Universal Design for Learnng and Diversite

This week was an interesting week in the reading and quick little videos. I learned about the diversity of learners. And that “One size fits all” doesn’t apply to today’s classroom, we have ones with learning disabilities, dyslexia, ADHD, Language barriers, and physical disabilities just to name a few. Which I totally agree with, my classroom for example is definitely not a one size fits all, the students alone are from all different parts of town, including me. But they all have one thing in common they want to learn and are in our class to learn, so we are to find that way to teach them all.  

One way is UDL, which is universal design for learners, which might include closed captioning, speaker phones, computers, etc. for these students to be able to use. We need to be more flexible in teaching and using technology.

We learned that there are 3 main areas of the brain that are where we process the What, How and Why of learning, the recognition is the gathering of facts, the strategic is the planning and performing of the facts, and the affective is the why we did the learning. I found that interesting, I guess I never thought that our brains all process things differently.

I also found interesting that the more we expose the students to the more apt they are to have a higher self esteem and it also helps encourage and facilitates the support of the student achievement. They have higher self esteems, and are more likely to have higher test scores being exposed to the learning by technology. Which I totally agree with, it is amazing that some students pick up on technology when you are teaching the same exact thing but in a different way. All kids learn different we just need to tap into a way that we can teach all the kids because kids are not one size fits all.

References:

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Citation: Lessonbuilder.cast.org (nd). The Principals of Universal Design. Retrieved from http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/window.php?src=videos

Citation: Lessonbuilder.cast.org. (nd). Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning. Retrieved from http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/window.php?src=videos

Citation: Page, M. S. (2002). Technology-enriched classrooms: Effects on students of low socioeconomic status. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34(4), 389–409. Retrieved from the International Society of Education at http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Number_4_Summer_20021&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=830