“Universal Design for Who?”
“The Center for Leadership in …What exactly do you folks do out there in Lorain County, Ohio?”
Listen and Learn:

In late November 007, Jerry Skully interviewed me for his AM Radio Show, Building a Caring Community on WOBL 130 AM in Oberlin, Ohio. The interview played on the air December 9th.
It [...]

Tags: center for leadership in education, cle, jerry skully, Technology, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), wobl

The Strategic Network

First, visit CAST to learn about or review the Strategic Network.

Learn about UDL through videos, reading or activities.

Watch the video clip, The Brain Research

Read about the Strategic Network in Chapter 2 : Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age - on-line at CAST.

The Strategic Network is where we plan, execute and monitor actions [...]

Tags: cast, strategic network

I attended a class last Thursday, Podcasting with Garage Band. Sorry PC Friends, Garage Band is only for Mac users. *Windows/PC users see note below.
Anywhoo… Using Garage Band to create my very first solo podcast was SO SUPER EASY - it was like, click, click, speak, WHALA!
Seriously.
I text-messaged my hub from the class and said, [...]

Tags: garage band, podcasting

Strategic Network: Practice w/ Supports
First, visit CAST to learn about or review the Strategic Network.

Learn about UDL through videos, reading or activities.

Watch video clip, The Brain Research

Read Chapter : Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age on-line at CAST.

Explore a model UDL lesson plan (science, grade levels 3-5) - be sure to click on the UDL [...]

Tags: brain research, cast, strategic network, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

During the PD I attended last week, our presenter asked how we provide students with descriptive feedback.
As I looked around the room, observing grade-level groups of teachers, huddled around chart paper, listing techniques used - I couldn’t help but wonder, “Do stickers count as descriptive feedback?”
Since I don’t have a grade-level, I decided to create a quick list of [...]

Tags: feedback, Technology

What did you do over the holiday?
I spent the last two days sitting in mandated professional development workshops. During the introductory rah-rah meeting with the entire district staff, the presenters showed us the Shift Happens video. We’ve all seen it already, haven’t we?
We have it linked on the blog here and have used it for UDL [...]

Tags: did you know, exponential times, shift happens