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Name:Chantal Wiedemann
Date:10/8/07
Hour:11 pm
Your Mood: am in the middle of delivering puppies so I am overtired,overwhelmed, stressed out,

Chapter 2 - “What Brain Research Tells us About Learner Differences”

1.All of the rear parts of our brains allow us to recognize things we hear, things we see, things we tast, things we smell. The front part of our brain allows us to act skillfully and startegically in the world. The third part of the brain helps us evaluate what’s important what’s signigicant.All students use the three components differently and that is what needs to be looked at in Universal Design.

Chapter 3 - “Why We Need Flexible Instructional Media”

1.Digital media can make media which are flexible enough to adapt to individual differences. the medium can carry the same information but display it and engage kids in it in very different ways

Chaper 4 - “What is Universal Design for Learning” -

1.Universal design for learning applies to the ways in which set goals, we need to set goals that are appropriate to a wide range of students. Need to assess students learning in a universally designed way. Need to provide multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression and multiple means of engagement

Chapter 5 approaches goals - using UDL to set clear goals

1.setting of goals that will be clear across a broad set of students taht will apply to standards and it helps in understanding that goals are almost composites of things that students need to know and understand
Motivation is key to achieving goals.

Chapter 6 - materials and methods for reaching goals

1.highlight critical features to help students recognize critical features

Chapter 7  - focuses on assessment

1.need to get assessments that are more accurate in that they respond to individual differences

Chapter 8 - “Making Universal Design for Learning a Reality.”
Things to think about to implement Universal Design for Learning- purchase and application of technology, administrative support, teacher training, roles of teachers, parents, funding

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