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Today in class the discussion group for Chapter 4 presented about the development of schooling. The group did well encouraging us to all critically think about what was being discussed. After the presentation we talked about text books and the environmental and cost of them. Textbooks are always being revised and improved upon so it is impossible to keep up to date with all the subject's books without spending an obscene amount of money. The group used the SMARTboard as a presentation tool which was a nice changre from the groups that have been using Prezi. Providing specific directions for activites was noted, and is something I will keep in mind for my chapter presentation.We looked at the iRLO assignment on the Scratch program. It seems to be complicated, but Dr. Boyer assured us that it was an easy program to use. The examples we were shown were for elementary age math learners and I thought they were well done. The iRLO can help a student target a particular skill that a student may be having difficulty with. I am looking forward to experimenting with Scratch and figuring out how it works especially because I know how important it would be in my future classroom.