UDL+Plans

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a unique aim to teach for all learners to be able to participate and use lessons no matter their learning/physical background.

UDL focuses on three areas of the brain: Recognition Networks, Strategic Networks, and Affective Networks. These three areas provide you the "what", "how", and "why" of learning. Students need to use each of these networks day to day.

Creating my own UDL lesson was an eye-opener. Much of what I already put into lesson plans is part of their focus. It was reassuring to observe this and know I was already putting in place exactly what they suggest you do.

Also, this process of UDL lesson planning was a new experiencing for me because I was planning a lesson geared for 8th grade classrooms. I am not certified beyond the 6th grade classroom so I have yet to experience doing this. It was neat to expand my educator abilities to this.

[|Week 3 UDL Lesson Plan.doc]