Week 10: March 14-18

We watched a "Fat City" video, which stands for Frustration Anxiety where a group of adults in the public educational setting felt what it would be like to have a learning disability. It was interesting to see the common things that we as adults do that are completely contrary to what would be helpful and effective in that situation. For example, when a teacher or parent is very frustrated at a child and reprimanding them for their misbehavior-the adults tend to demand that the children look at them, however that's the complete opposite of what they want to do in that situation. 

On Wednesday, we learned about:

-self-advocacy

-self-determination

-self-instruction

-self-monitoring

-self-questioning

We discussed the basic steps that are effective pattern of teaching:

1. Assess
2. Teach expectations
3. Demonstrate/model
4. Practice with them
5. Practice independently 
6. Assess 

Friday was my group presentation of Visual Impairments. The station I taught was a classroom simulation in which I gave a really horrible bad example in which my peers pointed out what was wrong and points to improve. Next, we switched roles and I had the group of students in my station come together as a collaborative team and make decisions about how to set up the classroom and teach ins such a way that would be more conducive to students with visual impairments.