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Clearly Defined Goals
You need to know what your goal is to understand and set up how this will work!
Clearly defined goals…
If teachers and students don’t know what the goal of the lesson is it is just like putting nothing into the GPS and driving around…
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Assessment
Do we know what we are assessing?
Universally Designed Assessment
Must clearly understand what we are assessing! Multiple pathways to demonstrating success. Be authentic!
UDL requires Teaming!
Teaming
A team comprises a group of people linked in a common purpose.
Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team
Teaming
Buy-in from administrators, teacher leaders,technology coordinators and parents is key
Collaboration between teachers and in some instance other professionals is essential
Teaming
Marriage of AT and IT… Just as the IT staff must learn to support the needs
of the teachers of students with disabilities, the teachers and AT coordinators, themselves, must learn more about the PCs and networks with which they interface.
http://www.connsensebulletin.com/marriage.html Connsense Bulletin Ben Satterfield and Pat Satterfield 10/11/05
Teaming
Why is Flexibility Important to UDL?
Flexibility is essential for two reasons: individual differences between learners
differences between instructional media.
Differences between instructional media
There is no universal medium of instruction
Medium of Instruction
Auditory - Listening / Speaking
Text - Reading / Writing
Visual - Viewing / Representing
Qualities of Speech Natural speech has expressive power.
Speech is transitory.
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Qualities of Text Representational - permanent record
Reduces memory demands
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Qualities of Images A picture is worth a thousand words…
But do you see what I see?
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Long ago, Plato raised a concern in his Phaedrus that is familiar in our era: new technology will undermine traditional literacy.
Plato (quoting Socrates) expressed the fear that the emerging technology of writing would destroy the rich oral literacy that was central to his culture. Writing would reduce the need for memory and attentive listening. It would give learners the appearance of wisdom by aiding rapid recall of information and facts without requiring internalization of such wisdom. This sort of “superficial” learner would inevitably be less literate. It turned out Plato was right only in part; although writing did change the meaning of literacy it enabled incredible advancements in knowledge.
Technology & Digital Media
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Digital media matter!
Versatile Transformable Can Be Marked Can Be Networked
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/chapter3_9.cfm
Digital media is:
Digital Media is Flexible and Transformable
Digital Media is Flexible and Transformable
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Sources of Digital Text
From Alberta Education Digital Repository of Digital Textbooks Authorized Novels & Plays in Digital FormatOther sources: Project Guttenberg Wikibooks UDL Editions by CAST
Sources of Digital Media
From Alberta Education LearnAlberta.ca
Other sources: United Streaming YouTube Your Cameras…
But digital media requires technology!
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Universal Design for LearningUsing digital materials & “assistive” technologies into the classroom
we can create a more accessible and flexible environment for all students.
Changing the Environment (not the Learner)
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Example – Program of Studies
Grade 10 English Language ArtsGeneral Outcome 2 - Comprehend literature
and other texts in oral, print, visual and multimedia forms, and respond personally, critically and creatively
2.1 Construct meaning from text and context
Example – Authorized Resources
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with Related Readings (The Global Shakespeare Series)
Provide Flexible Means of Representation
Text
Digital Text
Visual Flexibility
Auditory Flexibility
Movies
Considerate text
Provide Flexible Means of Representation
You Tube Comics
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CAST Resources UDL EditionsUDL Editions take advantage of the flexibility of digital media to reach and
engage all learners. http://udleditions.cast.org
Cast Book Builder Use this site to create, read, and share engaging digital books that build
reading skills for students.
http://bookbuilder.cast.org
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Provide Flexible Means of Representation
Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression
Speech RecognitionSpeech Recognition
Word ProcessorWord Processor
Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression
Writing with SymbolsWriting with Symbols
iMovie or iMovie or MoviemakerMoviemaker
Word PredictionWord Prediction