1. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) The difference between fair and equal Sunshine Coast January 13, 2010 Anita Strang ThinkingUDL.ca anitasquicktips.edublogs.org
2. My view from breakfast on the Sunshine Coast. The picture taken from my Blackberry doesn't do it justice, it was a beautiful sunny morning.
3. Sweet Cascadia Help me learn that it is not all about me. Shake me school and wake me up Light my fire don't fill my cup. Hey school shake me!
8. Changing Expectations in Education "The [school] system was designed in the 1840s and at the turn of the 20th Century to separate society into a vast majority of minimally trained industrial workers and a small, educated elite." Ira Socol Counting the Origins of Failure http://education.change.org/blog/view/counting_the_origins_of_failure
17. Universal Design ~ Architecture Designed for people with physical disabilities... ... beneficial for everyone
18. NaturalReader I downloaded Natural Reader to help students who have reading disabilities. Many students and teachers have begun using it to re-read what they have written as they edit and proofread their work. http://www.naturalreaders.com/ CLiCk, Speak http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/ http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/
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20. from assistive to mainstream Shifting Paradigm from separate to included Wiki Blog Educational Technology Assistive Technology
24. Life Science: Cells and Systems It is expected that students will: B1 demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of living things B2 relate the main features and properties of cells to their functions B3 explain the relationship between cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems B4 explain the functioning of the immune system, and the roles of the primary, secondary, and tertiary defence systems Multiple Means of Representation Multiple Means of Engagement
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26. The Cornerstones of UDL experimenting playing poster multimedia reading music art drama video listening talking writing
38. What is wrong with these kids??? Don Tapscott grownupdigital.com
39. from fixing the child to fixing the curriculum David Rose CAST Centre for Applied Special Technology "Increasingly we need to be seeing our curriculum as disabling children." "Increasingly our curriculum will be be seen as unethical" To see the David Rose's entire presentation at the LATA Conference in October 2009 go to: http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/
40. fixing kids ESL Learning Disabilities Lesson Plan Curriculum fixing curriculum Special needs ESL Lesson Plan Learning Disabilities Curriculum Special needs
46. BC's Ministry of Education endorses Universal Design for Learning. "Today’s classrooms are diverse and inclusive by nature. Differentiation of instruction and assessment and the principles of universal design are now recognized practices for teachers."
47. BC UDL Project First Year * SD41 Burnaby: Morley Elementary * SD43 Coquitlam: Birchland Elementary * SD52 Prince Rupert: Pineridge, Westview, Kanata, Lax Kxeen * SD28 Quesnel: Quesnel Secondary * SD36 Surrey: Tamanawis Secondary * SD22 Vernon: Coldstream Elementary * SD61 Victoria: Colquitz Middle School Second Year * SD 19 Revelstoke: Revelstoke Secondary School 7-12 * SD 23 Central Okanagan: Bankhead Elementary School K-6 * SD 34 Abbotsford: W.A. Fraser Middle School 6-8 * SD 39 Vancouver: David Livingstone Elementary School K-7 * SD 57 Prince George: Harwin Elementary School K-7 * SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith: Fairview Community School K-7 * SD 71 Comox Valley: Arden Elementary School K-7 Third Year * SD 42 Maple Ridge: Mount Crescent Elementary K-7 * SD 46 Sunshine Coast: Halfmoon Bay Elementary Community School K-7 * SD 54 Bulkley Valley: Smithers Secondary 8-12 * SD 63 Saanich: North Saanich Middle School 6-8 * SD 79 Cowichan Valley: Khowhemun Elementary K-6 * SD 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap: Len Wood Middle School 6-8 * SD 84 Vancouver Island West: Gold River Secondary 8-12
60. It's is a journey... Community Accessibility Ownership Belonging Inclusion UDL Assessment?? Writer's Workshop Project-Based Learning Multiple Means of Expression Assessment for learning Picture-Word Induction Assessment as Learning Multiple Means of Engagement Assessment of Learning Explicit Learning Intentions Multiple Means of Representation
61. To read Anita's Blog "UDL Success" post go to: http://anitas.edublogs.org/2009/03/28/udl-success/
62. Why??? Support for teachers... ~inservice ~collaboration ~technology Support for kids... ~Short-term Pull-out groups with a purpose ~visual & background knowledge ~joint attention ~in class support ~accessibility the message we send... ~their teachers can teach them ~they can learn ~there are tools they can use ~different is not only acceptable but encouraged ~they are valued and supported ~they belong ...a shift in Paradigm
63. Shift in Paradigm... from assistive to mainstream from separate to included from child as problematic to curriculum as potentially problematic from fixing the child to fixing the curriculum from accepting differences to valuing and encouraging differences
