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Eclectic Technology
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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"...There are countless learners in classrooms everywhere who would struggle to be successful with a written recipe. Many of these learners would do just fine with a recipe presented in video format. This illustrates the imperative that learners be offered information in multiple formats." For students who find it difficult to work with text video provides an alternative format to learn information. "Text is only one way to share information. Numerous alternatives are equally effective, if not superior." 
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"These UDL Guidelines and checkpoints can assist educators in designing flexible lessons and curricula that reduce barriers to learning and provide innovative and supportive learning to meet the needs of all learners..."
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"If you are a student or teacher of literature, and you aren’t already familiar with this resource, you owe it to yourself to check it out. For effective learning to occur in any classroom, it’s essential that information be presented in multiple formats. It’s just as important to offer a range of options for engagement. This site helps beautifully on both counts. 60 Second Recap is a web based resource, and an iOS app, that uses short video clips to introduce great literature in a manner that I suspect most learners find highly engaging. Each clip is well researched and skilfully written. Production quality is exceptional. The target audience may be high school students, but these videos completely engage this learner, and I haven’t been a high school student for more than 40 years!"
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Are you interested in learning more about Universal Design for Learning, to learn how to approach curriculum to minimize barriers and maximize learning for all students? This is a short video that provides an overview to UDL.
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A one page handout on the UDL Guidelines is available to download on this page. For a pdf click on the 2nd link.
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I came across an article in THE Journal called 6 Ways to Engage Every Learner Using UDL. This sent me to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation where I found a range of excellent materials on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The link provided here will take you to a page where they have three toolkits:
* Action and Expression Digital Resources
* Engagement Digital Resources
* Representation Digital Resources
Each toolkit is 6 - 7 pages long and shares digital tools that will help you each of the three areas.
For example, when you open up the Action and Expression Digital resources you will find the following categories:
- Options in the mode of physical action
- Options in the means of navigation
- Options for accessing tools and assistive technologies
- Options in the media for communication
- Options in the tools for composition and problem solving
- Options in the scaffolds for practice and performance
- Options that provide effective goal-setting
- Options that support planning and strategy development
- Options that facilitate managing information and resources
- Options that enhance capacity for monitoring progress
You can download each file as a pdf and there is a hot link to each suggested tool.
The site also provides additional information on UDL, including links to a number of other resources that provide an excellent overview and includes videos as well as text based materials.
You may also find the original article (linked to above) of interest. Here is one quote:
"Just like a worksheet can be a barrier and a print text can be a barrier, technology can be a barrier for some students as well. UDL is not about technology but it is about using technology in an intentional way.”