Rebecca Lima
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9/18/2016
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Rebecca Lima
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I am responding to Option 2: Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your classroom.
One way I have used technology to assist my student with autism is headphones. He enjoys music but experiences extreme tension when the classroom becomes noisy. We discovered that while wearing the headphones, he is still able to hear my voice, give a thumbs up if he understands and the headphones minimize the level of distracting and/or irritating noise for him. Another student was a middle school girl with dyslexia. The school psychologist said that different colors over text would clear up some reading for her. I bought some clear folders in a variety of colors. She did not see a difference with dark colors but lavender and yellow helped a lot. I gave those to her as well as a yellow highlighter.
I have also created a computer learning station. Students are allowed to do research for composers and create PowerPoints, access the Music Theory website for practice or write song lyrics in Word instead of on paper. They love the independence. |