Read&Write
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 1 Description: Read&Write (called texthelp as a Chrome extension) transforms documents, files and web pages to make them more accessible for all learners. The software supports students with reading difficulties like dyslexia. The software turns test-to-speech and allows the used to highlight and listen to text. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
Read&Write can assist students with reading in the ceramics course when students are researching ceramics methods, using online platforms like OneNote or Teams to collaborate and provide feedback in writing, writing artist statements about ceramics projects, comprehending instructions for assignments, posting content to webpages for ceramics learning, and creating projects that include writing to demonstrate learning. Understanding written instructions in ceramics is essential for student comprehension of methods and assignments when most instructional resources are online. Read & Write provides reading and text-to-speech support for students that direct instruction cannot support without one-on-one para educator support. |
Tinkercad
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 2 Description: Tinkercad is a visual 3D program that is easy to use and has descriptive, step-by-step tutorials for basic 3D building skills for all levels. The site proves an opportunity for learners to create digital 3D objects of possible ceramics objects and if a 3D printer is available, that can be used to print work. These models can be printed on a ceramics 3D printer is that is available also. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
TinkerCAD can assist learners with attention deficit and memory issues by engaging them with digital creations. By creating a 3D model as an example with pre-designed shapes to work from, students could use the 3D model as a planning stage for a ceramics project. Furthermore, 3D models can be created at home digitally for students that miss school often due to social-emotional reasons. Practice with these 3D tools can enhance a students ability to comprehend shape, form and how forms can be manipulated. Visualizing 3D models through digital construction can also assist students who have attention deficit issues because the model stays consistent in its form. Clay can dry out, causing anxiety or lack of attention with some students, so creating a work digitally can help a student complete a stage of a project. Tinkercad has potential to support students in a PBL learning environment. The slide to the right outlines how UDL and PBL can be supported by Tinkercad's innovative design features. In ceramics, Tinkercad can support student learning as groups work together to visualize 3D works and make connections between creating digitally and creating virtually. Other applications like Fusion360, Instructables, and Design Academy are other programs that students with cognitive disabilities might find supportive for reading, writing, creating, and visualizing ideas. |
TheToymaker.com
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 1 Description: The Toy Maker is a collection of paper designs that can be printed and physically manipulated. Some are toys and some are objects. There are a variety of levels of paper cut outs. Many are basic and some are challenging. They can be used for any age group. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
The Toymaker site provides interesting paper patterns and cut outs that can but directly used as templates for ceramics construction with slab building techniques or slip techniques. Students that need fine motor skill development with scissors and hand use would benefit from printing these and using scissors or folding techniques to make templates for clay projects. Templates are often difficult for students with special needs to create from scratch, so having this as a resource in the ceramics room will be an effective strategy to support small motor skill development. Slip and dip methods can be used with paper toys templates. Templates can be printed onto tagboard, then folded and taped or glued into shapes. Then skip is prepared and objects are tied to a string and dipped into the slip until about 6 coats of slip covers paper. Projects dry and the entire work with paper is fired. |
Tecla Shield
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 2 Description: The Tecla Shield is a device that provides touchscreen capabilities to people with upper mobility limitations. This device helps a user access devices with assistive buttons, switches, or assistive chair controls. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
The Tecla Shield would allow a learner to access ceramics course content via digital device. It would allow learners with upper mobility limitations to collaborate with peers in gallery feedback sessions, share thoughts in online reflections, create artists statements about heir work, and use other communications via digital devices. These can increase student success in topics covered in a ceramics course. If the student is using digital apps or modeling software to create 3D printed ceramics work, then all the digital creation could essentially be completed with a Tecla Shield. |
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 3
Description: The Apple switch is a device that uses breathing and head motions to manipulate a digital device. It is for people who have low or no mobility in the uppoer and lower body. It is truly an amazing technology tool. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
If I had a student in my ceramics course with this device it would be almost impossible for them to manipulate clay with their hands, but until that technology is developed this switch allows the user to use a device to design 3D models that can be created with a 3D printer. It also allows the user to use software that can digitally create products like templates or molds that ceramics can be made with. Furthermore, a ceramics student would be able to communicate with others effectively for critiques and feedback sessions through the device and access the course content in a blended or online learning environment. |
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Captivoice
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 1 Description: Captivoice is a technology platform that provides learners with the ability to transfer screen text to voice. It is a technology tool for partially sighted learners or learners with loss of vision. Captivoice also has a Chrome extension that can be added to Chrome in an abbreviated manner. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses: Captivoice can increase student success by providing text to voice for all screen applications on digital devices. This allows students to access course content material and listen to instruction, directions, and interact with peers in digital conversations via listening. Students that are partially sighted or have loss of vision can be successful with auditory explanations throughout course content. |
