4/22/2016
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
sarah shearon-smith
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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.
I have several students every year that are slow in recognizing the pitches and notes that they are actually playing. This is usually in my brass group since it is air speed related. I have found an app called Bandmate Chromatic tuner that is free I use with these students. I set them up with Peers and send them two at at time with my ipad to work on the first five to ten notes. Their peer is one of the students that is being successful with hitting the specific pitches. This allows students to see the notes they are actually playing on the staff so they can change their air speed either faster or slower to make sure they are matching pitches. It has made the brass sections of my beginning band class a whole lot more successful. This is usually used for either Delayed learning or students that have a pitch discretion with hearing. |
4/22/2016
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
sarah shearon-smith
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I have had several students over the years injuring themselves from broken fingers, arms, to jaw dislocation not be able to play for a specific period of time. Those students performed with either rhythms on drum pads, sang their music for tests, and even picked up a different instrument to perform their parts. Another adaption I have done with slow learners/ Processing disorder is to do solfege instead of written music. It allowed a baritone student of mine that was highly functional, but struggled to read music be able to perform with her peers. |