Help me give my students Neopixel lights, microvibration motors, aromatherapy, and audio/visual sensors and components to build their self-designed sensory music devices for people with disabilities or disorders.
Every day in my class students collaborate on multi-disciplinary projects. By the end of the school year, I want my students to be able to collaborate effectively with their peers and be able to take their knowledge into the real world and apply it.
My students come from all over the city of Houston and from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and educational experiences.
All of my classes contain a variety of students at many different levels. I have students with special needs and learning disabilities in every class as well as gifted and talented students. Because of the variety of cultures, incomes, and educational experiences, my classes are extremely diverse and makes for rich discussions and socializing opportunities.
Our high school is a STEM, magnet school where students are chosen through a lottery system. The mode of instruction at our school is project-based learning. I have the privilege of receiving students their first year and get to help them figure out how they can positively contribute their unique abilities to our already thriving school culture. There can be challenges with so many disadvantaged students, but the rewards outweigh the challenges.
My Project
My students have all used the project management and engineering design processes in order to create a sensory music experience for people with disabilities or disorders. Some of them are working with people who having hearing impairments, but most of them chose to serve people and possibly other students who suffer from anxiety or depression.
Students are creating sensory music experiences by programming Adafruit Neopixel lights, vibration motors, and other devices in order to make visual and/or vibration sensations for their users.
For the groups who chose to work with disorders, the devices will be used as sensory music therapy devices based on research that the students conducted. Some project ideas include: LED music visualizers to soothing or upbeat music; massage therapy devices to upbeat or calming music; a lavender scented bubble machine; and massaging gloves and socks. Due to the range of student-led projects we will be using wearable materials such as gloves, socks, and sweatbands as well as aromatic items such as aromatherapy. In addition, students will be using light, sound, and touch sensors for their projects.
Hurricane Harvey was traumatic for many of my students and these resources can help students who are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey by helping them to focus on others and to focus on treating some of the disorders that are associated with natural disasters. The project itself has helped students by talking about trauma and depression which many of my students have after experiencing the destruction that Harvey caused.
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