1. Universal design for learning
Key Elements of UDL

2. Like UDL itself, the guidelines are flexible they should be mixed and matched in the curriculum and with individual learners as appropriate. They are not meant to be “prescriptions” but strategies that can be employed to overcome the barriers inherent in most existing curricula.

3. “…educators may find an array of individual uses for the guidelines… they can be most useful…as tools to support the design of lessons or units, as tools to assess instructional methods and materials and as tools for facilitating discussion…”

4. The UDL guidelines: tools for…
Designing lessons/units
Assessing of methods and materials
Facilitating discussion about practice

5. Assessing your learning environment…

6. Multiple Representations of the Guidelines
National UDL Center - Examples and Resources
UDL Interactive Wheel
Low Tech Wheel
UDLinks app (on android or apple device)

7. Guidelines Review Directions
Identify an example of how you implement each guideline on Session 4 UDL Connect.

8. GOALS
There are many ways to get to the same place.

9. There are two types of standards.
Content Standards
Method Standards
What do students actually have to know – independent of what they can write, read, perform, etc... This is knowledge they need to have before they can apply it.
What do students have to do? This focuses on specific tasks such as writing, solving an algebraic equation, reading, performing a piece of music, serving a tennis ball, etc...

10. Barriers Activity Directions
The students will read the novel “Invisible Man” and write a three-page, typed paper about its depiction of cultural, economic, political and social development in mid-20th century America.
Identify and play patterns using B, A, and G on a recorder.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the vocabulary words agility and speed by dribbling the soccer ball.
Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Barriers Activity Directions
Select a goal, and identify the barriers on UDL Connect Session 4.

11. Click on the picture to read a case study about goals.
MD Learning Links

12. Click on the link, and complete the CAST UDL Online Module for Goals, Materials, Methods, and Assessments.
CAST Online UDL Module 2

14. Goals Activity Directions
When writing goals using the UDL framework....
Option 1 - Tweet it out! #UDLBCPS
Option 2 - Create a graphic organizer.
Option 3 - Write a sentence using FOUR of the following words:  
GOAL, BARRIER, MEANS, STANDARD, CONTENT, METHOD
*You may show what you know independently or with a colleague!*
Goals Activity Directions
Three options for “showing what you know” are listed above. Choose one of the options and respond to the prompt. Bring your prompt to share with the class on Wednesday, February 26th.