Transcript Universal Design for Learning Strategies You Can Use!
What is UDL and how do you use UDL in designing your course?
Why does UDL and using brain based strategies work?
How can teachers use the right strategy to implement UDL and meet the needs of diverse students?
1941-1998 Ron Mace, founder and program director of The Center for Universal Design, N.C.
" Universal design seeks to encourage attractive, marketable products that are more usable by everyone. It is design for the built environment and consumer products for a very broad definition of user."
- Ron Mace
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Equitable in use Flexibility in use Simple and intuitive Perceptible information Tolerance for error Low physical effort Right size and space for approach and use 1941-1998 Ron Mace, founder and program director of The Center for Universal Design, N.C.
1.Accessible
2.Consistent
3.Flexible
4.Explicit
5.Supportive
6.Minimizing physical effort 7.Effective learning space
Video clip
Rest Your Brain
Prime-time-1 Prime-time-2 Down-time 0 10 20 30 40 Time in Minutes
Reference David Sousa
Kinesthetic Auditory Visual
14 --predominantly visual learners 9 – problems w/ time management 8 --recent major loss 6 --history of absenteeism in school 5 --vision problems 3 -- hearing problems 2 --had LD in their families 1 --had diagnosed LD 1 --had been in Special Ed
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3. Meaning before details
Making the implicit EXPLICIT
Rest Your Brain
The Way the Brain Learns
Write a key word in each box or draw a diagram to help you remember the 7 ways the brain learns.
The Way the Brain Learns
Write a key word in each box or draw a diagram to help you remember the 7 ways the brain learns.
1.Multi Sensory 2. Teach brain 3. Meaning 4. Repeat 5. Rest 6. Explicit 7. Emotion
How can teachers use the right strategy meet the needs of diverse students?
Learning Styles Activities PLUS Teaching using strategies Teaching students how to use strategies Modeling/scaffolding Making content manageable
Lecture
Reading
Test
Kingo Mini-lectures using PowerPoints and textbook Fill-in blanks handouts Reading and review questions Video on contracts Group posters on various terms Typed a contract Internet activity— finding contracts and analyzing its parts and format and content Quia games Round robins—review questions and “what did you get” Questions for Yotta Notebook organization
Kingo —form of bingo using contract terms Why it works . . .
Uses senses—fits various learning styles Attaches new information to old—begins to build new information Emotion impacts learning—fun for students
Group posters using contract terms Why it works . . .
Uses senses—fits various learning styles Attaches new information to old
First step in rehearsal Brain needs a rest Emotion impacts learning —fun for students
Quia www.quia.com
Online activities like flash cards and matching using your terms
Why it works . . .
Fits various learning styles—use senses
Repetition, repetition Brain needs a rest Emotion impacts learning—builds confidence
What would we do without YOU TUBE????
Learning styles
Explicit instruction—graphic organizers
Modeling/scaffolding—activities
Making content manageable— Quia, Kingo, Posters, 7 brain processes