Education - A Journey of Discovery - Gifted and Disabled

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by Joseph Gentile0 views·Updated Jun 25, 2021
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  1. Good day class and welcome to a Prezi video today,
  2. we're gonna be taking a journey of discovery and education
  3. and we're going to discuss what makes a learner gifted
  4. and what makes a learner disabled and maybe some ways
  5. that we can help them through the education process.
  6. A little easier and simpler.
  7. Congratulations. You've discovered education island and here on these unexplored
  8. paths, you will go on a journey of exploration down
  9. the road of education.
  10. Let's begin, first of all, the advantage of a different
  11. perspective. Let's take a look at some students who are
  12. gifted disabled or both and see what we can learn
  13. from them.
  14. What makes a gifted student?
  15. Well, the definition of gifted student is gifted individuals are
  16. those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude or competence.
  17. In one or more domains, domains include any structured area
  18. of activity with its own symbol system, for example, math
  19. music or language and or of sensory motor skills, which
  20. includes painting, dancing and sports.
  21. So what do you think it would be like to
  22. be gifted?
  23. Do you feel like you fit the definition for gifted,
  24. pause the video and write these answers in your notebook?
  25. Yes. So now it's time for opinions.
  26. I want you to pause the video again and go
  27. to the Lincoln google classroom and watch the video of
  28. the perspectives of gifted students and tell me in your
  29. notebook, does this change your perspective?
  30. What did you learn about the experiences of gifted students
  31. now that your videos on pause, we're going to take
  32. a look at disabled students and what makes a student
  33. disabled learning disabilities are a group of varying disorders that
  34. have a negative impact on learning.
  35. They may affect one's ability to speak, listen, think read,
  36. write, spell or compute.
  37. The most prevalent learning disability is in the area of
  38. reading and it is known as dyslexia.
  39. You may have heard of it before.
  40. However, included in these learning disabilities are also A.
  41. D. H.
  42. D. Which is attention deficit hyper disorder, autism, Down syndrome.
  43. Asperger's. What percentage of students do you think feel?
  44. Do you feel suffer from a learning disability, pause the
  45. video and write this in your notebook?
  46. Let's compare what you wrote in your notebook to the
  47. answer to that question.
  48. Currently, 2.4 million students are diagnosed with learning disability and
  49. received special education services in our schools representing 41% of
  50. all students receiving special education.
  51. Now pause and play this video so that you can
  52. see what it feels like to have a learning disability.
  53. Here's a little piece of information for you.
  54. I have a PhD.
  55. Would anyone like to share an experience they've had with
  56. their own learning disability or someone else's disability, pause the
  57. video and write this down in your notebook.
  58. Let's just lastly take a look at some strategies for
  59. educating gifted and disabled students.
  60. What do you think are some good strategies, pause the
  61. video and write this down in your notebook?
  62. Let's compare what you wrote to some actual teaching strategies.
  63. Students with learning disabilities often require special attention.
  64. They need accommodations and modifications.
  65. Assistive technologies in order to help keep up with their
  66. classmates. Individual education programs.
  67. Students are learning disabilities are often as smart as their
  68. peers, but since they process information differently, they need additional
  69. support to compensate for their disabilities as the students teacher,
  70. you are an important member of that team.
  71. Inclusive classrooms are independent projects, academic competition, vertical enrichment, finding
  72. a mentor, trying a different approach using bloom's taxonomy.
  73. All of these things are good for our good strategies
  74. for helping teach a gifted student.
  75. Thank you so much for listening guys.
  76. I hope this gave you a better idea of, um,
  77. the type of learning that your peers require on a
  78. daily basis, and I hope that it helps you help
  79. them in some way and remember, as always, to be
  80. a positive influence on the world.
  81. Thank you.