4/15/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Rebecca Colon
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I remember when I did my teaching practice that the teacher appointed me to practice with deaf students. It was a group of 8 students and for me it was a tremendous challenge. I started looking for all kinds of information about how sound waves and vibration could be felt through touch. That was the first thing that came to mind. These students were mostly totally deaf and only a few were partially deaf. I worked on the concept of the beat and adapted my class using a speaker and rhythm band instrument. They placed one hand on the speaker that produced a constant beat and with their other hand they played that same beat on the instrument (sticks, tambourines, wooden block, among others). In addition, the students who were partially deaf placed them so that the totally deaf they saw them. In addition, I modeled the pulse with a musical instrument so that they in turn would follow it. It was all a success. I thought that teacher didn't like me but the results showed me otherwise. He trusted me and he knew I could do it. He gave me a lot of security to start this beautiful career as a music teacher that has been going on for 22 years. |
4/15/2022
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Rebecca Colon
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Option 1
One of the strategies that I would like to implement in my classroom is self-evaluation and reflection instead of me correcting them. I would implement the way in which they themselves can realize their mistakes and analyze and reflect on them. Through specific and directed questions, the student could discover what their mistakes were and how they could correct them. For example: What was the hardest part and why? What do you think was the problem? What would you propose to solve it? In this way I give my students the ability to reflect on their mistakes.
Another strategy that I would love to use in my classroom is learning centers. There I would have different tablets with directed educational musical programs. Where they could reinforce the necessary skills individually. It would also allow me to evaluate your progress. For example, analysis of the form of a musical piece, the lines and spaces of the staff, identifying the notes and their values, among others. |
4/15/2022
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Rebecca Colon
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Option 1:
I have used Assessment Accommodation and Evaluating Fairly with students with specific teaching disabilities and autism. Once the accommodations suggested in the EIP have been reviewed, this has been rounded into a fair evaluation where the student manages to reach the goal as well as his peers but with the suggested accommodations. Such as additional time, true and false, and multiple choice instead of open questions, reading instructions aloud, among others. |