8/16/2019
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
David Tagliarini
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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 identify or describe the specific technology and the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
As a middle school band director, students with mild autism to Asperger's Syndrome were occasionally placed in my beginning band classes. As a supplement to my normal classroom instruction, I used Computer Assisted Instruction to allow these students to have opportunities as needed to work at their own pace. While often, these students needed more time to learn concepts and acquire skills, there were also students who moved more quickly than the rest of the class, and as such were sometimes frustrated at the pace of the class. The Computer Assisted Instruction I used was SmartMusic. The SmartMusic app is a web-based program which allows students to practice their instruments at a pace that they choose. Students who needed more time to grasp an exercise could spend an entire period working on the exercise, and students who wanted to work ahead could find music that was more challenging. In addition, students can choose the tempo that is right for them as they practice the exercise, and SmartMusic provides an accompaniment as well as immediate feedback about each performance that is submitted. In this way, students can see the grade the earned, and they can hear their performance for self-evaluation. Recordings can be saved as mp3 files and sent to me so that I can review and comment each exercise at a later time. |