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Tight on Goals, Flexible on Means: Universal Design for Learning Empowers Opportunity Youth

Digital Promise

UDL and Opportunity Youth. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is “a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn” ( CAST ). UDL’s guiding principles are: All people learn differently; The emotion behind learning is as important as the learning; and.

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A Back-to-School, Personalized Learning Toolkit

Edsurge

2) Video - Personalizing Learning at Oregon High School Learn how Oregon High School in Oregon, Wisconsin uses technology to personalize the learning experience. Hear from teachers, administrators, and students about how they are giving youth a voice in guiding their educational journey to ensure that they are learning at their own pace.

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English Learners Need a Better Access Point to Math

MIND Research Institute

If you haven’t had a chance to join one of the webinars from our English Learners series, or if you’d like to view them again, the on-demand recordings are now available! MIND partnered with edWeb, a professional online community for educators, to develop this webinar series to encourage math achievement for English learners in the classroom.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

Edsurge

They dug into the principles of universal design for learning, how instructions can use rubrics to empower students to demonstrate knowledge in many different ways, and how to break up class sessions to make it easier for everyone to participate fully. How much should professors be worried about this by themselves?

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The Impact of Creativity on College and Career Readiness

Edsurge

Donna Caldwell Senior Solutions Consultant Adobe Education For educators unsure of how to bring more creative outlets into their lessons, Trowbridge suggests finding a community, such as ISTE Connect or Adobe Education Exchange , where practitioners share ideas and resources.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, while discussing the next steps for schools this fall with two instructional designers in the webinar “10 Ways to Move Learning Forward”, we identified ten considerations for school. I’ve embedded the webinar below for you to review.) How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma.

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Surround Yourself With Those that Make You Better

The Principal of Change

Katie Novak and I had a chance to discuss some of the concepts from our book, Innovate Inside the Box , on the below webinar with CAST. Here is the full webinar below: Here are a few things that I wanted to highlight from the video: 1. I hope you enjoy the webinar! It is an hour-long if you are interested in watching it.

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