UDL Sunshine Coast Presentation

Anita StrangThinkingUDL.ca

anitasquicktips.edublogs.org

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

The difference between fair and equal

Sunshine CoastJanuary 13, 2010

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?

Changing Expectations in Education

Preparing kids for their future

Toolbelt Theory

Because it is the right thing to do

Technology purchasing

In BC Worldwide

Questioningassumptions

Universal Design - Architecture

Subtle Shift in Paradigm

How this shift changes things

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





Designed for people with physical disabilities...

... beneficial for everyone

Universal Design ~ Architecture

·Reading Support

·Comprehension Support

·Highlight and extract text

·Joint attention·classroom teachers understand and model the use of assistive technology

Kurzweil

http://www.kurzweiledu.com/files/pdf/clt_kurzweil-3000_windows_flyer.pdf

http://www.kurzweiledu.com/files/pdf/clt_kurzweil-3000_windows_flyer.pdf

http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/writeonline/

http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/writeonline/

NaturalReader

I 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, Speakhttp://

clickspeak.clcworld.net/

http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/

http://www.naturalreaders.com/

http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/

http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/

http://www.naturalreaders.com/

http://smarttech.com/

http://smarttech.com/

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





What are we doing now?

What does UDL look likehow is it different?

Where will we start?

UDLInclusion Belonging

Accessibility

ExplicitLearning Intentions

Assessment for learning

Assessmentas Learning

Assessmentof 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...

In a perfect world...

The complete rubric can be found at: http://bcudl.pbworks.com/Onsite-UDL-

Training

http://bcudl.pbworks.com/Onsite-UDL-Training

The Cornerstones of UDL


video

reading

listening

playing experimenting


video

reading

listening

playing experimenting

talkingwriting

art

music

drama

postermultimedia

Bloom’s Domains·Psychomotor·Cognitive·Affective

Vygotsky’s Networks·Recognition·Strategic·Affective

Affective

Strategic Recognition

Collaborative Planning

UDL planning requires

With all teachers who support the students in the classroom

ESL

Resource Room

Learning Assistance

Special Education

Special Education Assistants

Speech & Language

Curriculum Lesson Plan

ESL

Learning Disabilities

Special needs

Curriculum

ESL

Learning Disabilities

Special needs

Lesson Plan

http://anitas.edublogs.org/2009/01/10/how-udl-has-changed-my-job/

To read more about "How UDL has changed my Job"

http://anitas.edublogs.org/2009/01/10/how-udl-has-changed-my-job/

My evolving role as a resource Teacher

Pull-out groups meeting throughout the year to teach skills

Classroom teacher may have only a very general idea what skills I was working on.

I had only a general idea of what skills the classroom teacher is working on.

In the past...

Resource Teacher's evolving role

Helping teachers learn the technologiesTroubleshooting

Short-term pull-out groups focussed on a specific goal determined by the teaching team

teach technologies

teach skills

Team Teaching

Classroom Support

Pull-Out Support

Now...

Student Support Models

Support Program

Classroom Program

The past

The future

·teaching to the middle·adding on for students with learning or physical needs·reliance on Support Teacher to fix students with special needs

·pull-out group support·support outside of the curriculum·limited collaboration with classroom

·fostering an atmosphere of belonging in the classroom and the school·flexible model of in-class or pull-out support based on careful consideration of individual needs·collaboration in planning lessons to build in supports·familiarity with technology that supports students·helping students develop understandings of disabilities ·helping students develop empathy and learn to support fellow students

·in-class or in-curriculum support·collaboration with classroom teachers·troubleshooting technology·coordinating support services·paperwork·tracking students·strategic pull-out support

·ensuring students are able to participate in classroom activities·differentiating instruction

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

Learning Intentions

UDL planning begins with clearly stated

Where are we going?

Shape of the Day

Math

Reading

Recess

Lunch

Science

Writing

Art

demonstrate, concretely and pictorially, how a given number can be represented by a variety of equal groups with and without singles

IRP - PLO

Grade 1

To understand that there should be an equal amount on both sides of an equals sign =

5+2 = 4+__

AssessmentUDL lesson planning begins with plans for ongoing

How will we know we got there???

Assessment for Learning

Assessment as Learning

Assessment of Learning

That reflects the lesson's stated Learning Intentions

Are we assessing our students based on the Provincial Learning Outcomes... ...or based on text book assignments?

Are our assessment results truly assessing what we intend......or are they coloured by student's disabilities?

Adaptations & Modifications

"A small proportion will need to work on individualized outcomes, goals different than the curriculum; this is referred to as modification."

"Many students with special needs and significant learning challenges will be able to achieve the learning outcomes for subjects or courses with no or minor adaptations."

"Some may be able to achieve the learning outcomes of some subjects or courses with adaptations."

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdfA Guide to Adaptations and ModificationsBC Ministry of Education

Students with Special Learning Needs

"Although decisions about modifications to a student’s courses or subjects may take place in grades earlier thanGrade 10, a formal decision that an overall program is modified does not need to occur until Grade 10."

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdf



Adaptations can only be made for students on IEPs

...it depends

"Essentially, adaptations are “best practice” in teaching."


A Guide to Adaptations and Modifications BC Ministry of

Education

·use of a graphic organizer·providing with more time

ie:




Kurzweil

Online information

Discussion

Kurzweil

Multimedia Project

Poster Presentation

Written Report

Animal Adaptations

Reading books Oral

PresentationOral Information

Multimedia Presentation

"Adaptations do not represent unfair advantages to students. In fact, the opposite could be true. If appropriate adaptations are not used, students could be unfairly penalized for having learning differences, creating serious negative impacts to their achievement and self‐concept."

