I really enjoyed reading this post, Sam. I love your point about how technological advancement has made learning more accessible for students who has exceptionalities. I completely agree! If you were to expand on this notion, it would be interesting to look into some specific technologies that help specific learners (e.g. speech-to-text software, digital math manipulatives, etc.). Access to these assistive technologies is definitely an issue. Do you have any ideas on possible solutions to this? Equity and access should be on all of our minds, especially in light of the pandemic (given that students may not necessarily be at school). Thank you for bringing up these points – there is certainly lots to think about with this topic. I appreciate your conclusion: that patience, kindness, and understanding should be our main goal as educators during this difficult time.
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Topic 3: Equity and Access in K-12 Distributed (Online) & Open Learning Environments
Julia Falzon 