they are today.
In conclusion, this chapter really impacted me because it has so many great points and I can relate to some of the things pointed out. I've used many of the programs it offers for help. There are so many great people in this world and to think that some other people think they are not should not be tolerated. Everyone is equal despite their disability, race, color, ethnicity or culture no matter anything we should all be treated equally.
Resources:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
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