In my last post I introduced a new topic I'm learning about, UDL. This stands for Universal Design for Learning and is a tool to help all children learn, similar to differentiated instruction but more intense. I found I wasn't completely sure about it's principles and guidelines until I found... http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1 On this site
you could go through the guidelines for UDL in great depth. This is a fantastic resource to better understand UDL as a whole, it's 3 main principles as well as their guidelines. You can click through each guideline to learn more, see examples of the guideline in action as well as read up on the most current research for that specific area. For example.. background knowledge is an incredibly important aspect to every lesson and learning in general, in fact my students will be activating their prior knowledge/background knowledge this coming week as part of our weekly story skill. On the UDL website is discusses the importance of this piece, how to do it, examples of it in lessons, and research on why it's valid. That's just one guideline to that principle!
Meghan, I really liked this picture a lot. I thought it was neat how it showed different people viewed the picture depending on who you were. Like if you were a mother of a toddler, you were more inclined to focus on the child sitting at the table whereas if you were a psychologist, you were more likely to study the facial expressions of each of the people in the scene. Really neat how your background determines what your eyes will pick up on and notice first.
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