Amy Gladu's Blog – February 2013 Archive (3)

When starting this assignment, I really couldn't find any source courses that interested me, but then I tried another search and found an Autism course.  I love students with autism and someday I intend to be highly qualified in Autism.  

This course was different than any others I looked at.  It was shorter and I wasn't watching a video, I was reading.  Upon completion of the course I got to download/print a certificate of completion.  The class was titled Autism 101 and taught all…

Before this week's lesson, when someone mentioned Social Networking, I always thought of Facebook.  I knew that Twitter and My Space were also Social Networking sites, but other than these three sites, I didn't know there were anymore social networking sites.

Through the course of this week's topic, I learned that social networking is everywhere.   Social Networking actually shows up in many different ways.  For example, Linked In is a social networking site for business contacts.…

There were a list of questions and this is the one I chose.

Do virtual worlds give students a better learning experience than real world experiences?

I don't think that virtual worlds give students a "better" learning experience than the real world, but maybe a different experience.  I work in a unique educational environment.  I take students that are 18-21 years old, who have special needs, into the community and teach them job skills.  Every…