Regional Competition

We are on fire!  After winning first place in the multi-media category at our school's computer fair, our students went on to win third place in the Philadelphia Regional Computer Fair Competition Multimedia category. 

As the only Autistic Support Classroom in the Philadelphia region to participate, many people thought that placing third was an impressive accomplishment for our classroom; however, our students had another sentiment.  "We wanted to win first place." 

I explained to them that not only was the pool of competitors much larger than our school's computer fair, but that some of those students had much more experience using technology and multi-media. Placing third was indeed a big accomplishment and they should be proud.   I knew that they truly felt gratified as they returned to school, showing off their trophies to students and faculty throughout the building. 

I can appreciate their ambition.  In fact, I too hold aspirations that will hopefully contribute to their ambition, nurturing the motivation to accomplish, persevere and compete amongst their peers.  It is my intent to fortify a process where students with Autism regularly compete with "neorotypical students."  It should become the norm.

In pushing to make that happen, I will continue to set high expectations for my students... and myself.
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We Won!

Congratulations to Room 435 Productions!  Today was our school's Computer Fair and we won first place in the multi-media category! I am so very proud of the boys.  You can view the project on our wiki by clicking here.
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