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Universal Design for Learning: What is it? Why use?

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Today, we offer one more: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) What is UDL Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences that can accommodate individual learning differences. UDL at its core is simply good teaching.

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. Universal Design for Learning® (UDL). UDL was designed to reduce the barriers to the curriculum and maximize learning.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Bloom’s Taxonomy. Here are two examples.

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The Impact of Creativity on College and Career Readiness

ED Surge

Some educators may feel overwhelmed by adding projects to their already busy curriculum, but Caldwell and Fielding offer two strategies that can greatly reduce stress and time: use rubrics for assessment and incorporate peer reviews. After all, it is important for educators to feed their own creativity and continue to learn.

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PleIQ: the interactive smart toy that fosters multiple intelligences through Augmented Reality

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All learning activities are Common Core and Universal Design for Learning (UDL); any teacher in the US or abroad can experience the next ed-tech frontier of augmented reality in their classrooms. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Teaching Strategies & Tips for Gifted Students: What You Need To Know

STEM Education Guide

One of the most fundamental ways to accommodate a broad diversity of learners is through Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Put simply, the principles of UDL encourage educators and curriculum designers to incorporate multiple means of engagement, representation, action, and expression in every lesson.

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Magic EdTech Support for Universal Design for Learning

Magic EdTech

Such flexibility and inclusiveness is applied to the education field through universal design for learning (UDL) principles. By using UDL principles, curriculum developers and teachers can better coach a diverse set of learners by stretching how they access information and demonstrate their knowledge.

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