 The public classroom is a classroom filled with a wide variety of learners. › Kinesthetic › Auditory › Visual  Universal Design for Learning (UDL) creates an learning environment that can reach all learners.

 Principle 1 › To support recognition learning  Provide multiple, flexible methods of presentation.  Principle 2 › To support strategic learning  Provide multiple, flexible methods of expression and apprenticeship.  Principle 3 › To support affective learning  Provide multiple, flexible options for engagement.

› To support recognition learning  Provide multiple, flexible methods of presentation.  There are many ways to present curriculum content to students › Graphic Novels. › Audio Textbooks › Interactive textbook websites › Read Alouds › Content Presentations › Analogies › Textbook Readings  Graphic Organizer, guided readings.  The Key is to allow students equal access to the method that best fits their learning styles and needs. › Teachers, students and parents can work together to best establish the challenging yet effective method of instruction for a student.

› To support strategic learning  Provide multiple, flexible methods of expression and apprenticeship.  Students need to be able to express content knowledge and understanding in a variety of ways. › All students need to write.  Not all students can express their content knowledge in writing.  These students could  Interview  Create a podcast  Digital Storytelling › Multiple methods of expression  Does not have to replace writing  Does allow a student to be assessed using the method right for them.

Graphic Novels Audio Textbook

› To support affective learning  Provide multiple, flexible options for engagement.  To allow students access to challenging, exploratory options that can support their learning › Cooperative learning  Wikis  Classroom to Classroom discussion  Blogs › Documentaries › Web quests › Presentations  Podcasts  Narratives

Class discussions Wiki window to so much more

 Teachers and students set goals that need to met › Content objectives › Literacy objectives › Technology objectives › Interdisciplinary objectives › Student objectives  Objectives and goals are structured routines needed to move students forward and measure successes.

 Students have OPTIONS › How to learn?  Recording  Website  Small Group Lecture  Textbook › Practice  Wikis  Graphic organizer  PowerPoint › Assessment  Writing  Product  Oral  Classes ending in standard tests can still use standard exams › the weight of exams would be less than the assessment right for that student.

 Technology can provide the best methods to implement UDL. › Translators, Hearing aids, Braille readers. › Audio text, manipulative, videos. › Websites, wikis, podcasts.

 All students will be supported  Self-Directed learners  Students will have greater ownership in their learning

 Three learning types › Kinesthetic › Auditory › Visual  The brain makes connections using all of these types › Student learn best when learning takes place across all three of these learning types.

 Besides learning styles teachers also have students of different backgrounds.  UDL supports all Students by › Providing equal access  Translations, leveled readings, languages › Including personal testing of students  Allows teachers to know their learners › Bringing the learning to the students no matter were that might be.

 UDL Self-Check Web site. UDL Self-Check Web site › Check how your curriculum and lessons already work wit UDL  › Use this site to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills.  › provides educators with models and tools to create and adapt lessons that increase access and participation in the general education curriculum for all students.

 Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Universal design for learning. Reaching and engaging all learners through technology. Baltimore: Author.  Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Brain research and universal design for learning. Reaching and engaging all learners through technology. Baltimore: Author.