Technology and Education | Box of Tricks - 0 views
Universal Design in the Classroom: Do it Once, Do it Right | Edutopia - 0 views
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Universal design for learning means that the creators or publishers of content and curriculum use computer technology to structure their knowledge and activities in ways that will make it accessible to the greatest possible number of individuals.
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multiple representations of information, alternative means of expression, and varied options for engagement.
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CAST: What is Universal Design for Learning? - 0 views
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one-size-fits-all approach
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The idea of the "one-size-fits-all approach is being changed in the pages of textbooks, but sometimes it is more difficult for teachers to make this ideological change-over in their teaching methods.
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True, but I am not convinced that the concept of UDL is really as much of a change as CAST is making it out to be. This is kind of a repackaging of ideas instead of a new idea. The concept of backwards design and Understanding By Design are all kind of the same thing. We are really just being asked to think about the end goal and how it fits everyone at the beginning. Or am I missing the point of UDL?
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I agree with you, UDL is looking at designing lesson plans and units in the same fashion that backwards lesson design does, but one difference may be that UDL looks at brain research. Granted I know little to nothing about the theory behind Backward Lesson Design, but is there a key component regarding brain research and actively engaging students using differeniated learning to activate the various neural networks? Perhaps UDL is Backwards lesson design with a splash of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and a dash of Pavio's Dual Coding System?
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"Universal" does not imply a single optimal solution for everyone.
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UDL Goal Setter: Tools & Activities: Teaching Every Student - 0 views
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The key is to design a goal that represents the true purpose of the learning activity.
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confuses means and ends.
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Only when the essential learning purpose is clear can we determine the educational focus for all learners.
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How Should We Measure Student Learning? The Many Forms of Assessment | Edutopia - 0 views
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You can't know where you're going unless you know where you are.
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These abilities -- recall, analysis, comparison, inference, and evaluation -- will be the skills of a literate twenty-first-century citizen. And they are the kinds of skills that aren't measured by our current high-stakes tests.
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adding assessment vehicles such as student portfolios and presentations as additional measures of student understanding.
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