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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Micronesia left quite an impression on me. Apparently, typhoons are a big deal in Micronesia. Micronesia is hard to sum up in a few words. I saw aspects of American and Japanese society overlaid on a societies trying to preserve their traditions and languages. Waste disposal is hard on these tiny islands.

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Visiting Schools in Pohnpei

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The main goal of visiting Micronesia is for me to gain a real-world perspective on schools and books for students with disabilities. For the most part, the English language textbooks were as modern as textbooks you'd see in mainland U.S. The books in the local languages were not in as great a shape.