Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

One of the key elements of the curriculum-design approach known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is student engagement — creating opportunities for students to become engaged and stay motivated, to believe that what they’re learning is important, and to feel capable in their learning. In UDL Now!,

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 3, 2024

They ensure students engage with content that aligns with the subject area and grade-level standards. Below is an example of a prompt I put into ChatGPT to help me generate ideas for a standards-aligned choice board for a third-grade math class, focusing on the standard strand 3.0A, “Operations and Algebraic Thinking.”

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Differentiated Instruction Blended Learning Exercises Groups 195

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

When teachers use differentiated instruction, they avoid the need to cover the same information repeatedly and provide multiple examples, as often happens with whole-group teaching. Offline-Station Students engage in spiral review, revisiting and completing practice problems introduced the previous day or week.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The video automatically pauses to present a question, and students record their answers. Example questions: –What does “alike” mean? Reflection At the end of this mini-unit playlist, students reflect more generally on the theme of creativity and what they think about it after completing this playlist.

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Blended Learning LMS Learning Video 394

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that is based on a scientific understanding of how people learn. The goal of UDL is to design “barrier-free, instructionally rich learning environments and lessons that provide access to all students” (Nelson, 2). Engagement.

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Assessment 545

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2018

Many educators know it as the building blocks behind Universal Design for Learning, or UDL. Developed by CAST , UDL is comprised of three guiding principles that seek to increase engagement and accessibility: Providing learners with multiple means of engagement; representation; and action and expression.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Best new blog- all4mychild presents incredibly thoughtful and sophisticated evaluations of apps (and books, in their books4all branch) and bridges student engagement with tech tools into other activities that elicit real-world, functional communication. How lucky am I to get to actually work with Karen in my district??

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iLearn Social Media UDL Edcamps 74

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Blended Learning Benefit #1: Student Agency. What: Student agency is the students’ ability to make key decisions in the learning experience. Pain Point: Teachers are frustrated by a lack of student engagement and motivation. Differentiating the process, or how students understand or make sense of the content.

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Blended Learning Groups UDL Learning 541

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) draws its inspiration from the broader concept of Universal Design (UD), initially pioneered in architecture. Architectural examples embodying UD principles include features like curb cuts benefiting various users (e.g., UD aims for inclusive access to architectural spaces for all users.

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UDL Learning Accessibility Collaborative Learning 120

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

Q1: How Long Should Students Work on a Playlist? For example, a playlist that covers a single topic or concept may take a few days to complete, while a playlist that guides students through a unit, multi-step task, or inquiry may take a couple of weeks to finish. In this post, I will share answers to some of those questions.

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Blended Learning UDL System Strategy 423

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It was exciting to see how the addition of a single device enabled my students to drive their learning and engage in meaningful student-centered learning activities. I customized my instruction, examples, models, and scaffolds for the students sitting in front of me.

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