4/3/2017
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Jo Davidsmeyer
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I have often had students with ADHD in my computer art classes. They have trouble with staying on focus for an entire period and become easily distracted. Often they would distract their should partners and prevent other students from concentrating on their own work. Modifying assignments so that they had smaller, achievable goals helped, as well as finding other activities for them in the room: classroom helper, passing out headphones, etc. |
5/17/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Jo Davidsmeyer
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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 had a student last year with autism, which severely affected his communication skills and focus and patience. This was a computer design class. He is truly gifted with his ability to create on the computer. He needed a lot of redirection to stay on task and did have anger issues if he could not figure out a problem. I made sure to monitor him frequently and intervene before he got to the frustration level. I could also redirect him by having him assist other students in certain problems. He could not answer "why" questions, but he could demonstrate and help students with "how" issues. I believe that by redirecting him in this helping mode he gained more confidence in my classroom. |
5/17/2017
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Jo Davidsmeyer
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Two strategies that I use in my class are
1) chaining. I teach my elementary students computer programming, so chaining is essential. We work together to break down tasks into small steps that the computer can understand and implement.
2) peer partners. Also in the computer programming units they have programming pairs. They alternate between the "driver" and the "navigator" roles, where one student is controlling the mouse and the other student is helping to navigate the correct programming choices. |
5/17/2017
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Jo Davidsmeyer
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WHere is this discussion question?
Describe an example of adapted assessment you have successfully used in the fine arts classroom for students with disabilities.Think of a fine arts student with a disability you have now or in the past. Review the Assessment Accommodations Checklist and select two options that could potentially benefit this student in assessing his or her fine arts learning. Discuss how they would benefit the student.I'll answer it here, because I can't find where it goes.
An adapted assessment I used in my computer instruction class was with a student who had fine motor problems and a malformed left hand. She had great difficulty using a standard keyboard. For her work in class, I was able to get a large tablet computer with an on-screen keyboard. She was able to use the onscreen keyboard without any difficulty. So for the typing assessment she used the tablet as opposed to the desktop computer. |