UDL GUIDELINES Annie Dydell EDU 620 Meeting Individual Student Needs With Technology Instructor: Dusty Clark

principle and checkpoint (number and description) analyzed. Zen Garden demonstrates the flexibility of digital media when customizing the display of information. See the same content presented in varied formats, and design your own page and contribute to the growing collection.

Title and Age group Zen Garden is an example of the flexibility of digital media. From page to page, the content remains the same; however, the layout is completely different! Age Group: All ages Content Area: All content Cost: Free Technology Involved: Internet connection

Example/Resource The CSS Zen Garden invites you to relax and meditate on the important lessons of the masters. Begin to see with clarity. Learn to use the time- honored techniques in new and invigorating fashion. Become one with the web.

“Key Considerations” How does this help learners meet the goal? The Zen Garden aims to excite, inspire, and encourage participation.

How does this account for the variability of all learners? This site serves as equal parts inspiration for those working on the web today, learning tool for those who will be tomorrow, and gallery of future techniques we can all look forward to.

Can learners customize the display? In print materials, the display of information is fixed and permanent. In properly prepared digital materials, the display of the same information is very malleable and customizable. For example, a call-out box of background information may be displayed in a different location, or enlarged, or emphasized by the use of color, or deleted entirely. Such malleability provides options for increasing the perceptual clarity and salience of information for a wide range of learners and adjustments for preferences of others. While these customizations are difficult with print materials. They are commonly available automatically in digital materials, though it cannot be assumed that because it is digital it is accessible as many digital materials are equally inaccessible. Educators and learners should work together to attain the best match of features to learning needs.

Idea for how this resource Share an idea you have for how this resource might be used effectively during instruction or assessment opportunities in your current classroom or your future practice. I would use the resource for getting students that are ether hearing or speech impaired, for students with hearing the print materials can be used on a digital computer that reads with large letters. For speech impaired the same materials can be used along with a voice text.

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