FaceTime
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 2 Description: Facetime is a social networking app that allows users to communicate via audio and/or video. It is an Apple product and works on iOS and macOS devices. It is a simple platform and can be used in wifi networks for free. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
Facetime can support student with hearing loss or hearing impairments because sign language can be captured through video formatting. and the video quality is high quality. Skype can be used, but often the video quality is less clear that Facetime, so sign language users might prefer Facetime because of the clarity and fast frame rate. Facetime's high visual quality video can capture gestures and expression for collaborative discussions with minimal loss of visual cues and clarity. This app could support students in a ceramics course by allowing them to communicate with others and leave video reflections in sign language that can be closed captioned for other learners to translate. GoTalk NOWTechnology-Enhanced Strategy 3
Description: GoTalk NOW is an app that provides visuals to communicate with on digital devices. This app is for people who have difficulty speaking. There are categories within the app that provides options for the user to touch and the device communicates for them. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
I have used this technology on an ipad with students and para educators in an art room. It provides the learner with the power to communicate feelings about their art, speak their ideas though a device and provides connections between learners, teachers, and peers in a classroom. This technology supports learners in a ceramics course because it provides essential communication between the support para educator, the teacher and the student. It provides evidence of student voice and choice from the inner voice of the student, and engages conversations between non verbal students and others around them. |
Online Courses with The Ceramics School
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 1 Description: The Ceramics School offers online courses to anyone who is interested in learning about making ceramics work. They have video instructions, worksheets, private social media groups for collaboration, and how to market work with social media and other methods. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses: The Ceramics School courses are quick and to the point with no grades or certificates. These courses could increase student success in my ceramics course because most at-risk students miss a lot of school. If an at-risk student were to take an online course here =, the skills they would learn from the online course mirror most of the techniques and skills they would get from in class sessions in my courses. A few of these classes could help catch up an at-risk student so when they are in class, they can function with the knowledge of the skills in ceramics to be successful. These courses could be a support method for an at-risk student.
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Global Day of Clay 2020
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 2 Description: #GlobalDayof Clay was created by 92Y, which is a cultural and community center in New York City that connects people all around the world through culture, arts, entertainment, learning, and conversation. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
#GlobalDayofClay is an online space that connects ceramic artist, student, and the public to each other through their shared love of ceramics. The site connects people from all around the world through social media platforms, events, live streams and gallery events. This technology enhanced strategy could get at-risk students interested in participating in a real-world project and gain their interest in staying in school and continuing their education. Becoming involved and interested in learning can often start in the art room for at-risk students. The art room should be a welcoming place where students want to be and look forward to learning. This event could be infused with a Project-Base Learning (PBL) unit on community and involvement, which helps at-risk students feel supported. PBL strategies with events like this in the art room can be a support structure to keep kids in school. |
MET Museum Online Listening Tour
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 1 Description: The MET online has an audio Soundcloud listening tour of thousands of the museums works. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
The MET online audio library provides gifted and talented learners with opportunities to listen to podcasts and information about a variety of artworks including ceramics works. The technology can be used as an enrichment to any ceramics project for gifted students who are interested in independently researching and learning about work in the museum, or working collaboratively in a PBL group to learn and discuss the works. The next tech-enhanced strategy builds off of this one in that students can learn to create their own podcasts. This technology-enhance strategy can increase students success by providing more enrichment and interest to a ceramics course by adding intellectual growth possibilities and discourse about art. |
Audacity
Technology-Enhanced Strategy 2 Description: Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor & recording software. Audacity can be used to create podcasts, edit narration for videos and presentations, and to edit sound effects and music. How this technology-enhanced strategy can increase student success with topics covered in ceramics courses:
Audacity can support students in a ceramics course with the ability to create their own podcasts or videos about their work or the process of creating ceramics work. For gifted and talented students, the opportunity to show their learning in unique, challenging and novel ways can support their learning and intellectual and interest levels in the course. Using audacity also supports students that are challenging themselves to reach a higher level of leadership in a classroom environment by creating video or audio products that document the coursework or can be used to teach others ceramics course content. |