Planning+and+Preparation+III


 * Category I Divider Page: Planning/Preparation**
 * **c. Artifact #1/ Reflective Statement**

The emphasis on this lesson is to describe what is deafness, the degrees, the causes of deafness, and language that is used by deaf students. This lesson is designed to provide the student with a brief description of the meaning of deafness, the four types of hearing loss: conductive, sensorineural, mixed, and central, and the degress of hearing loss as mild, moderate, severe, or profound. It also will introduce the student to the languages of the deaf/hearing impaired as speech only, speech with sign language, and sign langauge only. Speechreading may be added to all of the above options. Also, the student will view a short media power point presentation on sign language. Later in the unit, the student will learn how the ear works, identify and explain the parts of the ear and how sound travels, audiograms, decibels, and frequencies will be introduced to continue with the topic of what is deafness. Viewings of short media presentations on the ear and the audiogram from an online site will offer additional information to assist with the lesson. The student is arranged in the classroom in a manner in which she can view the Hearing Impaired Educator. The student will view a short media presentation on the ear located on the website. The instructor will ask the student to identify the three parts of the ear and label them. Then the student will draw a picture of an ear and label the three parts of the ear and parts of the ear in each section. Last, the student will explain how the ear works and how sounds travel from one point to another point.
 * School:** Greene County
 * Students:** 5th Grade Public School Students
 * Lesson:** What Is Deafness?
 * Emphasis:**
 * Goal:** Given the opportunity to develop an understanding of hearing loss in general; as well as, her personal hearing loss and how it affects her and how to compensate for her loss, use of Fm System and personal hearing aid usage, the student will demonstrate her knowledge with 80% accuracy on 4 out of 6 measures of performance.
 * Objective:**
 * The student will discuss the history of deafness.
 * The student will discuss the degrees and causes of deafness.
 * The student will identify the three parts of the ear.
 * The student will label the parts of the ear.
 * The student will name the parts of each three sections of the ear.
 * The student will be able to explain how sound travels the ear.
 * Instruction of Lesson**:
 * Activities Lesson**: The student will draw a picture of the ear and label the parts of the three sections.
 * Standards**: 10.1.3
 * Materials**:
 * Worksheets
 * Pen
 * Paper
 * Colored Paper
 * Markers
 * Computer
 * Online capabilities
 * Website access


 * Student's Assistive Technology**:
 * Personal Hearing Aids
 * Fm System


 * Power Point Presentation:**
 * [[file:Sign Language Power Point 2009-2010.ppt]]
 * Web Resources**:
 * []
 * []


 * Assessment**:
 * Observation
 * Question/Answer
 * Worksheet
 * Test on Website


 * Assignment**:
 * The student will study the How the Ear works worksheet for an exam.


 * Closure/Review**: The student will describe to the instuctor at least one detail about the ear and how it works or explain how sound travels.
 * Follow-Up**: Review of materials taught on the lesson, What is Deafness - Stories by Deaf Authors.

I chose this artifact to show how the student can relate the information taught about how the ear works to her hearing loss. It is important that the student understand her own hearing loss and how she can improve her hearing with the use of assistive technology. The presentation of the how the ear works through worksheets and media online website presentation proved to be an effective learning experience for the student. It broadened her knowledge of how the ear works and how sound travels. She was able to relate the information to her loss of hearing; therefore, the planning and preparation of this lesson proved to be an effective tool. In the future the goal is to provide the student with information on what causes deafness, audiograms, levels of hearing loss, assistive technology, and additional related information to hearing loss.
 * Reflective Statement**: