7/9/2024
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Katherine Avra
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- Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your classroom. Be sure to describe the specific technology and how it assisted the student with a disability.
Many of our students use tech to support their learning. This includes students with unique learning conditions. In my room I have used digital drawing tablets and pencils to support students on the Autism Spectrum. Students have come with these elements, have asked for the elements, or were provided after a needs assessments. For students, tech offers a level of control, immediacy, fluidity, and correction with sometimes easier application than traditional media. I also use light tables for tracing, canvas, nearpod, flipgrid, google slides, powerpoint live, and teams to increase individualized approaches to meeting all students where they are with what they need. I record my teaching, use a swivl, and post my sketchnotes (visual note-taking) as I make them and the completed version. |
7/9/2024
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Katherine Avra
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- Describe an example of adapted assessment you have successfully used in the fine arts classroom for students with disabilities.
I have used a variety of assessments in the ceramics room. I use performance assessments, having student demonstration kiln operations and safety procedures. I have given oral exams. I use canvas practice tests and quizzes and scaffold elements within modules to ensure pacing and guided practice towards mastery. I use scales and rubrics and have students complete self-critiques and participate in class critiques. Formal and informal feedback is crucial for students to learn from and apply meaningful feedback while working and while planning future works. I record my demonstrations, sketchnotes, and exam study guide reviews, post on teams and canvas for broad access. Also, our district provides 24 hour a day WiFi access in all school parking lots. |
7/9/2024
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Katherine Avra
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- Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your classroom. Be sure to describe the specific technology and how it assisted the student with a disability.
Many of our students use tech to support their learning. This includes students with unique learning conditions. In my room I have used digital drawing tablets and pencils to support students on the Autism Spectrum. Students have come with these elements, have asked for the elements, or were provided after a needs assessments. For students, tech offers a level of control, immediacy, fluidity, and correction with sometimes easier application than traditional media. I also use light tables for tracing, canvas, nearpod, flipgrid, google slides, powerpoint live, and teams to increase individualized approaches to meeting all students where they are with what they need. I record my teaching, use a swivl, and post my sketchnotes (visual note-taking) as I make them and the completed version. |
7/9/2024
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Katherine Avra
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- Think of a student with a disability you have now or in the past. Describe ways in which their disability affected their learning in your class.
I had a student middle through high school with Autism Spectrum Disorder. To watch him develop and practice social cues and cooping was important and meaningful. In my middle school room, this student had difficulties with transitions, non-preferred activities, materials, or projects. He had difficulty communicating with peers and sharing. In high school, we worked on his peer communication skills, voicing his needs appropriately, sharing, taking turns, and cooping with stress and change. He adapted to a very large high school setting and was able to progress into LRE. |