Application 3, UDL: Sharing Ideas, Building Resources, Part One Jason Beckett

Walden University

Professor: Virgil Kirk EDUC 6714I-4: Reaching and Engaging All Learners Through

TechnologyMay 20, 2011

UDL- A UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING

WHY UDL?

3 PRINCIPLES & INSTRUCTIONAL EXAMPLES

TECHNOLOGY & UDL

WHAT UDL COULD DO FOR OUR STUDENTS

Brain Research & UDL’s support

Tools and Resources

“The UDL Guidelines are based on research from several very different fields, and from many different researchers at many different universities and research organizations. That research has been reviewed, compiled and organized by educators and researchers at CAST. The process spanned a 10 year period and involved several different stages.”

UDL outside the classroom, physical environment

Our students are not all achieving at the level they could be

Some of our current practices are out of date and are not best for all students

Our students are different, diversity needs to be planned for from the ground up not adjusted for on the fly.

It works with PBIS!

UDL will allow our children to use their strengths and have choices in how they display their learning.

Why UDL? Why now? Why us?

THREE PRINCIPLES OF UDL

MULTIPLES !

•Multiple means of representation

•Multiple means of action & expression

•Multiple means of engagement

Multiples means of representation

In the Classroom

Text Language Translation

Headphones with audiotapes or video clips

Reading Aloud

Highlight the BIG ideas

Mnemonics and other memory tools

Online Glossary

Multimedia Applications

Multiple means of action & expression

In the classroom

Manipulatives

Kinesthetic activities

Spell Checker

Webs, flow charts, concept map

Audio recordings

Checklists and Prompts

Multiples means of Engagement

In the Classroom

Student Choice of format

Journals & Portfolios

Interactive Notebook

Multiple tools for information

Different Groupings

Modeling

Peer Tutoring

TECHNOLOGY AND UDL- IT MULTIPLIES!Showing educators how the student’s brain feels, explains and interprets the topic

Technology beats with UDL

Customized displays

Text assistance

Multiple Medias

Online Simulations

Virtual Field Trips

Greater Communication & Collaboration

Response Methods

Quick Reflection & Assessment

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What it can do for Our KidsChange how they are assessed

Increase engagement and motivation to learn

Provide them new chances to be successful

Allow their strengths to be used to help them learn

This could help us build curriculum from the ground up since that is a major complaint in our building.

Check the Checklist! (Next page)

“Individuals bring a huge variety of skills, needs, and interests to learning. Neuroscience reveals that these differences are as varied and unique as our DNA or fingerprints.” (Salend 2009)

What many of us have heard before and what brain research states as fact…

Look around. We don’t all take in information the same way. So why would we only allow one or two ways for the students to learn it?

BRAIN RESEARCH

UDL Supports DiversityDiversity comes in many forms; linguistic, cultural, ethnic, academic

By practicing UDL’s principles and including technology obstacles are lessened and in some cases avoided.

Resources Online (CAST)

References

Ahmann, L. (2008). About UDL [Online Forum Comment]. Retrieved from https://assistivetechnologytidbits.wikispaces.com/About+UDL

Center for Applied Special Technology. (2009). UDL guidelines, version 1.0. Retrieved from http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

Davis , D. (2010). Universal design for learning. Retrieved from http://www.paec.org/fdlrstech/udl.html

Rose, D., & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. Retrieved from http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/

Universal design for learning: reaching all learners in a digital age [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://rtcudl.edublogs.org/