A middle school extensive support needs classroom is a special group of students with unique skills, challenges, and learning needs. Some of my students are learning how to read paragraphs, solve basic math problems, and write words while their other classmates are learning how to recognize letters, say words intelligibly, and count. Our group has developed a liking for technology, dancing, and art activities.
Students with exceptional learning needs are the ones who will have the most challenges in this remote learning happening worldwide.
My group of students needs the most help in hands-on activities that we would normally do in a face-to-face classroom. We all work together to complete cooking a dish or preparing a snack, keep the classroom clean by doing chores, and working out together daily. Despite the distance learning that we are all bound to do until the school year ends, my group has proved that they are so happy about the thought of school still. I can see this with consistent daily attendance and participation. My students inspire me.
My Project
Racial equity has been an all-pervasive issue in the current times and students most especially, need help in understanding what’s going on and how they can help with the situation. I have been doing socio-emotional lessons with my students at least once a week and I found that a lot of the issues can be talked about by brainstorming and collaborative learning. The gadgets I am asking for would let me draw mind maps and take better notes of what my students are thinking of.
Having an iPad and an Apple pencil will help me raise equity awareness for my students in several ways.
Aside from being a powerful brainstorming and notetaker tool, these gadgets would also help us tap on to other ways of learning about the issue, like completing art projects about self-awareness. An iPad and an Apple pencil can help me make a sample drawing of how I see myself and hopefully, in turn, my students can be encouraged to draw something great too. I genuinely think that this project will help me close education gaps by being an instrument to creating opportunities tailored to what each of my students needs.
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