Teaching Every Student:UDL

On CAST.org, there was yet another useful resource to support my understanding of UDL. Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning is a digital textbook that allowed me to furthur explore the components of UDL. Universal Design for Learning provides specific principles to allow educators to remove barriers from teaching methods and curriculum. Thus, making learning accessible for all students. Now that I have become familiar with the three main principles of UDL and how to incorporate them into my instruction,  this online manual provided me with many additional visuals, videos, and links to continue my learning experience. Because it was so UDL friendly, this online text reminded me of the digital books that I explored in my previous post, but on an adult level.

In my previous post, I discussed ways to incorporate UDL into the classroom. As a teacher I have learned that in order to incorporate new learning techniques, it is important to know the different ways that your students learn in order for them to find success in your classroom. Sometimes putting yourself in someone else's shoes is the best way to figure that out. The website provided two interesting activities to help you understand how your brain works and how that connects to the principles of UDL. Although I found these activities would be too challenging for my elementary aged students, I found the activities particularly useful in deepening my understanding of how my own brain works according to UDL. Additionally, they gave me a new perspective on the different ways that my students learn in the classroom.

 

Get to Know Yourself the UDL Way!