Assisting Students with Diverse Learning Styles
Universal Design for Learning and CAST
The last thing to leave you with is to develop a learning process throughout the school year while incorporating technology in the curriculum. Universal Design for Learning in the classroom is a set of principles to understand the strategies needed to take place to meet the needs of all students in the classroom. CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) is a resource for teachers to help with understanding and developing flexible strategies in the classroom utilizing the following principles.
1. Provide multiple means of representation
· Present information and content in different ways
2. Provide multiple means of action and expression
· Differentiate the ways that a student can express what they know
3. Provide multiple means of engagement
· Differentiate the ways that students can express what they know
Understanding the three brain networks.
The links below can help you understand these principles.
CAST video for UDL at a glance
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Graphic organizer
UDL Guidelines graphic organizer text description:
This graphic organizer of the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines depicts the three main principles of UDL in three color-coded columns with numbered explanations and bulleted examples beneath each principle heading.
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/udlguidelines_graphicorganizer
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Universal Design for Learning
This presentation explains the history behind the Universal Design for Learning movement. It also explores the implications for students and teachers in classrooms.
Prezi
http://prezi.com/zvehbf95tho8/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
You are now ready to move on to the next activity: Typing Activities