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Differentiated Instruction on Steroids Universal Design for Learning

Phil Booth Ingham ISD Assistive Technology Consultant pbooth@inghamisd.org 881-9325. Differentiated Instruction on Steroids Universal Design for Learning. What’s the Problem . Meeting the needs of all students Highly qualified teachers MME/ACT/AYP Overworked teachers

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Differentiated Instruction on Steroids Universal Design for Learning

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  1. Phil Booth Ingham ISD Assistive Technology Consultant pbooth@inghamisd.org 881-9325 Differentiated Instruction on SteroidsUniversal Design for Learning

  2. What’s the Problem • Meeting the needs of all students • Highly qualified teachers • MME/ACT/AYP • Overworked teachers • Society keeps moving the goal post

  3. East Lansing Weight Room

  4. Weight Room • Different types of athletes • Know your learners • Go to the experts, How can I improve • Pre-test, Post-test, groupings, make it interesting to the learners • Student centered

  5. Universal Design for Learning UDL is the practice of embedding flexible strategies into the curriculum during the planning process so that ALL students can access a variety of learning solutions. HIAT/MCPS/2007

  6. DI - UDL • Meet the needs of all learners • No one kind of learning • Know all the learners • Team teaching/ Co-teaching • Standardize the lessons • Common planning

  7. One at a time Fit the learner after the fact Takes time Cost more More efficient in the long run Benefits more students More acceptable to students Retrofitting vs. UDL

  8. 3 Principles of UDL • Multiple means of representation • Multiple means of engagement • Multiple means of expression

  9. Principle 1 • Multiple means of representation • Provides learners with various ways of acquiring information and knowledge • Information can be obtained in variety of ways • Auditory, visual, motor • Multiple examples • Text readers, videos, images • Links to additional resources

  10. Principle 2 • Multiple means of engagement • Taps into learners interests, challenges them appropriately, and motivates them • Offer choices of context and tools • Offer adjustable levels of challenge • Technology can be the great equalizer • Offer choices to engage student interest

  11. Principle 3 • Multiple means of expression • Provides learners with various ways of acquiring information and knowledge • Artifact collections • Power Point presentation • Multilevel • Authentic • Write the answer, speak the answer

  12. Access to the world • E-mail, Skype, iGoogle, Google Doc • Flickr, You Tube, Teacher Tube • MP3 players, Video Cameras, Digital recorders, Flash Drives, Laptops • Wikispaces, Wet Paint, Blogs, Wikipedia • Open Office

  13. Technology we have around us • Microsoft products • Audacity • Inspiration • Discovery United Streaming • Multi-level notes • Premier Tools

  14. Premier Tools Suite • Universal Reader Plus • Talking Word Processor • PDF Equalizer ML

  15. Think about it… • Why do we still have different athletes coming to the weight room every day? • Even though Blake Treadwell is the strongest he still has things he can work on • Focus on the strengths and steady improvements will be the result.

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