Universal Design for Learning
The benefits of using the Universal Design for Learning to teach science content.…
Photo Essay For UDL
Everyone has something unique to add to the story and anyone can add a spark to keep the fire rolling.What if you moved it this way? Do you see the same thing? "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." - Booker T. Washington…
What does it mean to be a science teacher?
“The best things in science are both beautiful and simple, a fact that all too many teachers conceal from their students, by accident or design.”-John Gribbin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John R. Gribbin (born 19 March 1946) is a British science writer, an astrophysicist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysicist], and a…
UDL Photo Essay
by Andy Bell First and foremost UDL is about inclusion. UDL helps ensure that all students have access to information and materials that engage them academically. It isn't for any specific learner but all types of learners.UDL gives students choices in engagement, representation, and action and expression.…
UDL
in Geometry a graffiti wall with all that will be needed.Review of the different types of transformation that can be used when trying to understand theorems.Q [https://quizlet.com/_9cubci?x=1jqt&i=3bi0di]uizlet flash cards Link above to quizlet that has games and different ways…
PHOTO ESSAY - ENGAGEMENT
Optimizing ENGAGEMENT in UDL means providing students with a number of ways to participate and giving them a reason value the time they spend with us... unfortunately, the biggest obstacle to this is that an upsettingly large number of students are simply bored to tears by the prospect of staring…
Challenge #2-UDL Photo Essay
Math right of the bat has multiple means of representation embedded within it. Students should be able to verbally share their thinking, as well as share it numerically and visually on paper. I chose this picture because in our classroom we are very adamant about students having a strong fluency…
Photo Essay - UDL Concepts & Science Connection
Carefully structured cooperative learning groups with clear goals, expectations, roles, and responsibilities can lead to more meaningful learning and prepare students for life in the 21st century.Incorporating an anchoring event or concept assists students in directing their focus and activating prior knowledge while also providing the teacher with a…
What It Means for Me to be a STEM Teacher
by Andy Bell Quote: PARKER PALMER We lose heart, in part, because teaching is a daily exercise in vulnerability. I need not reveal personal secrets to feel naked in front of a class. I need only parse a sentence or work a proof on the board while my students doze…
What does it mean to be a STEM Teacher?
Throughout internship’s 1, 2 and the beginning of 3, I have started to see the importance of relationship building and how teaching is much more than the content we facilitate. In this year especially with Covid-19, students are dealing with so much more emotionally. Photo by Elena Mozhvilo [https:…