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5 Digital tools for making the virtual classroom more inclusive

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Education used to be associated with classrooms and chairs, desks, and blackboards. For this to occur, online education has to follow the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) standards, addressing learning barriers while providing multiple modes of engagement. Read more: Applying Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Participation is compatible with all platforms (Mac, PC, Chromebooks, smart phones, tablets) and all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and others). Elementary Math.

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AT and UDL: Acronyms for Equity

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I worked exclusively with students in special education classrooms who needed a way to access the curriculum or a way to communicate effectively in the classroom. Finally, I had the great opportunity to attend the UDL Summer Institute at Harvard University in 2015. Thomas Hehir ; champions of UDL and inclusive education.

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3 Steps to a More Accessible Classroom

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In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. As a public school teacher, I had to constantly evaluate how my teaching practices and materials could better include and empower the vast diversity in my classroom. Universal Design for Learning (UDL): What You Need to Know.

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Personalizing the Journey for Our Students

The Principal of Change

Translate this thought into the classroom. They respond to the prompt on Chromebooks as the teacher conferences with individual students. Getting to know our students and passions may help shape the opportunities within the classroom, as well within professional learning (the questions below may help). In a high school U.S.

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Tips, Tricks and Tools to Build Your Inclusive Classroom Through UDL

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Would you want to be a learner in your classroom? This may be especially true in classrooms where material is presented in a one-size-fits-all format. Many educators know it as the building blocks behind Universal Design for Learning, or UDL. UDL is not a special ed thing or even a general ed thing. It’s just an ed thing.

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A HyperDoc Is Not A WebQuest!

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In 2013, many districts in our area began purchasing Chromebooks for the annual state tests. Whether it be ‘on tech’ or ‘off-tech’ these blended learning lessons can be designed to meet the needs of each classroom. They are one way, among many proven methods, to shift learning in the classroom. That describes the lesson design.

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