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This
project will demonstrate lesson plans designed following
principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and
examples of student work resulting from the lessons. As
teachers we should ask ourselves if there are any
barriers to our students’ learning. We should look for
ways to present information and assess learning in
non-text-based formats. UDL, developed by the
Center for Applied
Special Technology, provides a framework for
designing lesson plans. Based on brain research and new
media, the UDL framework proposes that educators design
lessons with three basic kinds of flexibility:
1. Multiple formats and
media are used to present information.
Examples:
Illustrations,
pictures,
diagrams,
video or
audio clips, and
descriptions
2. Teachers use multiple
strategies to engage and motivate students.
3. Students demonstrate
learning through multiple performance and product
formats.
UDL calls for
three goals to consider in designing lessons:
1. Recognition goals: these
focus on specific content that ask a student to identify
who, what, where, and when.
2. Strategic goals: these
focus on a specific process or medium that asks a
student to learn how to do something using problem
solving and critical think skills.
3. Affective goals: these
focus on a particular value or emotional outcome. Do
students enjoy, and appreciate learning about the topic?
Does it connect to prior knowledge and experience? Are
students allowed to select and discover new knowledge?
Following the UDL principles design a lesson for the
ladybug theme. Give students choices for how to
demonstrate their knowledge through drawing (paper or
computer software), video that could be
video stream or podcast,
pictures and photos, audio recording of narrative
and music,
models, and maps. Be creative and allow your
students to experience Lucky Ladybugs as a
metamorphosis of learning in new ways. Some
students may decide to research ladybug predators such
as the praying mantis, and that's fine. They might also
want to research harmful insects that ladybugs help keep
under control.
Resources you might want to use:
Scholastic Keys, Kid Pix, Inspiration and Kidspiration,
digital camera (still and video), recording
narration/music, United Streaming. Let your imagination
go!
Project
Timeline:
This
project begins on March 15, 2007. Materials need to be
e-mailed by
May 31, 2008. Work will be posted when materials are
received and will remain online to be used as a
resource.
Project
Guidelines:
Submit
a short narrative of your learning experience and how it
meets the criteria of Universal Design for Learning. We
will accept a maximum of 7 graphics per class. Please
try to keep your Power Point presentations no larger
than 500 KB. We would appreciate it if videos are
limited to 1 MB. If you publish your own webpage at
another site, you still must meet the project
requirements (send narrative and images). A link to
your page will be included only if you identify and link
back to this project.
Registration Information:
Please send the following information to Susan and Sarah
at:
luckyladybugs2007@yahoo.com
Your
name
E-mail address
School name, Class grade level,Town
Your class web site url (not required) |
