 What is UDL and how do you use UDL in designing your course?  Why does UDL and using brain based strategies work?  How can teachers use the right strategy to implement UDL and meet the needs of diverse students?

"Universal design seeks to encourage attractive, marketable products that are more usable by everyone. It is design for the built environment and consumer products for a very broad definition of user." - Ron Mace Ron Mace, founder and program director of The Center for Universal Design, N.C.

1. Equitable in use 2. Flexibility in use 3. Simple and intuitive 4. Perceptible information 5. Tolerance for error 6. Low physical effort 7. Right size and space for approach and use Ron Mace, founder and program director of The Center for Universal Design, N.C.

1.Accessible 2.Consistent 3.Flexible 4.Explicit 5.Supportive 6.Minimizing physical effort 7.Effective learning space

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Rest Your Brain

 Reference David Sousa Degree of Retention Prime-time-2 Down-time Prime-time Time in Minutes

Visual Auditory Kinesthetic

14 --predominantly visual learners 9 – problems w/ time management 8 --recent major loss 6 --history of absenteeism in school 5 -- vision problems 5 --vision problems 3 -- hearing problems 2 --had LD in their families 1 --had diagnosed LD 1 --had been in Special Ed 15

3. Meaning before details

Making the implicit EXPLICIT

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The Way the Brain Learns Write a key word in each box or draw a diagram to help you remember the 7 ways the brain learns.

2. Teach brain 1.Multi- Sensory 4. Repeat3. Meaning 6. Explicit5. Rest The Way the Brain Learns Write a key word in each box or draw a diagram to help you remember the 7 ways the brain learns. 7. Emotion

How can teachers use the right strategy meet the needs of diverse students?

 Learning Styles Activities PLUS  Teaching using strategies  Teaching students how to use strategies  Modeling/scaffolding  Making content manageable

 Lecture  Reading  Test

 Kingo  Mini-lectures using PowerPoints and textbook  Fill-in blanks handouts  Reading and review questions  Video on contracts  Group posters on various terms  Typed a contract  Internet activity— finding contracts and analyzing its parts and format and content  Quia games  Round robins—review questions and “what did you get”  Questions for Yotta  Notebook organization

Kingo—form of bingo using contract terms Why it works...  Uses senses—fits various learning styles  Attaches new information to old—begins to build new information  Emotion impacts learning—fun for students

Why it works...  Uses senses—fits various learning styles  Attaches new information to old to old  First step in rehearsal  Brain needs a rest  Emotion impacts learning —fun for students —fun for students Group posters using contract terms

QuiaQuia Quia Quia  Online activities like flash cards and matching using your terms Why it works...  Fits various learning styles—use senses  Repetition, repetition  Brain needs a rest  Emotion impacts learning—builds confidence

What would we do without YOU TUBE????

 Learning styles  Explicit instruction—graphic organizers  Modeling/scaffolding—activities  Making content manageable— Quia, Kingo, Posters, 7 brain processes

In order to USE the right strategy, you gotta CHOOSE the right strategy!