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Set Learners up with the appropriate tools they need to succeed!

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Reducing Barriers

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Learning Environment

It is important to use scaffolding and flexibility in your classroom and gibe the students options for learning. Make sure the curriculum is adaptable, engage students and make sure alternatives are accessible for learners.

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http://www.readingrockets.org/article/universal-design-learning-meeting-needs-all-students

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/5-examples-of-universal-design-for-learning-in-the-classroom

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Multiple means of engagement

This principle identifies  a crucial element to learning, and learners differ markedly in the ways in which they can be engaged or motivated to learn. Some learners might like to work alone, while others prefer to work with their peers, so providing multiple options for engaging is important.

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Multiple means of Action and Expression

This principle represents that Learners can differ in ways that they can navigate a learning environment and be able to express what they know. Individuals with significant movement impairments, learners who struggle with strategic and organizational abilities,  and individuals who have language barriers approach learning tasks differently. Action and expression require a great deal of strategy, practice, and organization.

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Multiple means of Representation

This principle evolves around the different ways that learners perceive and comprehend information. Kids with learning disabilities, language or cultural differences, and sensory disabilities all approach content in all different ways. It is important to provide options for representation for learners.

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Dragon Naturally Thinking

This application is a speech-to-text app that enables students that have problems putting their ideas down with pen and pencil or keyboard, to develop their writing abilities. Students speak into a microphone on the computer and this software can then translate the spoken word into printed text. This app would be great for students who have strong oral language abilities but problems with written expression. This app could represent the second principle of UDL.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8

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ICommunicate

This application lets teachers design visual schedules, storyboards, communication boards, routines, flash cards, choice boards, speech cards, and other materials for kids who have learning and communication difficulties. It can be customized to specific classroom needs. This app help students prepare for transitions, anticipate routines, reinforce turn-taking, express their needs, and address other classroom management, behavior, and communication issues. This app could represent the second principle of UDL.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icommunicate/id320986580?mt=8

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-Providing multiple means of representation
-Providing multiple means of action and expression
-Providing multiple means of engagement

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What is Universal Design for Learning?

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences.