Blog #6: UDL Action & Expression (Summative)

1. I feel that the Finch Robot helps students in a few ways. First I could tell I when finding info for our project I was more diligent in finding info. It was not a copy and past or spit out on a paper assignment. I read the sources and then would write them down. I learned new things about ground squirrels and since my peers were going to watch it I wanted to make sure it sounded good. Its one things to turn something into the teacher it’s another when your peers are going to watch it. So really you could implement this on any subject. Math, Science, and even English. It was a lot more impactful than writing a paper.
2. My goals would be to apply their knowledge. I have seen it done hundreds of time where myself or others get home and forget everything than listen to in class. So being able to apply is key. In our curriculum class, we went into the halls after “learning about shapes” and we had to draw objects that had our shapes. The application is key. It can help students show they understand. For me, tech is a little harder, so my partner did more of the coding and I did more of the research.
3. It shapes it for me to show that tech is not for the teachers, and it is not to keep the kids quiet (such as a show on an iPad like a lot of parents do). But it is to apply lessons and learning. When you use more of your brain it is stored in many parts and you can draw upon it. That is what the Finch Robots did for us, English, and science were morphed into one along with technology. I'm not joking when I say the possibilities are endless.