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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is based on the evidence from neuroscience that no two brains learn in the same way; learner variability is the norm.

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) helps address the reality of learner variability, rather than focusing on the imaginary “average” student. A great number of our students represent learners in these margins, such as students with disabilities, students with focusing and/or listening problems, and even our gifted and talented students.

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(Landing on the tight rope)

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Think Teacher vs. Student

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Post all curriculum/lesson plans in advance (as possible)

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Post all curriculum/lesson plans in advance (as possible)

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One of my goals is to have classroom lesson plans/resources posted online and easy to access for students AND parents. This will help students who take a little longer to complete assignments access them from home, and save me the headache of answering the "I'm going to be gone tomorrow, what am I going to miss?" question on a daily basis. I'd like ALL students to know where to look if they miss class, or just had a bad day and needed to review something.

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You get what you need all the time, any time.

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I think of providing pictures and definitions of academic vocabulary to support English Language Learners, and everyone for that matter. Science is a lot about vocabulary, and many students are held back when they don't have the academic language

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Creating an open, welcoming, and trusting classroom environment where students are empowered to take risks and fail, and not be so focused on getting it "right" all the time.

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Provide opportunities for students to investigate things they are interested in, and apply the skills they've learned in Science.

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I think of UDL as a platform for everyone to stand on so they can all begin at the same place - some students won't need the platform and won't bother to stand on it, while others need it .  An example I learned from our middle school ELL teacher is to include definitions of academic language in parenthesis. This will really help kids that need help with language, but those with advance vocabulary will just skip over it. For example:
Decipher (figure out) the code.

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Walking the line of controlling learning so you are able to fit in the material needed vs good learning, but perhaps not fitting the content the way you hoped.

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Universal design: A door to the world, opened by the power of the mind

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Freedom of choice: digital, paper and pencil, video, drawing, etc

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Freedom of choice: digital, paper and pencil, video, drawing, etc

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Correct metaphor?  Target Practice. Some targets are easier for everyone to hit.

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UDL is leveling the playing field for all students to get on and, learn.

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Music creation projects--students work in groups to study a music genre of their choice, then write a short piece of music in that genre.

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To much free will, getting off task, and not enough information to reach the target concept.

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To much free will, getting off task, and not enough information to reach the target concept.

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This is what comes to my mind when I think about UDL. "Learning by doing" !!

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This is what comes to my mind when I think about UDL. "Learning by doing" !!

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End of unit projects.

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As the librarian, seeing kids once per week doesn't lend itself to me creating units alone. Teacher buy-in requires time spent in planning that is already at a premium.

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Students creating an alternative energy plan (development and application) for their town, neighborhood, or home

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UDL -  teacher and students have more questions and teacher has less answers. need me less.

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UDL -  teacher and students have more questions and teacher has less answers. need me less.

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Changing the yearbook from a scrapbook to a creative expression of photojournalism and storytelling.

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How do you keep universal design from becoming to big. Do you create limits on size of project?

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Brainstorm some ideas for ways to give UNIVERSAL access to all students.

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Brainstorm some ideas for ways to give UNIVERSAL access to all students.

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What is Universal Design for Learning? Create your own metaphor.

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What is Universal Design for Learning? Create your own metaphor.

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How can you incorporate UDL into your classroom?

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How can you incorporate UDL into your classroom?

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What are some barriers that you think you might encounter as you create a UDL unit, lesson, or classroom?

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What are some barriers that you think you might encounter as you create a UDL unit, lesson, or classroom?