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Anita Strang ThinkingUDL.ca anitasquicktips.edublogs.org Universal Design for Learning (UDL) The difference between fair and equal North Vancouver January 6, 2009
Anita StrangThinkingUDL.ca
anitasquicktips.edublogs.org
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
The difference between fair and equal
North VancouverJanuary 6, 2009
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
Questioningassumptions
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
Designed for people with physical disabilities...
... beneficial for everyone
Universal Design ~ Architecture
·Reading Support
·Comprehension Support
·Highlight and extract text
·Joint attention·classroom teachers understand and model the use of assistive technology
Kurzweil
SOLO 6 Literacy Suite
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/solo/
NaturalReader
I downloaded Natural Reader to help students who have reading disabilities. Many students and teachers have begun using it to re-read what they have written as they edit and proofread their work.
CLiCk, Speak
http://www.naturalreaders.com/free_version.htm
http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/
http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/
The Cornerstones of UDL
The Cornerstones of UDL
video
reading
listening
playing experimenting
The Cornerstones of UDL
video
reading
listening
playing experimenting
talkingwriting
art
music
drama
postermultimedia
Bloom’s Domains·Psychomotor·Cognitive·Affective
Vygotsky’s Networks·Recognition·Strategic·Affective
Affective
Strategic Recognition
Collaborative Planning
UDL planning requires
With all teachers who support the students in the classroom
ESL
Resource Room
Learning Assistance
Special Education Teachers
Special Education Assistants
Learning Intention:
Grade 2identify the properties of solids, liquids, and gases
Solid Liquid Gas
water rock wood
air steam milk
Learning Intention:
Grade 2identify the properties of solids, liquids, and gases
Adding picture clues to the activity meant it was more accessible for students with perceptual disabilities, autism, etc.
Learning Intentions
UDL planning begins with clearly stated
Where are we going?
Shape of the Day
Math
Reading
Recess
Lunch
Science
Writing
Art
demonstrate, concretely and pictorially, how a given number can be represented by a variety of equal groups with and without singles
IRP - PLO
Grade 1
To understand that there should be an equal amount on both sides of an equals sign =
5+2 = 4+__
By clearly stating learning outcomes within their Shape of the Day teachers were more focused and supporting teachers had more information about what was most important about the lesson and the activity.
AssessmentUDL lesson planning begins with plans for ongoing
How will we know we got there???
Assessment for Learning
Assessment as Learning
Assessment of Learning
That reflects the lesson's stated Learning Intentions
Assessment using the Provincial Learning Outcomes...
By using a checklist to record student progress and mastery of individual learning outcomes teachers are able to collect meaningful data about student progress in relation to the IRP for assessment and reporting purposes.
Early in the term -
2nd term -
3rd term -
Adaptations & Modifications
"A small proportion will need to work on individualized outcomes, goals different than the curriculum; this is referred to as modification."
"Many students with special needs and significant learning challenges will be able to achieve the learning outcomes for subjects or courses with no or minor adaptations."
"Some may be able to achieve the learning outcomes of some subjects or courses with adaptations."
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdfA Guide to Adaptations and ModificationsBC Ministry of Education
Students with Special Learning Needs
"Although decisions about modifications to a student’s courses or subjects may take place in grades earlier than Grade 10, a formal decision that an overall program is modified does not need to occur until Grade 10."
Adaptations can only be made for students on IEPs
...it depends"Essentially, adaptations are “best practice” in teaching."
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdfA Guide to Adaptations and ModificationsBC Ministry of Education
·use of a graphic organizer·providing with more time
ie:Time limits for assignments are not stated in the IRPs. All students can be provided with more time.
Graphic organizers are good tool for all students.
Teachers must ensure that they are aware of the learning outcome they are teaching as they determine if they are making adaptations or modifications. Students can demonstrate mastery of this learning outcome in many ways…
Kurzweil
Online information
DiscussionKurzweil
PowerPoint
Notebook
Poster Presentation
Written Report
Use of Multi-Media
Animal Adaptations
Project
"Adaptations do not represent unfair advantages to students. In fact, the opposite could be true. If appropriate adaptations are not used, students could be unfairly penalized for having learning differences, creating serious negative impacts to their achievement and self‐concept."
Adaptations create an unfair advantage for
some students.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdfA Guide to Adaptations and ModificationsBC Ministry of Education
"The difference between fair and equal."
Modifications and Inclusion
Pull-out Groups
Within the Classroom settingStudents on a modified program can be included by defining a different learning outcome for the student within the same activity as all the other kids are doing.
When students need skills that other students in their classroom don't need, short term pull-out groups may be necessary for skill development
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
Changing Expectations in Education
"The [school] system was designed in the 1840s and at the turn of the 20th Century to separate society into a vast majority of minimally trained industrial workers and a small, educated elite."
http://education.change.org/blog/view/counting_the_origins_of_failure
Ira SocolCounting the Origins of Failure
In the past we would plan our lessons based on the average student's needs...
We often taught as though all students had the same needs...
The reality is that all children are unique and teachers are now expected to meet the needs of diverse learners within their classrooms. We cannot continue to teach in the same ways we did in the past and expect to meet the diverse needs of our learners.
Here's to the crazy ones...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
It is not about the technology
suchitra printshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/chitrasudar/
2740220523/
It is about the learning.
