12/28/2016
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Anthony Chiarito
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- Option 2: Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your music classroom. Be sure to identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
For a hearing-impaired (chorus) student, I have made a practice CD, with the specific piece playing in the background, and that student's specific part being played (at a louder volume) along. This allowed the student to hear how their part fits into the whole, and allows them a practice tool to use at home. I addition to practice cd, I have also made a digital mp3 file that I have emailed to the student (cd players are more and more uncommon). |
12/29/2016
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Anthony Chiarito
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Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your music classroom. Be sure to identify the two strategies by name, and describe how they could be used to address the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
1. Cooperative learning could be used, even during class period, with 2 or 3 students to work on a specific "problem", and assigning a more "accomplished" student to be the facilitator; could also be done one-on-one.
2. Task analysis could be used to assist in teaching scales to beginners: the scale can be broken down into groups of 4 notes (the first four for the first half of the octave, the second four for the second half), pointing out that each group sounds like the first 4 notes of the popular Adams' Family theme. They could even add the finger-snap component when the four note group sounds correct. |