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Video Project Siara Morel Ortiz.mp4

This is a podcast segment that discusses ideas and methods which can be implemented in university classroom settings in order to create safe, accessible spaces for students with learning disabilities. Below is the transcript, and the sounds are royalty free from Videvo. Last minute when I went to download the sound there was an echo…

The sonic walk went well. It was a little difficult at first to find sounds that stood out to me. A lot of the sounds I took on my sonic walk were sounds I don’t really notice in my day to day such as the sound of my coat fabric, my footsteps, the footsteps of…

Annotated Bibliography : Boaler, Jo, and Tanya Lamar. “A Better Way to Teach Students with Learning Disabilities.” Time, Time Magazine, Feb. 2019, https://time.com/5539300/learning-disabilities-special-education-math-teachers-parents-students/.  This source provides results of various studies that demonstrate why the outdated approach of diagnosing disabilities to then provide accommodations should shift to teacher engagement, careful teaching, allowing students to freely use their…

My topic for the visual project is how to make classroom and educational spaces more accessible for individuals with learning disabilities This image is from an article by Time Magazine, “There Is a Better Way to Teach Students with Learning Disabilities” by Jo Boaler and Tanya Lamar. I liked how complex it was as learning…

One issue I am interested in pursuing is how we can be more inclusive in the classroom to those who have learning disabilities such as dyslexia, ADHD, dyspraxia, amongst others. I think it’s important to welcome diversity, and find ways to be inclusive. This way we can create safe spaces as well as learn from…

Multimodality – Using one or more methods of communication in a text to create meaning. When defining multimodality it is important to take into account the different ways that meaning can be created through such as image, writing, layout, speech, moving images and more. Examples of a multimodal text includes picture books, newspapers, advertisements, and comic…