sunshine coast - udl keynote
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Anita StrangThinkingUDL.ca
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)The difference between fair and equal
Sunshine CoastJanuary 13, 2010
My view from breakfast on the Sunshine Coast. The picture taken from my Blackberry doesn't do it justice, it was a beautiful sunny morning.
Sweet Cascadia
Shake me school and wake me upLight my fire don't fill my cup.
Hey school shake me!
Help me learn that it is not all about me.
Times they are a-changin'...
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
etc...Engagement
Learner Diversity
Learning Styles
Engagement
DevelopmentalCoordination
DisorderMotivation
LD
DCD
ADHD
Autism
CerebralPalsy
OCD
etc...
etc...
We have the technology...
technology makes differentiation accessible
UDL
Using technology to differentiate
Its not about the technology...
Designed for people with physical disabilities...
... beneficial for everyone
Universal Design ~ Architecture
NaturalReaderI 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://clickspeak.clcworld.net/
http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/
http://www.naturalreaders.com/
Assistive Technology Educational Technology
Blog
Wiki
from assistive to mainstream
from separate to includedShifting Paradigm
The Cornerstones of UDL
The Cornerstones of UDL
video
reading
listening
playing experimenting
Life Science: Cells and SystemsIt is expected that students will:B1 demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of living thingsB2 relate the main features and properties of cells to their functionsB3 explain the relationship between cells, tissues, organs, and organ systemsB4 explain the functioning of the immune system, and the roles of the primary, secondary, and tertiarydefence systems
Multiple Means of Representation
Multiple Means of Engagement
The Cornerstones of UDL
video
reading
listening
playing experimenting
talkingwriting
art
music
drama
postermultimedia
Multiple Means of Expression
Multiple Means of Engagement
Bloom’s Domains•Psychomotor•Cognitive•Affective
Vygotsky’s Networks•Recognition•Strategic•Affective
Affective
StrategicRecognition
Questioning Assumptions
& Habits
...or based on text book assignments?
Are we assessing our students based on the Provincial Learning Outcomes...
Are our assessment results truly assessing what we intend...
...or are our assessments coloured by student's disabilities?
What if they become dependent on technology?
What is wrong with these kids???
Don Tapscott grownupdigital.com
"Increasingly we need to be seeing our curriculum as disabling children."
"Increasingly our curriculum will be be seen as unethical"
http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/
David Rose
To see the David Rose's entire presentation at the LATA Conference in October 2009 go to:
CASTCentre for Applied Special Technology
from fixing the childto fixing the curriculum
fixing kids
Curriculum Lesson Plan
ESL
Learning Disabilities
Special needs
Curriculum
ESL
Learning Disabilities
Special needs
Lesson Plan
fixing curriculum
Collaboration is key
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
face-to-face
wiki
blog
"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.
BC UDL Project
Second Year
Third Year
First Year
* SD41 Burnaby: Morley Elementary * SD43 Coquitlam: Birchland Elementary * SD52 Prince Rupert: Pineridge, Westview, Kanata, Lax Kxeen * SD28 Quesnel: Quesnel Secondary * SD36 Surrey: Tamanawis Secondary * SD22 Vernon: Coldstream Elementary * SD61 Victoria: Colquitz Middle School
* SD 19 Revelstoke: Revelstoke Secondary School 7-12 * SD 23 Central Okanagan: Bankhead Elementary School K-6 * SD 34 Abbotsford: W.A. Fraser Middle School 6-8 * SD 39 Vancouver: David Livingstone Elementary School K-7 * SD 57 Prince George: Harwin Elementary School K-7 * SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith: Fairview Community School K-7 * SD 71 Comox Valley: Arden Elementary School K-7 * SD 42 Maple Ridge: Mount Crescent Elementary K-7 * SD 46 Sunshine Coast: Halfmoon Bay Elementary Community School K-7 * SD 54 Bulkley Valley: Smithers Secondary 8-12 * SD 63 Saanich: North Saanich Middle School 6-8 * SD 79 Cowichan Valley: Khowhemun Elementary K-6 * SD 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap: Len Wood Middle School 6-8 * SD 84 Vancouver Island West: Gold River Secondary 8-12
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UDL
Inclusion Belonging
Accessibility
ExplicitLearning Intentions
Assessment for learningAssessment
as LearningAssessment
of Learning
Multiple Means of Representation
Multiple Means of Engagement
Multiple Means of Expression
Ownership
Community
Project-Based LearningWriter's Workshop
Picture-Word Induction
It's is a journey...
Assessment??
To read Anita's Blog "UDL Success" post go to:
http://anitas.edublogs.org/2009/03/28/udl-success/
Why???
~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 send...
~their teachers can teach them~they can learn~there are tools they can use~different is not only acceptable but encouraged~they are valued and supported~they belong
~technology~collaboration~inservice
Support for teachers...
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...
Ownership
Belonging
Community
Inclusion
...a shift in paradigm
UDL