Students should get creative with the content. Giving them opportunity to view the content in different ways, engage with it in their own way, and experience it fully will allow them to conceptualize it in their own creative way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Students engage with the content in their own wayVisual representations…
Learning and understanding happens in many ways but the power of connecting to prior knowledge is powerful. Building on a previous foundation of background knowledge allows for extending it with smaller blocks of new knowledge made more relevant and understandable. When I teach I am always trying activate prior knowledge…
Variety of Difficulties in Problems#1: My CT has come up with a system where she puts up a slide with a variety of problems that range in difficulty. I chose this image from Valorant of the variety of ranks. This system allows users to be successful and encourages them…
It wasn't until I read the readings for today that I realized there was a difference between my personal identity as a scientist vs my identity as a science teacher. I never really made a distinction between the two, I think because I never really viewed myself as…
Ever since I can remember I have been in love with education. My parents didn't have the opportunity to go to high school, as a matter of fact, my dad only went up to sixth grade but he was still really good with numbers so since I was…
Students are unique and we cannot expect our activities to be a one size fits all, we need to ensure whatever we provide is going to be meaningful for ALL our students.Online learning has presented many new tools to support student learning, but I believe excitement and memorable experiences…
Old School: Stop being disruptive and keep working... New School: If it's too quiet in here, I can't hear any learning going onOne means of representing multiple means of representationTeachers must know students' funds of knowledge in order to successfully implement UDL. Knowing students'…
The benefits of using the Universal Design for Learning to teach science content.…
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…
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.…