UDL

UDL Lesson Builder Reflection

I found the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Lesson Builder difficult because I work weekly with the 5E Lesson Model. The format resembled the Madeline Hunter lesson cycle. I had to research terminology and the expectation of the UDL. “The goal of UDL is to provide every student with a customized and responsive learning experience.” (Rose & Meyer, 2002) The first step is to establish goals. The next step is to use multiple pathways in planning the instruction for the students. UDL framework provides an individualized pathway to learning with clearly stated and well-communicated goals. (Rose, 2002) In the 21st Century classroom, educators are expected to provide modified instructions and lessons to a few students with behavior and learning disabilities, ADHD, and ELL. The UDL provides the flexibility in the way knowledge is present for students to respond, demonstrate, and engage in learning. It can reduce the barriers in instruction by providing accommodations from the gifted students to students with disabilities. Teachers might be reluctant to using the UDL lesson building format because it is time consuming.

Reference Rose, D., & Meyer, A. (2002). //Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning//. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Chapter 6. Retrieved on March 7, 2011 from []

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Reflections I have used the Storyline Online e-book website for years with my students but I was unfamiliar with the UDL Book Builder tool. The e-book is a great way to create, share, publish, and read online books with sound, pictures and words in English or Spanish. It is easy to create an e- book with the students contributing their reflection about a topic through taped answers, pictures, words in English or Spanish. Students or teachers will have the books for years to share with other classrooms. The tool is one of the most effective forms of multimedia to meet the needs of the diverse learners. UDL Book Builder can offer teachers with a variety of ways to highlight key features of a story, link vocabulary to glossary for it meaning, and summarize important facts. I would recommend this multimedia tool to help the hearing impaired students, slow readers, ELL students and visual learners.