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• 30 Mar 09
  

  Catherine Lambert

  project

• 20 Apr 08
  

  Diane Peters

  universal design project

• 16 Apr 08
  

  Vicki Davis

  A great way to get started with technology is to join in an exciting project. this project by Susan Silverman was designed using the principles of Universal Design for Learning. I've heard her present and she is a pro. (Along with my friend Jennifer Wagner.)

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  • A Collaborative
    Internet Project for K-5 Students
  • Essential Question:
    Why are ladybugs considered to be good luck?
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  • • This
      project will demonstrate lesson plans designed following
      principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and
      examples of student work resulting from the lessons.  As
      teachers we should ask ourselves if there are any
      barriers to our students’ learning.  We should look for
      ways to present information and assess learning in
      non-text-based formats. 

    • Based on brain research and new
      media, the UDL framework proposes that educators design
      lessons with three basic kinds of flexibility:

      
      

      
      1. Multiple formats and
      media are used to present information.

    • Examples:
      
      Illustrations,
      pictures,
      diagrams,
      video or
      audio clips, and
      descriptions

      
      

      
      2.   Teachers use multiple
      strategies to engage and motivate students.

      
      

      
      3.   Students demonstrate
      learning through multiple performance and product
      formats.

    • UDL calls for
      
      three goals to consider in designing lessons:
      

      
      

      
      1.  Recognition goals: these
      focus on specific content that ask a student to identify
      who, what, where, and when.

      
      

      
      2.  Strategic goals: these
      focus on a specific process or medium that asks a
      student to learn how to do something using problem
      solving and critical think skills.

      
      

      
      3. Affective goals: these
      focus on a particular value or emotional outcome. Do
      students enjoy, and appreciate learning about the topic?
      Does it connect to prior knowledge and experience? Are
      students allowed to select and discover new knowledge?

    • 
      Resources you might want to use:

      
      

      
      Scholastic Keys, Kid Pix, Inspiration and Kidspiration,
      digital camera (still and video), recording
      narration/music, United Streaming.  Let your imagination
      go!

    • This
      project begins on March 15, 2007.  Materials need to be
      e-mailed by
      May 31, 2008.

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