5/17/2019
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Christy Jeck
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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
One technology that has been very helpful to a few of my students who have disabilities is the use of recording technology in the classroom and in the performance venue. I can use my Macbook and programs like Garage Band or Logic Pro, to record parts for students who have trouble reading the sheet music, and can only learn through auditory means, via ear training. If the student has the chance to take the recording home, they can practice it and learn to play it by ear. |
5/17/2019
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Christy Jeck
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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 percussion student this year with only one arm due to a birth defect. I allowed her to play her scale test at a slower tempo, since the expectation for the regular ed students was to play at a more upbeat tempo with two hands. She was also quite shy about playing in front of the class at first, so I let her do her test before or after school, so she was not worried about what her friends would think. Eventually, she felt comfortable enough, to play during class like the rest of the students. |
5/17/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Christy Jeck
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Think of a music student with a disability you have now, or have had in the past. Identify their disability. Describe the way in which their disability affected their music learning. Describe at least one or more ways you successfully accommodated or modified instruction for this student. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
This year I had a boy with an intellectual disability. He did not understand the concept that reading the notes on the page in his book, was how to determine what he would play on his instrument. I accommodated for him, by allowing him to play by ear. I also had to move his seat because he was being too easily distracted by others and could not focus on what he needed to listen for. He plays percussion, so I had to move his xylophone next to the flutes so he could hear the melody and play the same as they played. It worked well and he really did pretty great after that! |