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Advancing educational equity with UDL and generative AI

eSchool News

Utilizing the AiiCE tenets , which recommend taking approaches that are responsive to student identities (Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education, 2023) we will suggest steps towards inclusive education pedagogy with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and generative AI thought partners. UDL and the learning brain.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

So, it should not be surprising that only 27% of 8th and 12th-grade students earned a score of proficient in writing in the last report published in 2011 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Reading comprehension and information retention improve when students write about what they read (Graham & Herbert, 2011).

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My Edublog Awards Nominations for 2011

SpeechTechie

Best educational wiki- Karen Janowski''s and Joyce Valenza''s UDL tech toolkit is a one-stop (but extraordinarily robust) resource for implementing Universal Design for Learning across the curriculum. How lucky am I to get to actually work with Karen in my district??

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Personalizing the Journey for Our Students

The Principal of Change

Katie Novak , an internationally recognized expert in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and all-around awesome person, discusses this personalization of learning for students and why it is so significant : Imagine this scene in a 3rd-grade classroom: Students are sitting quietly on the floor as a teacher reads Charlotte’s Web aloud.

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Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to Assistive Technology in Special Education

SpeechTechie

The Ultimate Guide begins with a consideration of UDL (don''t miss the discussion of this topic in the recent ASHA Leader, and in my post ) but quickly gets down to its main purpose, which is to provide a wide-ranging list of technologies (free and for cost, mobile and desktop) within specific categories. adults books consultation UDL'

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Live Thursday, February 2nd - Panel on Personal Learning Profiles

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

McClaskey , resident of Ed Tech Associates, is a recognized UDL and Digital Learning Consultant with 28 years experience in using technology in the classroom. In March 2011, Shannon was awarded the Connecting People Shorty Award. She is a StudyBlue Teacher Advocate and FableVision Learning Ambassador.