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=Welcome to the Wiki for ﻿﻿= =﻿EdF 425, Section 4= =﻿Special Education Majors=

This Wiki is dedicated to supporting the Fall 2010 Special Education section of EdF 425 - Technology Strategies for Teaching. It is a collaborative document that will include resources provided by your instructor, as well as contributions made by students. This Wiki will serve as a record of what we do in our class this semester, but it will also, perhaps more importantly, serve as a treasure chest of ideas, strategies, and information that will be of use to you during your student teaching and after you take jobs after graduation.

The key thing to remember, as we consider how technology might benefit you and your students, is that there is no inherent value in using technology with your students. The value comes from using technology well to engage, inspire, and assist your students. Technology //can// help you become more effective and more efficient in your professional life, but it's not an automatic. Your challenge is to identify technologies and techniques that work for you and your students and that have sufficient payoff to make the effort worthwhile. You have lots of options and the more you explore with a professional mindset, the more technology will become one of your greatest assets and the less it will seem mysterious and burdensome.