UDL Three Guiding Principles:
UDL Guidelines:
UDL at a Glance Video:
Guidelines I Am Already Using:
- Guideline 1: Provide options for Perception
- Guideline 2: Provide options for Language & Symbols
- Guideline 3: Provide options for Comprehension
- Guideline 4: Provide options for Physical Action
After reviewing the graphic organizer, I realize that I have already been implementing guidelines 1 through four. As a teacher, I know the importance of teaching using different methods. At the beginning of the school year, I give my students an activity that will help me identify how they learn. I make sure that my lessons provide visuals, videos, captions, and handouts for the students who may need them. When teaching a lesson, I review the vocabulary words before reading a book or text so that the students will be able to understand what we are reading. The students are also allowed to use dictionaries for unfamiliar words during an activity. For my bilingual students, I make sure that I translate when necessary. I also display anchor charts in the classroom for students to use when needed. When working on a lesson, the students are always in groups or pairs. They are allowed to use highlighters, dictionaries, or electronic dictionaries. If the students work in pairs, I allow them to move from their desks to a place where they will feel more comfortable working.
Guidelines I Could Add Right Now To My Teaching Practice:
- Guideline 5: Provide options for Expression & Communication
- Guideline 9: Provide options for Self Regulation
The guidelines that I could add to my teaching are guidelines 5, 6, and 9. I have never used social media in my classroom. I am a little skeptical about having elementary students use social media, but I believe that if the lesson is planned correctly, there should not be a problem. I am excited about integrating podcasts into my lessons. Now that I am going to be in the library, I plan to use podcasts for all the students. I am also planning to integrate Flipgrid. Students can use this program to record themselves when talking about a book, characters, or summarizing what they have read. I could use Fligrip for students' reflections, goal settings, and self-assessments. I would also love to implement cartoons and comics as a different way for students to explain what they learned.
Guidelines I Might Need Some Help to Implement:
- Guideline 6: Provide options for Executive Functions
- Guideline 7: Provide option for Recruiting Interest.
The guidelines that I would need help implementing are 6 and 7. Even though, as teachers, we have to make sure we set goals at the beginning of the school year, I have never done it with my students. The only goal they have been setting every year is their Accelerated Reader goal, but that is done with the past librarian. I would like my students to set different types of goals that have nothing to do with Accelerated Reading. I would also like to provide choices on which tools they could use during their assignments.
References:
CAST. (2010). UDL At A Glance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDvKnY0g6e4&t=214s.
CAST. (2018, August 31). The UDL Guidelines. http://udlguidelines.cast.org/.
CAST. (2018). The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Graphic Organizer . Wakefield.
Yesenia,
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see how many UDL guidelines you are already implementing in your classroom! I too found that we typically use most if not all of the skill sets that the model projects. I also think that it is wonderful how you would like to strive for your students to create their own goals! Just as the UDL model suggests it will promote self motivation and accountability for the students to accomplish.
Hello Yesenia, we share a lot of similarities in the guidelines that you already implement in the classroom! It is important to always keep in mind student diversity in order to provide the best instruction for them.
ReplyDeleteI agree that I could definitely be incorporating self-regulation in my classroom, especially with students who will be learning remotely this year. Teaching those coping skills, especially when I am not there to provide real-time feedback and support, are going to be so crucial this year.
ReplyDeleteImplementing Universal Design for Learning is an awesome way to help students break down barriers. Like you mentioned, teachers already implement many UDL guidelines, but there is always room for improvement. Flipgrid is so fun for elementary students! I hope you are able to use it this fall.
ReplyDeleteHi Yesenia, I too have implemented many of the skills mentioned on the UDL but I still have so much room for improvement especially in the use of digital media applications and goal setting. Thank you for sharing!
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