11/23/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Martin Janke
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I presently have a student with an orthopedic disability. She is in a wheelchair and does not have the use of her legs. Examples of accommodation that I have provided include; minimizing the screen for interactive whiteboard activities, adjusting chairs and or tables to play Orff instruments and placement of materials for ease of reach. |
1/20/2020
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Martin Janke
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Option 1: Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your music classroom. Be sure to identify the two strategies by name, and describe how they could be used to address the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
One strategy it is easy to employ would be the use of new mnemonic devices for memorization such as the tuning of the strings on a guitar EADGBE = Elephants And Donkeys Got Big Ears. Or, of course the lines and spaces of the treble clef. Lines=Every Good Boy Does Fine Spaces=FACE. Secondly, peer grouping can also be used effectively by grouping students with disabilities with other students that have a firm grasp on skills Such as, how to hold mallets or how to read and clap a rhythm.
edited by Martin Janke on 1/20/2020 |
2/9/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Martin Janke
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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.
I have a student who has an orthopedic impairment which requires her to stay in a wheelchair. To administer a formative assessment of note durations, I had the students go to the interactive whiteboard one at a time to identify as many note durations correctly as fast as possible. To accommodate the student, I was able to simply minimize the screen and bring it down to a level that she could reach from her chair. Of course the remainder of the students thought this was great and they wanted to do it as she had, which made her feel good. |