Low Tech Art Tools:
- White boards can be used create calendars and schedules so students have a clear sense of time and order.
- Flash cards can be used to teach art vocabulary, and specific cards can be purchased with stronger contrast.
- Create Visual ads can be used to represents tasks, instructions and schedule.
- Provide choices for students to make decisions about their learning, for instance, you are done, do you want to free draw, look at an art book or take a gallery walk to look at other peoples art.
- Use i pads to explore different works of art through museum applications.
- Create a video that goes over the art room polices and procedures to establish a routine.
- Create a way to share and discuss projects online to encourage students communication and socialization with students.
- Create note cards on quizzlet that allow for size, font, and color adjustments.
Drawing Autism
The Art of Autism
Other Helpful links:
http://www.disaboom.com/assistive-technology-general/assistive-technology-for-autism
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110301/news/703019898/
http://www.autismteachingtools.com/page/bbbbfg/bbbbwp
Interesting blogs you wrote. On the topic of autism, the statistics were interesting to see and being such a wide spread problem means more attention will be brought to this disorder. It is interesting to see how education can help diagnose this disorder and possibly help deter its effects. It seems that in this case human interaction is the obstacle that technology will help them overcome.
ReplyDeleteGreat points. Autism is a difficult disability to understand in and out of the classroom. Using inclusive practices such as creating adaptations to lessons, and promoting the use of assistive technologies, I think that educators can promote the acceptance of students with autism in their classroom. I also agree with you that art can be greatly beneficial to students with autism, especially as a means of promoting self-expression which students with autism may not otherwise be comfortable with, or used to.
ReplyDeleteWell written post. With my classroom right next to the art room at my school, I have popped in more that a few times and seen students do awesome things in art classes, expressing and participating in ways they do not in other classes. I also really liked the tips that you gave, as they could easily be adjusted to meet the needs of any class or subject. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI love the image underneath "Drawing Autism"-- it is so "right" in terms of exactly how I would want to "Draw autism" if a. I was an artist and b. I had to draw my perceptions....
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