Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Despite my familiarity with all of the ISTE Standards, I have found that I am thinking much more deeply about the ISTE Standards for Educators as I go through this process with my cohort (which I appreciate)… One of our activities asked us to reflect on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines. Related Posts.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

As Katie Novak and I write in UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes (coming out May 29!), these are critical skills students need to develop if they are going to become expert learners who are motivated, resourceful, strategic, and capable of advocating for themselves.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Todays students desire more individualized learning approaches, which empower them to use their creativity, explore their passions, and engage with their peers in more collaborative ways. Universal design for learning Todays students are making more choices about how and where they want to learn than ever before.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

One of the biggest challenges for teachers is what to do with students who finish their playlists before the rest of the class is done. There are several strategies that can be used to keep these students engaged and challenged: One approach is to use the Modern Classroom Project’s must-do, may-do, and aspire-to-do.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. W]hen I think about UDL, that's the question I'm looking for: How am I going to engage all learners? percent to 22.5

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

Christopher Bugaj Assistive Technology Specialist, Loudoun County Public Schools One way for educators to meet the needs of students is to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into their instructional practices. In short, UDL is a launching point for providing personalized learning experiences.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

. #7 Student agency is the best way to increase engagement and motivation. When I ask teachers to share the biggest challenges they face right now, they often identify a lack of student engagement as the number one hurdle. Student engagement and teacher engagement are reciprocal.

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Learning Blended Learning UDL Groups 544

eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2023

Key points: To improve student engagement, strive to create a positive learning environment Offer multiple means of engagement using technology inspired by UDL such as voice/screen capture or different ways to present a project While schools have largely returned to normal classroom instruction, some ripple effects of the pandemic remain.

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Ditch That Textbook

MAY 18, 2018

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that aides educators in designing lessons that meet the needs of diverse learners. We want to reach ALL of our students in a way that works best for them. But how do we actually go about doing it? How can we design lessons that include options and […].

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UDL Meeting Learning Student Engagement 194

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

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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ViewSonic Education

MAY 23, 2024

These guiding principles are reshaping our learning environments around the diverse needs of students, ensuring that everyone feels a sense of belonging and an awareness and respect for the environment. Designing for Active Learning A key driver underpinning the importance of adaptability in classroom design is the Active Learning philosophy.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

Esports offers incredible benefits for student engagement, community and skill building, and pathways to higher education and job opportunities. In the United States, there are over 15,000 esports teams in K-12 schools, and many esports teams and programs emphasize access to students with disabilities.

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STEM UDL Learning Outcomes 189

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education. Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education developed by Barbara Bray and me was then introduced to the participants. The Characteristics of Design Thinking. The Design Challenge. Click to view slideshow.

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UDL Education STEM Video 156

Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

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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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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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It was exciting to see how the addition of a single device enabled my students to drive their learning and engage in meaningful student-centered learning activities. I customized my instruction, examples, models, and scaffolds for the students sitting in front of me.

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Hapara

JANUARY 10, 2024

Leveraging student interests: Integrating topics and activities that engage and motivate learners. UDL emphasizes the importance of presenting information in various formats, such as text, visual, auditory, and interactive, to ensure that learning is accessible and meaningful for every student.

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Personalized Learning UDL Learning Video 147

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Using digital tools and blended learning techniques, she has created a student-centered environment in which her students engage and thrive in active learning online and offline. She is bilingual (Spanish), Google certified, and passionate about leveraging her 15 years of experience to modernize teaching and learning.

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ET Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

Universal Design Learning (UDL) is a way of teaching that fits with e-learning to gain new perspectives and engage in group problem-solving. But why is this pairing of e-learning and UDL so important? What is UDL? What does UDL through e-learning look like? Lets dive in.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

By incorporating technology and targeted learning activities, teachers can provide timely feedback as students engage in their learning tasks. Engaging students in peer feedback: We explore strategies for involving students in the feedback process with peer feedback.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Through the use of digital tools and blended learning techniques, she has created a student-centered environment in which her students engage and thrive in active learning online and offline. She is eager to collaborate with other professionals to continue on a path of growth and improvement.

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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). 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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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

Use Polls to Keep Students Engaged There are many tools available to pose multiple-choice questions to students remotely. Or professors can just ask students to respond to a prompt in the text chat included in most video conference platforms. If you're going to make that kind of change, you're going to start small.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Built using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines, Magnetic Reading also notably helps all students engage with high-quality, grade-level texts. As part of this, the program features three types of scaffolds: resources for pre-teaching, embedded supports for students, and formative assessment opportunities.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

The teacher uses simple, concrete examples and visual aids to help students grasp the changes in properties that indicate a chemical reaction. Students engage in a guided practice where they observe a reaction and discuss the changes they see.

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Classroom Groups Differentiated Instruction Analysis 394

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Offline-Station Students engage in spiral review, revisiting and completing practice problems introduced the previous day or week. Online Station Students can self-pace through personalized practice online, engage in collaborative problem-solving, complete a pre-assessment/diagnostic, or work on a performance task.

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Differentiated Instruction Groups Meeting Student Engagement 195

SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Best new blog- all4mychild presents incredibly thoughtful and sophisticated evaluations of apps (and books, in their books4all branch) and bridges student engagement with tech tools into other activities that elicit real-world, functional communication. How lucky am I to get to actually work with Karen in my district??

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 3, 2024

They ensure students engage with content that aligns with the subject area and grade-level standards. Below are some of my favorite choice board designs. Standards-aligned: These choice boards are designed to meet specific educational standards and learning objectives.

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Differentiated Instruction Blended Learning Exercises Groups 195

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Exposure to coding, digital collaboration, and information literacy empowers students to navigate and contribute to an increasingly interconnected global society. Additionally, digital learning enhances student engagement and motivation.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

One deals with the actual writing process and the others provides tools and resources for various writing opportunities and student engagement In this post I will deal the first concept and the following posts will explore that wide range of writing and engagement opportunities. I see this as really multiple concepts.

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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

For Elizabeth Stein, the foundation that undergirds successful classrooms is student engagement. How do teachers measure the depth of their engagement and reinforce it? Stein shares ideas and resources about curiosity-building, effective feedback and more.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

link] A 7-STEP PLAN TO IMPROVE YOUR ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM FOR MAXIMUM STUDENT ENGAGEMENT (60 minutes) 5:00 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time Click here to see the time in your own time zone Online learning is the new normal. Making sure you are sparking on all cylinders is critical to success.

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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

Look at this course Fostering Student Interaction in Online Learning THE VERSATILE BLOCK Using the best practices from this course, you will be able to help increase student-to-student engagement and foster a greater love of learning. Helping students progress quickly is the challenge facing schools everywhere.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

As classrooms increasingly prioritize the development of social-emotional learning skills to help students develop self-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision-making, educators can leverage writing as a valuable tool in this work.

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