4/4/2023
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Julie Odom
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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.
As a theatre teacher, I have many students with disabilities in my room. This year I have a young man who is in a self contained class and is identified as IND. He has been very successful this. I paired him with peers who are helpful and understanding and give him a very small memorization role and allow him to be a "silly" character. He takes it very serious and always wants to do a great job. By giving him the confidence of performing with is peers, he has really become a happy active kid in class. |
4/13/2023
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Julie Odom
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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 describe the specific technology and how it assisted the student with a disability.
Teaching this generation, technology is a must. I use technology as an assistive device with all classes. First, I organize our class page using colored folders that are clearly labeled and all assignments have easy to recognize titles. Second, students organize notes, turn in assignments, chat with other class members, and design skits all using technology. Students are taught to use our schools sound system through an iPad interface as well as having access to CAD design tools. Google translate is always a link within my classrooms page and I encourage all students to work in pairs and groups for more complex tasks. |
4/14/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Julie Odom
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Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I use varying assessments for all of my students in my Theatre classroom. Being a performing art, it is of course individual by nature. My biggest accommodation is within my rubrics. I teach students from our self-contained classroom within a larger Theatre 1 room. They perform and participate alongside their peers however their rubric will have two sections for criteria with a pass/fail instead of ranking. They do a self-evaluation with pictures and "happy faces" to describe how they feel they did and they I support it with standard based language within the rubric. |