4/1/2019
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Rebeccah Adney
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Fine Arts educators:
- 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 have a student with Autism in my course. He/she is able to communicate well when writing about their photographs. In verbal discussion-based assessments, he/she is often frustrated if questions are posed that are rapid-fire questioning so I relate all questions to the photograph and use strategies to make the "verbal" assessment more like a conversation. |
8/27/2019
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Rebeccah Adney
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I recently had a student with autism complete a Discussion-based Assessment over the phone with me. He was not my student as I am a lead teacher that covers so I had not met him yet. His mom was nervous when she passed him the phone and explained that he has really long pauses and often needs a long time to even come up with a 1-word answer. I assured her that all would work out well. When I spoke to him about his bird photograph, I asked him questions about the type of bird and what facts he knew about it and this led to an in-depth conversation about the photo. Finding out what his hobbies and interests were really got him talking and teaching me something which kept him engaged. |
8/27/2019
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Rebeccah Adney
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2. Describe at least one way you have used technology to meet the needs of a student with a disability in your art classroom. Be sure to identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
Recently I used a Visual DBA method using the computer platform called Zoom. The student was able to circle important parts of the photograph and write on the board to support their oral responses. |
8/27/2019
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Rebeccah Adney
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- Describe an example of adapted assessment you have successfully used in the fine arts classroom for students with disabilities.
- I had a student choose between completing several works of art or research famous artworks to show the elements and principles of design (texture, color, and balance.) The student decided to do a combination of both.
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