In case you weren’t in class today, here is the [important] information that we covered.
Maze Day is this Thursday. 4.29.2010.
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Maze Day Info & Schedule
April 27th, 2010Project Write-Ups
April 19th, 2010Assigned: 4.19.10
Due: 5.6.10 by 3pm [this is the end of your final exam time for this class]
For this assignment, you will summarize your project and your service. A careful writeup is critical to capturing what we can learn from your work to benefit future implementations of your idea. Much of the grade for your project (40% of your final grade) is going to depend on these reports.
You must submit one report per PROJECT TEAM and a separate report (below) from each PERSON.
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Locations
April 17th, 2010Your Maze Day locations are included below. Please check out the space so you know where you’ll be.
Evaluation
April 16th, 2010Do you still need an evaluation component to your project? If so, please get in contact with me (Belinda) as soon as possible. A couple of your classmates have graciously offered evaluation contacts through people they know.
A big thanks to T Clayton & Sydney Kirk!
Project Descriptions
April 15th, 2010Assigned: 4.15.10
Due: ASAP (no later than 4.16.10)
Assignment: Comment on this post with a 1 to 2 line description of your project. One comment per group. The descriptions should be as short and concise as possible while also being as descriptive as possible. Also try to be snazzy with them so that they’re not boring to read. Make your project sound fun & interesting!
How Difficult Can This Be?
April 13th, 2010Assigned: 4.13.10
Due: 4.20.10
Respond in the comments to one or more of the people or situations you saw in the video. Use any of the prompts below or come up with your own.
Have you had anyone with learning disabilities in your classes? Or perhaps you have had some the issues shown?
Have you ever been caught processing the last question when the teacher has gone on to the next?
Is it “fair” to provide supports for students with learning disabilities?
Have you seen teachers do any of those stupid things to kids?
Could you see that cow picture? Have you had an experience like that with misperceiving a stimulus?
How might the technology the folks from the Academic Success Center demonstrated apply?
Have you heard people having the difficulty reading demonstrated in the video?
Tact Filters
April 13th, 2010An interesting post relative to the discussion on communication: http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/tact.html
Project Presentations
April 6th, 2010Assigned: 4.06.10
Each group will give a presentation to the class on their project thus far. Each group will have 5 minutes to present. For projects for which it is applicable, a demo would be an appropriate thing to include. If you are doing a *very* small project because of volunteer time, then you could feel free to present on some of the volunteer work that you’re doing.
The results of the sign up sheets are below. If you didn’t sign up for a slot, then you were automatically signed up for a day.
Assignment — Screen Reader
March 30th, 2010Assigned: 3.30.10
Due: 4.06.10
Assignment:
1) Download Adobe’s shockwave. This link should work:
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/
Discuss Through Deaf Eyes
March 23rd, 2010Discuss the video Through Deaf Eyes by adding a comment to this post. Due 30 March 2010.
You’ll find lots of good info at the PBS site including a transcript and discussion guide.
To help guide the discussion, consider these questions:
- Did your perceptions of deafness change watching this story?
- What segments did you like best? Feel free to use the transcript to help you remember them.
- Were you surprised that the students took over the school? That they hot wired the buses?
Feel free to include anything else that interested or challenged you.