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
We are many things - human beings - but above all we are tool users. Unlike most other species, and far more than any other species, we have defined ourselves by crafting tools which allow us to control our environment and overcome our limitations. Can't run as fast as a horse? Climb on the horse. Can't fight one-on-one with a Mammoth? Invent the spear. Can't remember everything you need? Create writing.
So tools matter. They matter most for those who lack the highest capabilities - a very old person and a very young person needs a car more often than a 20-year-old might - a short person needs a ladder more often than a tall person - a weak swimmer needs a boat when a great swimmer might not - but still, tools matter for everyone.
Ira SocolToolbelt Theory for EveryoneSpeEd Changehttp://speedchange.blogspot.com
Toolbelt Theory
So the trick to tool use is to learn to evaluate tasks and environments and your skills and the tools themselves as they change and determine what works best for you. I call this the "TEST" - Task - Environment - Skills - Tools
T
E
S
T
Task
Environment
Skills
ToolsIra SocolToolbelt Theory for EveryoneSpeEd Changehttp://speedchange.blogspot.com
Toolbelt Theory
Most technologies enable some while disabling others...
stairsbicycles
pencilsbooks
wheelchairs
We have the technology... ...to make learning accessible for all students.
Transformability
Ability to be marked
NetworkabilityVersatilit
y
ReadingProblem
s
Versatility
Preference forVisual
Materials
ReadingProblem
s
Versatility
Preference forVisual
Materials
ReadingProblem
sLoves to read
Versatility
Transformability
etextstyle
Transformability
etextstyle
background
Transformability
etextstyle
background
size
Transformability
etext
form
style
background
size
Transformability
etext
form
style
background
text to speech
size
Ability to be marked
Highlight
Ability to be marked
Annotate
Highlight
background knowledge
Networkability
extension
activities
background knowledge
Networkability
extension
activities
definitions
background knowledge
Networkability
video clip
extension
activities
definitions
background knowledge
Networkability
It is not about the technology
suchitra printshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/chitrasudar/
2740220523/
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
Increasingly schools are making decisions about the technologies they will be purchasing for use in their classrooms. It is important that we are spending our limited funds on technologies that improve the life chances for all of our students. For our most vulnerable students carefully selected technology will "level the playing field" between them and their classmates.
The time is right...
Technology Integration
Universal Design for Learning
The questions are no longer "why?" or "should we?"...
...the questions are "what?" and "how?"
It is now a question of pedagogy
tools
accessibility - leveling the playing field
engagement
increased visual
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
"Increasingly we need to be seeing our curriculum as disabling children."
"Increasingly our curriculum will be seen as unethical"
David Rose
Founder and Chief Education OfficerChief Scientist, Cognition & Learning
CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)
http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/presentation-index6.html
Watch David Rose’s entire presentation for the 2008 LATA (Learning Assistance Teachers’ Association) Conference held in Burnaby, BC:
http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
Student Support Models
Support Program
Classroom Program
The past
The future
·teaching to the middle·adding on for students with learning or physical needs·reliance on Support Teacher to fix students with special needs
·pull-out group support·support outside of the curriculum·limited collaboration with classroom
·fostering an atmosphere of belonging in the classroom and the school·flexible model of in-class or pull-out support based on careful consideration of individual needs·collaboration in planning lessons to build in supports·familiarity with technology that supports students·helping students develop understandings of disabilities ·helping students develop empathy and learn to support fellow students
·in-class or in-curriculum support·collaboration with classroom teachers·troubleshooting technology·coordinating support services·paperwork·tracking students·strategic pull-out support
·ensuring students are able to participate in classroom activities·differentiating instruction
Why are our kids succeeding???
~accessibility~visual & background knowledge
~joint attention~in class support
~Short-term Pull-out groups with a purpose
Support for kids...
...a shift in Paradigm
The message we are sending...~their classroom teachers can teach them within their own classroom alongside their peers~they are capable learners~there are tools they can use when they need them~different is not only acceptable but encouraged~they are valued and supported~they belong
~technology~collaboration
~inserviceSupport for teachers...
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
"Today’s classrooms are diverse and inclusive by nature. Differentiation of instruction and assessment and theprinciples of universal design are now recognized practices for teachers."
BC's Ministry of Education endorses Universal Design for Learning.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/iepssn.pdf
ThinkingUDL.ca
http://public.sd43.bc.ca/elementary/Birchland/SMARTBoard%20Forum/default.aspx
Smartboard Forum
ThinkingUDLSmartboard ForumAnitasquicktips
http://anitasquicktips.edublogs.org/
Anita's Tips, Tricks, and Weblinks
http://elgg.openschool.bc.ca/pg/groups/1671/udl-universal-design-for-learning/
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
UDL
UDL Progress
What is UDL?
Why is it important
now?
Changing Expectations in Education
Preparing kids for their future
Toolbelt Theory
Because it is the right thing to do
Technology purchasing
At BirchlandIn BC
Worldwide
from fixing the childto fixing the curriculum
from child as problematicto curriculum as potentially problematic
from accepting differencesto valuing and encouraging differences
from assistive to mainstreamfrom separate to included
Shift in Paradigm...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7QfjIcVvA&feature=PlayList&p=2E71F8F36B6D4937&index=3
Ownership
Belonging
Community
Inclusion
...a shift in paradigm
UDL
