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Learning Disabilities Association of America
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to read.
Color:
Color:
The red titles on each page highlights the topic of each page
Slide 10 uses a blue font to identify key terms
by Lohr
Selection: Helping the learner notice important information
Organization: Concepts presented began at introductory level and progress to providing detail
Integration: General information that only introduces concepts was presented. Limited details and no examples were provided. The learner was not asked to reflect on information or use higher order thinking skills, thus reducing the cognitive load.
Instructional Visuals
Contrast: contrast of text was used appropriately
Alignment: consistent left alignment made the slides easy to read.
Repetition and proximity were not used
Negative
for contrast.
Wording: Many of the slides contain too much text.
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Slide 3: The image on slide 3 is hard on the eyes to due to the many, vivid colors.
Slide 5: The font color and background make it difficult to read the slide. There is little contrast.
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This PowerPoint has aspects of visual literacy that I learned from this course. This includes:
and phrases.
Alignment:
Alignment: all headers are centered
Repetition:
Repetition: two slides considered important.
Proximity: Proximity and spacing is considered to create slides that are visually appealing
Visuals: Images and charts are simple in terms of font, background, and style. There is no concern regarding figure ground perception.

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Needs Analysis
The state of Maryland Department of Education has identified core concepts and skills that educators must demonstrate in order to earn a teaching certificate. These skills include the recognition and ability to differentiate instruction to meet diverse learners’ needs. Teacher preparation programs must create programs and courses that address identified goals. Instructors must create lessons and assignments that address the course goals and objectives. This Wiki will provide students in a teacher preparation program with resources pertaining to various high incidence disabilities that their students may have.

This Wiki is intended to provide a forum for preservice and current teachers to discuss inclusion of students with high incidence disabilities in the general education classroom. Since contributors will post real life situations and questions, appropriate resources will vary as different topics are introduced into the discussion. Therefore, the design model needs to have flexibility in its design while recognizing that this site is voluntary and the participants should not be formally assessed to determine learning. Rather, monitoring should be continuous to determine if needs are being met and what additional areas of need have surfaced.
Using the Instructional Systems Design Model ADDIE will enable the creation of a Wiki that teachers and parents of students with disabilities may use as a resource. The steps of ADDIE permit a continuous, flexible design process that allows content to be altered to meet current participant needs. Flexibility includes the ability to implement multiple stages at the same time, thus increasing the ability to alter content to make this a relevant tool.
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Dick and Carey’s Model of Instructional Design provides a specific, detailed model for design. Despite the emphasis on evaluating and refining instruction to meet the needs of learners, many of the other components are not applicable to this project as this is a voluntary tool where the development, implementation and monitoring of participants should not be treated as a lesson with traditional students. The following chart compares features of each model that contributed to the chosen design model for this tool.
Dick and Carey Systems Approach

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This site is designed to promote discussion on including students with high incidence disabilities in general education classrooms.
What are high incidence disabilities?

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This site is designed to promote discussion on including students with high incidence disabilities in general education classrooms.
What are high incidence disabilities?
Emotional and Behavioral Disability (EBD)
High Functioning Autism (HFA)
Learning Disability (LD)
Mild Mental Retardation (MMR)
What can be found in this Wiki?
General information on each high incidence disability
Strategies to include students with high incidence disabilities in general education classrooms
Testimonials from general and special education teachers
Question and answer page where teachers and parents can participate in dialogue on this topic
How will this Wiki be created and maintained?
Using the Instructional Systems Design Model ADDIE will enable me to create a Wiki that teachers and parents of students with disabilities may use as a resource. The steps of ADDIE permit a continuous design process enabling the content of the Wiki to be altered to meet current participant needs. The steps of ADDIE are:
A- Analyze
D- Design
D- Develop
I- Implement
E- Evaluate