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Fan Fiction as Anti-Ableist Praxis
Last term, I wrote about something I was doing with my theatre class. It was a consent-based model of participation and assessment, which I use in all my classes but make physically explicit in my theatre class. This term, I think the compositionist in me was feeling left out; so I’m going to focus on something new […]
Joy, Shame, and Care: Updates from Our First Student Meetings
While our five magnificent DfA student leaders work on designing their bios for our site, as well as the student survey we intend to conduct during Fall II, they’ve given me consent to draft our meeting notes into a public-facing post. During our first few meetings, we focused on developing truly shared expectations, and explored […]
10.4.17 Team Meeting Recap (Ft. Group Work, Gallery Walks, and Collaborative Decisions)
On October 4th, our team (sans our wonderful students, whose selection will be publicly announced soon!) met on campus to explore the resources already available at LaGuardia and connect the dots between our various, inter-departmental goals, needs, and skills. Having faculty and staff in the room from as diverse a spread as Health Science, Theatre, […]
UDL In Brief
Universal Design for Learning — often, referred to as Universal Design because of its origins outside of the classroom — is a pedagogical approach based on the idea that learning is a process that is facilitated (and hindered) by the environment in which one is expected to learn. UDL at its best draws attention to […]
DfA Student Application
Part-time Job and Learning Opportunity: STUDENT LEADERS for Paid Advocacy positions APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 Are you a LaGuardia student living with dis/abilities? And/or have you advocated for improved access to education for all students? The Designing for All Project at LaGuardia Community College is an initiative that will help provide increased access to […]
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