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Assistive Technology Assistive technology is assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities.   I do not have any students with disabilities in my classroom, but I have previously worked in a classroom where many students were non-verbal and their speech therapist made communication books for those students to allow them to communicate. The speech therapist used Boardmaker to create the picture books and I have been exploring boardmaker to make a schedule board of classroom activities and also to assist the one English Language Learner I have in my classroom.   Boardmaker provides innovative software, symbols, pre-made curriculum, and assessment products to empower students to achieve in the classroom and at home.   These are some of the examples of the icons you will see on Boardmaker. The written word is paired with a visual representation of the word. Boardmaker can be used in so many ways in an early...

Classroom Management Classroom management paves the way for the teacher to engage students in learning.  Some of the words that come to mind when I think of classroom management are space, routine, attention, momentum, discipline, and time.  One area that is particularly difficult for young children to grasp is the concept of time. Even though verbal warnings are given before activities end and another one begins, young students just don’t have the capacity to understand how long a minute, five minutes, or an hour really are.   A visual timer is a great tool to introduce into an early childhood classroom.  A visual timer allows students to see the passing of time and allows them to begin to understand just how long five minutes or one hour really is.  Introducing a visual timer into  my classroom is something I have been thinking about for a while now, but as of yet I have not been given the funds to purchase one.  This is why...