This course has really deepened my understanding of differentiation and the principles of UDL. By posting and collaborating on Ning, I have been able to gain resources to help me share the principles of UDL with my colleagues so they too will gain an understanding so they can aid the different learners that come to them each year. Using Ning with members of this class has given me resources from the web for conducting surveys for learning more about students’ interest, learning style, profile, and intelligences. I was also able to gain many on-line resources and activities. These will be valuable tools as I plan for differentiation based on readiness, content, and process.
Even though I incorporate technology often in my classroom, I have never used it with differentiating in mind. This will be an immediate adjustment that I will make. Technology with careful planning can make differentiating easier and easier to manage. Technology provides means of reaching all learning styles in conjunction with providing students and myself with immediate feedback and allowing for deeper learning to take place and richer products to be produced. I didn’t realize there were so many resources available for differentiation. I have been given valuable tools to help me encourage my students to be life long learners.
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