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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

ED Surge

For EALA, this is a clear signal that we, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for the benefit of all learners. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina. UDL expert, Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., percent to 22.5

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When Education Is Designed for All Learners

ED Surge

She plans instruction for four separate grade levels—second through fifth—and two different subject areas—math and ELA—while also deciding which classroom technology is best suited to each day’s lesson. EdSurge: How do you bring the principles of UDL into your classroom—with or without the help of technology? How does she do it?

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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Elementary Math. Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management. Writing Prompts. Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Academic Intervention for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. Bloom’s Taxonomy. Effective Writing Prompts for All Students.

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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. Differentiated Instruction.

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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. PleIQ can serve English and bilingual Spanish communities equally through literacy, math, and real-world learning experiences.

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Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning

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High school senior at Newton North High School in Newton, MA, Yishai Barth, feels strongly about the importance of Universal Design Language (UDL). In the afternoon they might be given a math or science assignment where they have to document the results. They then may move on to reading a poem and answering questions.

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10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

Cool Cat Teacher

Math Task Project – math task projects relating to math standards (grades 1 – 7). C3 Module Project – projects designed using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) using the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards.

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