Livin' the (Second) Life

This is Sara and me hanging out on TC Island

Sara, me, and Pantea listening to the lecture in Milbank Chapel in Second Life.

$1 Design Challenge

My object looks like an ordinary piece of wood, but it can be so much more. I chose a coffee stirrer. While generally used to help mix cream and sugar into someone's daily burst of caffeine, the simple coffee stirrer has many other potential uses.






In lieu of a paintbrush, a coffee stirrer can be used to spread paint or glue. This is especially useful in that you can just throw it away after and not worry about that annoying problem of having hard paintbrush bristles which inevitably reduces the life of expensive brushes.




The other day, I got fruit from the cafeteria before class, but I didn't want to eat it with my fingers. If I couldn't find a plastic fork, I was planning on using a handy-dandy coffee stirrer as an impromptu utensil to spear my pineapple. Luckily, I found a fork, but it reminded me that a wooden stick is useful in so many ways.

First Post

Well, I suppose this will be my first post on my blog. I am excited for this course in technology for students with special needs because I am interested in autism education. I am looking to learn more about adaptive communication devices as well as explore how to utilize different programs for adapting materials in my classroom. I have some familiarity with programs like Boardmaker and PowerPoint, but I don't know much beyond those. I know that students in my program who took this course last year got a lot of really useful information and knowledge from it, so I am looking forward to learning a lot in this class.