Competency 2- Identification & Remediation of DisAbilities

This artifact is a lesson plan intended to teach about assistive technology. 

I have created a lesson specific to teaching AT used for visual and non-visual ways of reading for the visually impaired. While there is a focus on visual disabilities, I have added a portion where the teacher will discuss other disabilities and brainstorm a list of AT that can be used. This competency targets the identification of disabilities that will be covered by the priming of students to be acquainted with all disabilities, as well as, the remediation of disabilities. This aspect will be covered by the discussion of AT and the activities that allow students to gain a deeper understanding of the AT. This lesson is geared towards late middle school to early high school aged students. It begins to engage students in the discussion of disabilities and how living and learning with various disabilities can be remedied by all levels of AT. 

This artifact was fun to create and made me really think about how I, as an educator, would take on the responsibility of beginning to teach about disabilities. This came as a challenge to me as I had to put myself in the shoes and minds of younger students and think about how to best engage them in an activity and discussions to teach about disabilities. I had to think about what can be covered in a short class period, what students need to take away from the lesson, how to gear them with the knowledge and tools to teach others of AT, and how to engage them in meaningful and productive discussions. I found planning this lesson to be educational and found myself bookmarking resources to use with in my own school with my own students and teachers.