Week 11- Open Source Software

  This week in class we learned about Open Source Software.  An example of Open Source Software is Open Office.org and is an open source version of Microsoft Office and has comparable programs and is free.  It has comparable programs to PowerPoint, excel, word processor, graphics tool, and database tool.  Another example of Open Source Software is Sourceforge which is a great resource for finding open software that is free.
  Open Source Software relates to my major which is Special Education because software is expensive and since open source software is free it is great for students to use to learn about different softwares there is out  there.  This website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software , is on wikipedia about what exactly Open Source Software is and how it is changing technology in society today.

Week 7- Visual Literacy

  This week in class we began learning about Digital Storytelling.  We learned about different computer programs like iMovie and Animoto.  You can use other programs to create a digital story including programs like PowerPoint.
  This Digital Storytelling can be used in my major which is Special Education.  It can because it can show a story about someones life or a story about a team using images.  Like I said in my last post, images are sometimes the best way to tell a story or the best way to teach something to children.
  This website, http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/, shows ways that digital storytelling is used for educational purposes.  The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical event, and from exploring life in one's own community. topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between.