Sunday, September 8, 2013

Universal Design for Learning - a plan to reach all students!

Review of http://udl.wiki.ciu20.org/home - a Wiki space explaining UDL
 

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) basically helps educators come up with ways to meet the diverse needs in their classrooms. This year in particular for me I have the widest range of learners I've had in years. This calls for me to be more creative in my teaching and to follow UDL ideas so all of my students are learning and progressing. UDL calls for 3 specific things and they are multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement. Representation gives learners various ways acquire information. Expression gives learners various ways to show what they learned. Engagement means to get to know what your students’ interests are and to use that as a means of motivation for them.
The wiki site posted above gives more explanation of what UDL is in a very simple and explicit way. The great thing about the above link is that if you are new to UDL it gives sample lesson plans and also my favorite on the website is a link to how to create electronic books! They give you step by step instruction on creating E-books for students in your class with disabilities! Amazing! Here is the direct link to E-books!
Thanks for reading my first post! Looking forward to continuing my exploration of assistive technologies with you!
 
~ Michelle
 
 


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