Practical Ideas on Implementing UDL by Peters, Patricia

How can I make my Schoology page and slides more accessible?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 08:01:43 UTC

Grade 9 students were informally asked: If every teacher could organize their Schoology page like one teacher/subject, what would you suggest? The answer was MATH!

Math Schoology Pages

How can I make my slides more accessible?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 08:26:44 UTC

Tips for slides by Lily Poe

After reviewing this slideshow, spend some time looking at your own slides. Any ideas on what to incorporate?

How does learning connect to emotions?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 12:31:02 UTC

Seven-minute video on the importance of cultivating a relationship with your students to provide them with deep learning experiences.

Consider what you could do to build more connections with students.

What are choice boards? How can I use them? Why would I use them?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 12:48:10 UTC

This video is part of the Using Choice Boards in the Classroom online course. This video introduces the concepts of choice boards and the benefits of using them with students.

Watch until 4:42

Consider how choice boards might be useful in your lessons.

How can I use a choice board as review?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 12:52:25 UTC

What would a review choice board look like in your subject?

How can I use a choice board to formatively assess students?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 12:56:05 UTC

This choice board encourages students to choose one activity per "course." All students are studying the same content, but the way they show their understanding may differ. This allows students to have more voice and choice.

How could I use a choice board at the start of class?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 12:59:14 UTC

If you'd like more information, read this article. The article is written for elementary math teachers, but could be applied to middle & high school as well.

Here is a sample choice board we used in English as a warm up.

How can I set up a choice board?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:03:39 UTC

This article will walk you through the setup of a choice board in Math and Science. You might have a choice board for one 80-minute lesson, or you might want to start with a choice board as a warm-up. It's important to have clear guidelines when starting choice boards.

How can I plan my lesson to embrace learner diversity?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:07:58 UTC

This blog describes the what, how, and why of the templates below. Read it first, then check out the templates.

Templates:

Video series on blended learning

How can I use AI to build background knowledge and/or lower the lexile level of a text?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:22:36 UTC

There are so many options available for lowering the lexile level of text. You can ask ChatGPT to "lower the lexile level" or to make the text accessible for a "language learner." You can also ask it to make the text accessible for a student who reads at a "grade 5 level."

Find an article that you ask your students to read and try giving ChatGPT to "make it accessible for a student who is new to English."

Here is an example of how we've used this in a World History assessment.

How can you differentiate in terms of product, and keep the content the same?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:27:02 UTC

Everyone produced a memoir, but they had choice in terms of how to produce it: audiobook, written, graphic novel, etc.

Here is another example of a choice summative in Language Arts.

How can you differentiate in terms of content and keep the skills the same?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:29:10 UTC

Every student chose a different character; they all produced the same product. Notice the multilingualism & images on the slides; this all makes the content more inviting and engaging.

How can I scaffold for an assignment that gives students choice?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:31:41 UTC

Legacy Project (Grade 8 SS)

Organiser

Overview

You could also check out the AI Bot that Baylee created to help the kids develop their ideas: https://legacy-project.streamlit.app/

What different types of rubrics could I use?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:33:14 UTC

Rubric as a Checklist

Generated by ChatGPT Plus based on the rubric. This might be useful for giving feedback to students or having them self-assess.

Single Point Rubric

This would be helpful to assess a formative. Students only see one descriptor, so there is less information to digest, and they can focus on one point. You could make it even shorter if you focus on one standard.

Self-Assessment Tools from Responsive Classroom.

Article with numerous no-prep strategies.

I need ideas as to how students can craft different products and assume different roles to show their learning.

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:36:36 UTC

What adaptive schools protocols could I use in my lesson to have differentiated groupings?

petersp2 — 2024-05-06 13:39:29 UTC

Check out the following:

Learning Partners (clock)

Jigsaw

Stir the Classroom

How can students show understanding of the same content in different ways?

petersp2 — 2024-05-07 02:29:26 UTC

See the project here.

See the rubric here.

How can I use a choice board to give student options in terms of content, but keep the skills the same?

petersp2 — 2024-05-07 04:12:50 UTC

In this activity, students chose the TED talk they wanted to watch, and then they had a discussion about how the presenter delivered the information in groups.

Consider how this could apply to your subject.

How can I set up a choice board for a flash research project?

petersp2 — 2024-05-07 04:18:45 UTC

This choice board was used for a flash research project. Here is the link.

BONUS: How can I learn more about UDL?

petersp2 — 2024-05-07 05:51:23 UTC

One page graphic overview

CAST Website

Can students choose different curriculum in an assessment?

nelsona68 — 2024-05-07 15:25:43 UTC

This is a great example of a free project were students can choose both the concept they want to investigate.

BONUS: UDL 3.0 Guidelines

nelsona68 — 2024-05-07 16:09:21 UTC

The updated UDL Guidelines are due out later this year.

How can students show their understanding without writing a paper?

nelsona68 — 2024-05-07 16:30:48 UTC

This is the DRAFT task sheet for an upcoming G9 Science project. Students have to show their understanding of a scientific concept by cooking. Any dish or cuisine, their choice... (Yummy?)

Could I guide student through an entire design cycle, while giving student choice of product?

nelsona68 — 2024-05-08 08:21:39 UTC

Linus has some great student choice projects in Grade 7 and 8. Below are two highly structured task sheets:

Designing for a User: Lasercut Jewelry, Accessories, and Decor

Graphic Design: Propaganda & Influence Posters