Diversity Technology Project

Diversity Technology Project Erin Rusk & Holly Magoto 05/29/2002

Table of Contents • Introduction of presentation • Web sites relating to disabilities • Classroom activities involving children with disabilities • Web sites relating to gender issues • Activities for gender issues

Who We Are Grade: Third Unit: Diversity in the Classroom Lesson: Accepting others

Disabilities • http://www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org/ • This web site offers families, service providers, and other interested individuals information about advocacy, education, employment, health, housing, recreation, technical assistance, and transportation. It covers a broad range of developmental, physical, and emotional disabilities.

General Disabilities • http://www.specialchild.com/ • This web site is for parents of children with disabilities. It offers advice and services that are beneficial to each family.

Disabilities: Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) • http://www.oif.org • This web site gives information about all aspects of OI and services that are offered to children and adults with OI.

Learning Disabilities • http://www.cdipage.com/teacher.htm • This web site provides teachers with suggested classroom accommodations for children with learning disabilities.

Disabilities: Austism • http://www.polyxo.com • This web site was created by teachers and parents of children with autism to give resources and ideas to other teachers and parents.

Activities • Activity 1: Introduce a variety of disabilities to students through books, pictures, and dolls. • Activity 2: Invite a person with a disability to your classroom to answer questions students might have.

Activities Contd. • Activity 3: Have students work in groups and assign one student in each group with a disability. This will help children learn to adapt to the needs of others.

Activities Contd. • Activity 4: Have each student write a poem or story about what makes them unique. Have students share what they wrote with the class. • Activity 5: Have students draw a picture of themselves to be displayed with their story.

Gender • http://www.gender.org/ • This web site focuses on issues and concerns of gender variant people.

Web sites Contd. • http://www.brown.edu/Administration/ • This web site addresses gender differences in communication styles in the classroom and helps to encourage participation in both genders.

Web sites Contd. • http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html • This web site discusses gender issues from past to present and the changes that have been made.

Web Sites Contd. • http://www.angelfire.com/ma/Socialworld/Issuesgender.html • This web site gives links to other sites about gender issues. It is very informative and helpful if you are trying to find sites related to this topic.

Web sites Contd. • http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/issues/gender.htm • This web site offers teachers and parents ideas and other sites to help deal with gender issues.

Activities: Gender Issues • Activity 1: Start a class discussion by prompting the class with the question “How do you think your life would be different if you were born as the opposite sex?” Give each child a chance to answer.

Activities Contd. • Activity 2: Have each student go back to their seats and draw a picture of what they would do if they were born of the opposite sex.