Social Literacy and Technology

SLT is a course designed to encourage community building, self advocacy and personal growth in each student.

Students will be learning about their individual identities and each other as we focus on topics such as self-advocacy, digital literacy, community building, and disability justice/disability pride.

There will be frequent opportunity for students to learn from guest speakers, do hands on projects, and work to identify their own access needs in school, and beyond. 

MAKERSPACE RULES

1. When you use materials from the makerspace, you must clean up and return them when the class is done/you’re finished with them

This is so we know what materials are left and which ones are no longer available so we can let students know before they plan a project

2. Only Ms. Smith has permission to allow students in the makerspace

 this is because many people come in and use materials without Ms. Smith knowing - and the makerspace does not have the money to replace materials, if the makerspace is closed it stays closed

3. Materials must be shared with all students

The makerspace has to be shared with 1000 students and their teachers, if we use too much of the supplies that creates unfairness in school and prevents students from participating equally

4. Inside the makerspace, students must ask to use electronics 

The electronics must be treated with care and respect, if they break they will not be replaced 

5. If you see something is missing, please tell Ms. Smith

So Ms. Smith can notify the office of missing supplies and update the inventory (everything in a school costs money)