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The first step we took to improve the lesson on hearing impairment/deafness, was to add a brief questionnaire to gauge the class current knowledge of the topic and to determine what questions they were interested in having answered. The three questions are what I know, what I dont know, and what I learned. The questionnaire was created in flipchart so that a few students can write their responses on the smartboard while the rest enter their responses on the flipchart on their computers. By using such an activity to gauge prior knowledge we are able to better tailor our lesson presentation to the needs of the class. 3. After the explanation of the varying degrees of hearing loss, the class will watch an embedded .wmv video that illustrates what hearing loss of varying severity might sound like. The video was chosen because it is an interesting way to break up the lesson and catch the attention and interest of the class. The original presentation used audio clips to illustrate the experience of hearing loss, but we decided that using a video would better reach students who learn better from visual methods of representation. 4. Following the explanation of the common characteristics found in people with hearing loss we revised the presentation by embedding the pitch/tone activity in the presentation. Originally the webpage containing the activity was simply linked to in the presentation, but we decided that embedding the files would save time and streamline the lesson. It also has the advantage of allowing the activity to function without an internet connection. 5. In the beginning of the section detailing accommodations and strategies we embedded the youtube video that discusses the subject. We chose to do this for the same reason we embedded the audio files earlier in the presentation. We felt that putting the files into the presentation directly would make the lesson flow more smoothly and allow the activity to be conducted without an internet connection. 6. One of the biggest changes we made to the lesson was converting the original powerpoint file into a flipchart. We did this for several reasons. First, since we were incorporating flipchart activities into the lesson, we thought it best to not have to switch back and forth between programs. Second, it would allow us to reinforce ideas from the lesson by using the boards pen to draw attention to portions of the slides by writing on or highlighting portions.