4/14/2016
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Robert Surroca
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In my school, I've had the opportunity to teach classes where various students were visually impaired. I would help those students by creating a whole class assessment and projecting it on the board. The multiple choice questions were fairly big on the board and I would read them out loud and call on various students at a time to get an answer from them. I would ask them to come to the board and choose the right answer from the smart board after seeing the four possible answers to choose from. The enlarged front with color would help those students choose an answer from the board. Of course, I would assist them with reading it as well. But they could easily read the multiple choice questions and choose the right answer from the selections. My music smart board program also had sound effects that would help those students with hearing impairments feel encouraged to know they got an answer correct. |
4/15/2016
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Robert Surroca
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One way I have assisted students with visual impairments is by using technology. Since I have a smart board in my classroom, I use it for various music lessons. Various students have a hard time seeing things on paper so using the smart board helps them visualize things much larger. Some of the students with visual impairments have also received new glasses and the students are able to see better, but using my smart board during my lessons has engaged the students more. For example, there is a computer game that I use because it focuses on my goals for students to learn the names of the instruments in various musical families. The game allows me to choose a setting that allows the students to work in teams. Therefore, the students that have visual disabilities have encouragement from their own team members to get the answers correct while they also can enhance their own disability and see things much larger on a smart board. |
4/15/2016
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Robert Surroca
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One way I have adapted my classroom for an assessment for the visually impaired is orally asking questions and choosing those students that raise their hand. I would create 2-4 choices to decide upon and every student has to raise their hand to choose the correct answer. This allows me to know which students understand the material taught in class and what to grade them based on their correct answers. In addition, I've created quiz questions that are accompanied by pictures of instruments. Those students would have to circle the correct instrument that belongs to the indicated family. Looking at various pictures allows the students to pick and choose and will let me know if they understand the material discussed in class. |