Monday, March 2, 2009

Program in New York School Pairs Special Education Students with Gifted Students

An elementary school program in Westbury, NY, brings students with different learning profiles together to learn how to build and program robots. Working in teams of two, students with learning disabilities work with students in the gifted and talented program for ten two-hour lessons. They tackle lessons in math, science and technology to build and design working robots, using interlocking plastic bricks and gears made by LEGO. For the students with learning disabilities, hands-on activities play to their strengths and having them work with gifted students is a great idea for all. Super cool! (http://specialchildren.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=specialchildren&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patriciaebauer.com%2F2009%2F03%2F02%2Fspecial-ed-gifted%2F).
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3 comments:

  1. JayleeMarch 21, 2009 at 8:36 AM

    Wow, that's pretty cool. Pairing kids with disabilities up with gifted students is a great idea! Very interesting!!

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  2. JenniferMarch 25, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    Thanks! :)

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  3. HeatherMarch 25, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    It is interesting to see what people around the world are doing to help children! Hands-on activities always seem to make such a great impact on children.

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