In my classroom management class, we have been talking and learning about whole brain teaching. I can see myself implementing UDL right along with whole brain teaching. From what I have seen and learned so far, is engaging in your lessons and exciting the kids would be easy to do with such technology as smart boards and power points. To be able to adjust presentations so that there are different colors, audio influence, and written/visual representations in my lesson would be easy. As mentioned by the University of Iowa on this topic, “Some students may have difficulty accessing information or reading books due to a visual impairment, a learning disability, a language barrier, or a lack of attention span for reading. Other students may have difficulty writing answers to questions due to a physical disability inhibiting their ability to grasp a pencil or move their hand to write. Students in these situations would best be served in a UDL environment, where they can benefit from options to access information or express acquired knowledge.”
One of my close friends who have taught for 16 years before going into administration this year gave me some advice. A simple way to apply UDL with out technology is to just label objects around your room potentially with different color signs and in English, Spanish, and any other desired langue. Such as Class room objects (whiteboard, textbooks, etc.) in blue, and household objects (door, broom, etc.) in orange and put it on the objects. These way students with learning disability or langue impairments can learn more. So my goal would to have an open and fluent learning environment by using technology and adding simple fixes like the signs to help all students.
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Interview with Zach Nelson
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