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I think that using presentation software is very important to my students. Autistic children relate a lot better with visual examples instead of an abundance of words either spoken or written. With presentations I can use graphics with smaller descriptions that will help them to better understand the material I am presenting to them.
As far as the knowledge dimensions are concerned I feel that remembering and understanding go hand in hand as mentioned above, my students will be able to better relate to the graphics then just a mass of words. If I was teaching an older group, I would have them create a presentation and then have them present them and analyze and evaluate the other presentations. This would include all of the remaining knowledge dimensions.
An issue in education technology that now interest me is how people are beginning to use computers to help improve social skills for the mentally handicapped. I always thought of computers as a way to reduce social skills but with the new interactive programs that are being developed there is improvement being shown in those with mental handicaps.