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Brad Reitzel's curator insight,
July 4, 2014 10:29 AM
Good vision for moving forward with Universal Design!!
Denver Leigh Watson, M.Ed, LDTC's curator insight,
February 8, 2014 11:43 PM
How do you individualize? Does a graphic like this guide instruction, curriculum, lessons or all the above? Most teachers are visual learners, as are their students; wouldn't it be fun to have students create personalized graphic like this to outline their own individualized pathway to learning? |
Brad Reitzel's curator insight,
July 4, 2014 10:31 AM
Our #alcpqp group is loving TED talks. Here is one about Universal Design that will help us all get acquainted!
Tracy Hanson's comment,
March 5, 2012 8:52 AM
This is so right on! Our current educational system is a prime example of what Einstein's definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results .
That is why K12 Next Generation was formed. It is a place for groups and educators from around the world to unite. Our mission is to use the common core and international standards to develop an interactive and engaging curriculum continuum with the use of OER. I'd love to share what our goals are if you are interested. Our focus right now is to gather the "troops" together with development meetings to start in a month or so. |
I came across an article in THE Journal called 6 Ways to Engage Every Learner Using UDL. This sent me to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation where I found a range of excellent materials on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The link provided here will take you to a page where they have three toolkits:
* Action and Expression Digital Resources
* Engagement Digital Resources
* Representation Digital Resources
Each toolkit is 6 - 7 pages long and shares digital tools that will help you each of the three areas.
For example, when you open up the Action and Expression Digital resources you will find the following categories:
- Options in the mode of physical action
- Options in the means of navigation
- Options for accessing tools and assistive technologies
- Options in the media for communication
- Options in the tools for composition and problem solving
- Options in the scaffolds for practice and performance
- Options that provide effective goal-setting
- Options that support planning and strategy development
- Options that facilitate managing information and resources
- Options that enhance capacity for monitoring progress
You can download each file as a pdf and there is a hot link to each suggested tool.
The site also provides additional information on UDL, including links to a number of other resources that provide an excellent overview and includes videos as well as text based materials.
You may also find the original article (linked to above) of interest. Here is one quote:
"Just like a worksheet can be a barrier and a print text can be a barrier, technology can be a barrier for some students as well. UDL is not about technology but it is about using technology in an intentional way.”