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The objective for this experiment is to play around with a few technologies each week in order to reach a comfort level with it for incorporation purposes because it's difficult to design a technology you're not familiar with. I chose these particular apps because whichever design I choose in the end, I knew it would encompass them and I'd possibly be able to use what I've gained here in real - life and I'd like to gain something and grow from it.

I’ve tried this app when working with a group of new 5^th grade students that were coded Dyslexia-ESL and which was somewhat of a challenge.  They could speak some English, but English wasn’t spoken in their home. I would keep their groups limited to less than 3 – 5 students. 

The affordances of using technologies are they can provide more opportunities for Spanish speaking learners an opportunity to be more active in the classroom. They’re able to use this tool freely as a learning resource for utilizing e-books where learners can assume more responsibility for their learning. This particular app is an interactive tool that assists them while they are learning on their own at home.

Google Translate – app helps students with dyslexia b/c they can be frustrated with difficulties like decoding and understanding written words often get in the way of learning. Apps that read text aloud, especially those that highlight words as they go, can take decoding out of the equation and make reading a more pleasant and more productive experience. It can read a variety of text, such as website articles, stories from news apps, and copy-and-pasted email messages.

The incorporation of Google Translate is helpful with Cooperative Learning Groups because it is repetitive enough for allowing students to summarizing and even note – taking that will help with homework practice.

I always use Google Drive…I wouldn’t say it was by choice, but during a traumatic-laptop-crash-episode.  I later found out from the experts, that nobody keeps a flash – drive anymore.  I started the upload to Google-Drive and this is when I stepped into the 21^st Century – Future Ready atmosphere…Whoo-hoo!

The affordances of using technologies are they can provide more opportunities for Spanish speaking learners an opportunity to be more active in the classroom. They’re able to use this tool freely as a learning resource for utilizing e-books where learners can assume more responsibility for their learning. This particular app is an interactive tool that assists them while they are learning on their own at home.

Cognitive Affordances working in Google Drive is the ability to reason, think, analyze and along with other mental processes when writing, interaction with others, compiling presentations, drawing pictures and forms, processing information, etc., reflecting on your own thoughts and other related activities. Basic affordances allow for ease of creation, storage that can be shared and stored for future use.

   Google Hangouts has been a lifesaver for me in the past and present for that matter…we were in the process of hosting UIL on our campus and was inundated with rain and back weather.  Cancellations were out of the question and no doubt…the show must go on.  We decided to hangout or find a way to swim to each other.  This app allowed up to conference with each other so we could still plan our activity by connecting everyone online, go over our checklist, keep the minutes in chat boxes.  This is one of the best alternatives to Skyping that I know.  Affordances allow for collaboration with others with technology use as simple as logging into a cell phone.