August 14, 2019
Co-teaching and UDL: The bricks and the mortar Co-teaching. Two adults sharing a space. Two people trained in different disciplines bringing together different content. Two people who each come at relationships and interactions in their own unique way now creating a single space together. Two personalities. Two bodies bringing their own mood to the classroom […]July 31, 2019
When UDL and Fidelity Play Well Together When you think of standardized assessments, do you think of student empowerment? I didn’t either until this conversation with Rebecca Chappell. As she shares in this podcast, she figured out how to maintain the fidelity of an assessment while providing student choice within the assessment (you’ll have to […]July 3, 2019
It’s summer time in North America. Whether you’re carting your children around to countless activities, working a summer job, or taking a brief vacation to sit on a chaise lounge and watch the ocean, hike a trail, fly on a plane, or visit a new place somewhere on our big beautiful ball called Earth, I […]June 19, 2019
When UDL Guides the Use of Technology Technology is a learning tool used in many classrooms. We know that it can have a positive impact on learning. Organizations like The International Society for Technology in Education (www.ISTE.org) work hard to promote pedagogically strong use. They push for educators to see technology as something more than […]
June 5, 2019
“Experience is the teacher of all things.” The title of this blog comes from Comments on the Civil War (Commenterii De Bello Civili, c. 52 B.C.) written by Julius Caesar. It is likely Caesar was reflecting on the hard-won lessons of war. There were things he and others might have read about or talked about […]May 22, 2019
Executive functioning skills: Start early! My podcast interview with Karlene Warns focuses on self-regulation skills, but in other conversations, Karlene and I talked about how important those skills are in conjunction with executive functioning. That’s probably why the smart people at CAST put them in the same row of the UDL Guidelines! Because you heard […]May 8, 2019
While sitting on the main stage in front of a live studio audience at the UDL-IRN Summit, Camille shared her experiences as a learning coach at Sunflower Elementary School in Lawrence, Kansas. She told us the story of her school’s fourth grade teachers and what brought them to UDL. They came to her saying, “We […]
April 24, 2019
Being a UDL Influencer This week’s podcast highlight’s Melissa’s work in helping others become knowledgeable about UDL. She moved from teaching 7th grade to the position of district resource teacher. She even shares how she took an existing UDL tool and modified it to accommodate the needs of her learners (Wait! Did I just use […]
April 10, 2019
Are they accommodations or supports? How you view them makes a difference Adria Gold’s podcast offers the perfect example of the “UDL takeover” that happens when there is full implementation of the framework. Her story comes from the angle of identifying supports that are, at times, reserved for learners with Individual Education Plans (IEPs), but […]
March 27, 2019
When Kim Babeu created her S.P.O.R.T. system, she was thinking about what skills learners needed to be successful in the world. For her, those included: sportsmanship (e.g., cooperating with others and upholding one another), participation (e.g., being fully present and involved on behalf of yourself and for the team) organization (e.g., includes being on time […]