Adaptations create an unfair advantage for

some students.

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdfA Guide to Adaptations and ModificationsBC Ministry of Education

"The difference between fair and equal."

The fact that we have catered to student who prefer paper and pencil, books, and lectures is an unfair advantage.




Modifications and Inclusion

Pull-out Groups

Within the Classroom setting

Darlene's Goal

Ellen's Goal

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





To read Anita's Blog "UDL Success" post go to:

http://anitas.edublogs.org/2009/03/28/udl-success/

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

~inserviceSupport 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

Subtle Shift in Paradigm...

Ownership

Belonging

Community

Inclusion...a shift in paradigm

UDL

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide






"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



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE&feature=youtube_gdata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE&feature=youtube_gdata

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





Preparing our kids for the world they will enter.

It is not about the technology

Nala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXBzGf54-Ik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXBzGf54-Ik

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





We are many things - human beings - but above all we are tool users. Unlike most other species, and far more than any other species, we have defined ourselves by crafting tools which allow us to control our environment and overcome our limitations. Can't run as fast as a horse? Climb on the horse. Can't fight one-on-one with a Mammoth? Invent the spear. Can't remember everything you need? Create writing.

So tools matter. They matter most for those who lack the highest capabilities - a very old person and a very young person needs a car more often than a 20-year-old might - a short person needs a ladder more often than a tall person - a weak swimmer needs a boat when a great swimmer might not - but still, tools matter for everyone.

Ira SocolToolbelt Theory for EveryoneSpeEd Changehttp://speedchange.blogspot.com

Toolbelt Theory

So the trick to tool use is to learn to evaluate tasks and environments and your skills and the tools themselves as they change and determine what works best for you. I call this the "TEST" - Task - Environment - Skills - Tools

T

E

S

T

Task

Environment

Skills

ToolsIra SocolToolbelt Theory for EveryoneSpeEd Changehttp://speedchange.blogspot.com

Toolbelt Theory

Most technologies enable some while disabling others... stairs

bicycles

pencilsbooks

wheelchairs

http://www.katesays.org/2009/04/10/power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-5837

http://www.record-eagle.com/genwhy/local_story_097064707.html

http://www.katesays.org/2009/04/10/power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-5837

http://www.record-eagle.com/genwhy/local_story_097064707.html

We have the technology...

Transformability

Ability to be marked

NetworkabilityVersatilit

y

ReadingProblem

s

Versatility

Preference forVisual

Materials

ReadingProblem

s

Versatility

Preference forVisual

Materials

ReadingProblem

sLoves to read

Versatility

Transformability

etextstyle

Transformability

etextstyle

background

Transformability

etextstyle

background

size

Transformability

etext

form

style

background

size

Transformability

etext

form

style

background

text to speech

size


Highlight


Annotate

Highlight

background knowledge

Networkability

extension

activities


Networkability

extension

activities

definitions


Networkability

video clip

extension

activities

definitions


Networkability

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





It is not about the technology

suchitra printshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/chitrasudar/

2740220523/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chitrasudar/2740220523/

The time is right...

Technology Integration

Universal Design for Learning

The questions are no longer "why?" or "should we?"...

...the questions are "what?" and "how?"

It is now a question of pedagogy

tools

accessibility - leveling the playing field

engagement

increased visual

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





"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

http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/presentation-index6.html

To see the David Rose's entire presentation at the LATA Conference in October 2009 go to:


http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/


UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





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

"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.


http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/iepssn.pdf


http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/docs/iepssn.pdf

http://setbc.org/setinfo/BCUDL/

http://setbc.org/setinfo/BCUDL/

http://setbc.org/setinfo/bcudl/resources.html

http://setbc.org/setinfo/bcudl/resources.html

http://bcudl.pbworks.com/

http://bcudl.pbworks.com/

http://paulhami.edublogs.org/

http://paulhami.edublogs.org/

http://anitas.edublogs.org/


http://public.sd43.bc.ca/elementary/Birchland/SMARTBoard%20Forum/default.aspx

Smartboard Forum

http://public.sd43.bc.ca/elementary/Birchland/SMARTBoard%20Forum/default.aspx

ThinkingUDLSmartboard ForumAnitasquicktips

http://anitasquicktips.edublogs.org/

Anita's Tips, Tricks, and Weblinks

http://anitasquicktips.edublogs.org/

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





http://www.cast.org/



Paul Hamilton's Wiki

http://udl4all.pbwiki.com/

http://udl4all.pbwiki.com/

http://elgg.openschool.bc.ca/pg/groups/1671/udl-universal-design-for-learning/

http://elgg.openschool.bc.ca/pg/groups/1671/udl-universal-design-for-learning/

http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/

http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/

http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/

http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/

http://udl4all.ning.com/

Join the conversation...

http://udl4all.ning.com/

http://speedchange.blogspot.com/

http://speedchange.blogspot.com/

UDL

UDL Progress

What is UDL?

Why is it important

now?



Toolbelt Theory



In BC Worldwide





For links to all of the Websites mentioned in this presentation go to:

http://anitas.edublogs.org/udl-presentation-links/

Thinking UDL.ca

http://anitas.edublogs.org/udl-presentation-links/


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...

http://www.safeshare.tv/v/wN7QfjIcVvA

http://www.safeshare.tv/v/wN7QfjIcVvA

Ownership

Belonging

Community

Inclusion...a shift in paradigm

UDL