6/20/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Richard Estes
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I had a student this year in my ACCESS music class with an Orthopedic Impairment. He was wheelchair bound. We would often do activities that would involve class movement. Due to his lack of mobility, this had the potential of him missing out on participation in the various activities. To make sure that the student had access to the activity, I (unless unavailable) or Para- Professional or would move the student around so that they could feel part of the group during the activity. |
6/26/2018
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Richard Estes
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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 some students who are visually impaired in my classroom. When practicing sight-reading, I want to make sure that the examples are large enough for the students to read. I use the website thesightreadingproject.com to grab sight reading examples that are appropriate for the level of the class I am working with and then use a video projector to project the examples big enough to be seen. |
6/27/2018
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Richard Estes
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Option 1: Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the music classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I had a guitar student who had injured his right hand and was unable to play the strings. We were currently working on playing an ascending and descending scale in first position which would require dexterity in the right hand. The student had full use of their left had. I adapted the assessment and had the student say the letter name of each note while showing me the correct fingering in the left hand. This allowed me to assess the students knowledge of the scale without the use of their right hand. |