5/10/2023
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Miguel Saludes
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Just last semester I had a student with a visual disability. She is legally blind. I teach a 2D art course. We worked on various tactile projects. She worked on a series of collages utilizing various textured papers. The student is able to discern certain colors from close proximity, which also helped her create variety. Additionally, we made a series of tactile drawings utilizing puffy paints. Later in the semester, the student was granted permission to have a Braille typewriter in class. She used it to create a series of tactile graphics. Finally, we utilized a special drawing pad specially designed for students with visual disabilities to create tactile line drawings. Because of her flexibility, positivity and overall creativity, I'd say it was a great experience working with her and tailoring my lessons to best suit her needs. |
5/10/2023
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Miguel Saludes
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I teach secondary 3D art. One of my favorite projects involves working on Sculpt-GL and Tinkercad, two 3D-modelling cloud-based softwares, which students can access for free utilizing their school chromebooks. I also have two 3D printers in the classroom with which I can bring to life my students' computer-generated renderings. A few years ago I worked with a student who is on the spectrum. He has autism and is not the greatest at communicating. He was also initially intimidated by the subject of 3D art, which can be challenging for many students. However, when I introduced 3D modeling in the class, he quickly became interested in the project and quickly developed an interest in the subject. By discovering his interests and working with his already-existing artistic strengths, I was able to teach him the basic skills required to use both programs. He not only excelled but he remained a passionate designer who created ever more ambitious projects as the year passed. Even after leaving my class, I have kept in touch with him and he still gives me projects to print.
edited by Miguel Saludes on 5/10/2023 |
5/10/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Miguel Saludes
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I'm going to bring up the case of my visually-impaired student who I had earlier this year. I had never worked with a legally-blind student before so she brought a set of new challenges all around. One of those challenges was finding the best way to assess her progress. Because I didn't know her previous artistic background, I first gave her a project to allow her to express herself artistically using any 2D medium of her choice. This was a pre-assessment to measure her background knowledge and artistic strengths. Afterward, I assisted her in the development of a body of work with tactile graphics, a portfolio of sorts, which she developed for the duration of the semester. With each work she created I was able to give her suggestions on how to improve her skills. Every now and then I pushed her out of her comfort zone by introducing new mediums to her portfolio. Each new project assessed her previous knowledge and gave me enough information on how to adapt my instruction to help her improve her skills and push her work to new heights. |