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When Education Is Designed for All Learners

Edsurge

Propping up her vigorous routine are the poles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the perfect blend of education technology, ensuring that everything keeps spinning along at the right pace and momentum. EdSurge: How do you bring the principles of UDL into your classroom—with or without the help of technology? Absolutely.

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Multiple Choice

Digital Promise

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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Designing a Standards-aligned Choice Board (with AI)

Catlin Tucker

They ensure students engage with content that aligns with the subject area and grade-level standards. They are useful for integrating various subjects and can make learning more engaging by connecting different areas of study through a common theme. Below are some of my favorite choice board designs.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

A Pew Research Study found that “ about half of teens use Snapchat and Instagram daily ,” which involve text-based interactions. According to another study of teenagers and their smartphone usage conducted by Common Sense Media and the University of Michigan’s C.S. Kiuhara, S. A., & MacKay, M.

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How to Maximize the 4 C’s in Your Classroom

EdTechTeam

Evidence of the need for these 4 C’s is embedded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). To create truly student centered, personalized learning opportunities, teachers must design lessons with intention. By adding a “C” to a lesson, we ramp up rigor and engagement. Kim incorporates best practices including WICOR, UDL, ELL.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

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. ProjectChoiceBoard.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Look at this course. Online Assessment.

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