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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. We can indeed cover more ground when we present information in a traditional lecture format, but that doesn’t mean students understand the information.

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Book Club Guide Available for UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

A book club may present a more manageable, self-paced approach to professional learning. Dr. Katie Novak and I are excited to share a complete book club guide for UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes to support teachers interested in starting the new year with a book club!

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Teacher Tips: Starting the Year with Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

Organize and edit all of the documents your students will need and decide what you will use as evidence of learning (e.g., written responses, videos, observations, presentations). Feel free to make a copy of the documents and tailor them to your needs. Create a slide deck with hyperlinks and student instructions for each station.

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Applying Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms

Neo LMS

This, after all, is the concept of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework that aids curriculum designers and educators in ensuring that all learners receive the accommodations that are needed to help them excel in school. UDL was an offshoot of a movement that promoted universal design in architecture and product development.

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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

Students have more control over the way information is presented in a video. The short answer questions make it possible to encourage deeper thinking about the concepts presented in the video, which may provide more meaningful insight into your students’ level of understanding. They can pause, rewind, and rewatch a video.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

Ask a Tech Teacher

Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Learning is presented in a variety of modalities, such as text and audio. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Student-led Classroom Management. Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Bloom’s Taxonomy.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Skills for online engagement with students who are experiencing anxiety (and trauma) can be especially helpful for educators struggling with student disengagement in online classrooms. In addition, you’ll learn how to create a well-balanced presentation of your schools’ current needs to energize community members to get involved.

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