Let’s Change the World!
Universal Design for Learning
WE ARE ZACH & ALI
We are here because we think this stuff will make the world a better place.
You can find us at @zsmithteach @alihalsey
#cUeDL2017
tinyurl.com/cUepadlet
Our Goals
We want participants to walk away being able to describe Universal Design for Learning.
We want participants to think of one way UDL could change the world.
Lightbot Hour of Code
Have fun, play a game, learn stuff.
Lightbot App
lightbot.com/flash.html
Foundation 1
Q1: Chat & Tweet with folks around you.
What strategies did you use for Lightbot?
#cUeDL2017
tinyurl.com/cUepadlet
“We’re not all the same.”
-everybody in the world
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Variability
People's backgrounds, experiences, strengths, weaknesses, fears, hopes, dreams, stories, and overall view of the world is crazy diverse.
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We as a people claim variability to be a good thing.
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How do you UDL?
Provide your audience with multiple means of these things...
Foundation 2
Q2: Chat & Tweet with folks around you.
How competent did you feel playing this game?
#cUeDL2017
tinyurl.com/cUepadlet
http://tinyurl.com/RealCueUDL
Context
Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid
-Albert Einstein
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Consider your level of intelligence.
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Context
The environments and situations people are placed in matter just as much as the skills they come with.
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How do you UDL?
You can’t assume that people won’t change preferences when providing these things.
Foundation 3
Q3: Chat & Tweet with folks around you.
What was the goal of your character in Lightbot?
#cUeDL2017
tinyurl.com/cUepadlet
http://tinyurl.com/RealCueUDL
“Clear goals with loose means”
How do you UDL?
Build access and agency to tools, strategy development, and options for showing understanding.
Students have a choice with how they want to create their own problem!
Tools to Get Your Started!
So how will this change the world?
Why isn't UDL being used in the classrooms?
When will teachers start to teach like this?
I feel that in some classes the teacher doesn't like to do a variety of different things because they are all that familiar with it so they stick with what they know even though it is harder for the student.
I have felt that I was not good at a certain subject because there was always one way to do something.
Usually teachers just want to teach you the way they learned it but don't think of other ways to show us.
It can help them shine in a way they will feel comfortable in and a way that they will understand.
Our Goals
We want participants to walk away being able to describe Universal Design for Learning.
We want participants to think of one way UDL could change the world.
How does UDL change the world?
How would you describe UDL?
Thanks!
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