Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While working with a history teacher this week, she shared how she adapted this game for a review activity in her classroom. She had her students draw images depicting their vocabulary words on one side of index cards and write the word with its definition on the other side. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

This workbook will expand your definition of online curriculum; highlight student and teacher needs and views of implementations; and provide opportunities to help you identify your goals. In this blog post we provide an in-depth analysis of UDL and why more teachers are considering this option for their classroom.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) draws its inspiration from the broader concept of Universal Design (UD), initially pioneered in architecture. Our focus in this post is on Universal Design for Learning, popularly known by the acronym UDL. UD aims for inclusive access to architectural spaces for all users.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

For a Thin Slide, students are provided a word and each student completes a slide with the word, a definition, and a picture. Students are given about 5-10 seconds to share and “whip around” the classroom. Benefit #3: The 4 C’s and UDL. The principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are also evident.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 5, 2021

Evidence of the need for these 4 C’s is embedded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This activity definitely highlights the glows and areas for growth in lesson design. As an educator for 27 years, Kim has been an innovator in and out of the classroom. Kim incorporates best practices including WICOR, UDL, ELL.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

To help set a new tone, professors can look for opportunities in the classroom to encourage student curiosity and wonder. If you want to provide alternative means for demonstrating learning, The CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) action and expression guidelines may help you think through how to provide choices to these students.

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MindShift

JULY 21, 2020

Some educators who want to make online learning more engaging and accessible are exploring the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. The beauty of UDL is that it addresses ‘learner variability’, which is the norm in our classrooms.”. A key premise of UDL is that there is no “average learner.” Online Class Design.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They offer real-time summarized transcripts for lectures, meetings, and live events, either remotely or in the classroom. This not only aligns with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles but also showcases a commitment to inclusive education. Summarized transcript transcribers are often trained in text-condensing strategies.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Currently, I am teaching a course with UPenn titled “Building a Strong Foundation for Universal Design for Learning and Innovation,” which is part of a UDL certificate program taught with my friend and colleague, Dr. Katie Novak. ( You can sign up for the spring 2022 session here if you are interested! ).

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 16, 2024

AI and the Future of Education: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Priten Shah I am definitely intrigued by this one, and I hope it offers some practical insight. Universal Design Daily: 365 Ways to Teach, Support, & Challenge All Learners Using UDL by Paula Kluth This book has piqued my interest!

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. As a public school teacher, I had to constantly evaluate how my teaching practices and materials could better include and empower the vast diversity in my classroom. The definition of "easy" will depend on the target age.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 14, 2022

These last parts stem from my classroom democracy belief, as does our opening class assignment of collaboratively determining class norms. Open education definitions: SPARC and Lumen. Open access definitions: SPARC and OSI. redesign the virtual classroom. redesign the physical classroom. UDL guidelines .

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 10, 2015

Though definitions vary, personalized learning is generally understood as a way to tailor teaching strategies to meet students’ unique learning needs, cultural backgrounds, and interests. The school’s personalized learning model draws from Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines developed at Harvard University. “If

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 17, 2024

Certainly, we still lack definitive answers on those questions, nor is it possible to be definitive when discussing something as rapidly evolving as artificial intelligence. However, I'm leaning into the original Oxford Dictionary definition of refurbish as renovate and redecorate. Is it cheating to use AI? Beautiful.ai.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 6, 2015

Have you looked around your classroom lately? I often provide my students with a visual dictionary called Blanchan Shahi , which combines the power of text definitions with pictures from Yahoo, Flickr, and Google images. No matter your population, there is a tremendous amount of variability or diversity that exists.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Many visitors to the booth reported that the site is definitely something they have been looking for- a "Google for therapy apps." Though I didn''t want to jump into the session when suggestions were called for, as my own suggestion would have been entirely predictable, the topic made me think of Universal Design For Learning (UDL).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Welcome to the third post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. I believe that the DI classroom must provide students some self autonomy when participating in the writing process. Part 2: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … More Reading.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 10, 2015

Though definitions vary, personalized learning is generally understood as a way to tailor teaching strategies to meet students’ unique learning needs, cultural backgrounds, and interests. The school’s personalized learning model draws from Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines developed at Harvard University. “If

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Even when connecting at a distance instead of in person, we can all benefit from learning some skills to connect with students on an emotional level, even while delivering classroom instruction.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Updates "Reinventing the Classroom" Starts Wednesday Evening! Reinventing the Classroom" Call for Volunteers. Come join our free online conference this Wednesday evening and all day Thursday. No problem!

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User Generated Education

JULY 11, 2015

Created by students for teachers, the following video shows students frustrated with the lack of visual learning in the classroom: This post is a call to action to increase visual-based learning in the classroom through: Using visuals, images, video, and other visual media to teach and demonstrate concepts.

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