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This video is a brief introduction to the Center for Applied Special Technology
or CAST,
and a framework they developed called Universal Design for Learning, or UDL.
This framework addresses making the curriculum accessible to
a diverse group of learners
and that implies all learners, not just students in special education or just in
general education but along that entire learning continuum and across
all learning styles.
The Center for Applied Special Technology, or CAST
has a website simply at
cast.org
And on their web page there are many different resources that you can access.
I'll just show you a couple of them today.
One of the best ones, I think are "Learning Tools,"
and on this page are some tools that CAST has developed
that help support UDL in the classroom.
For example, UDL Book Builder, (you'll see to the left that it's free)
gives you a brief description here,
and when you go to this resource,
you can read books
create and share books,
and, of course, learn more about UDL.
So again, there are a series of learning tools that are available for you to access
there for students,
teachers and for parents.
Back at the home page,
let's click on about UDL.
As you can see here, this framework is based on brain research
aimed at the "what" of learning, the "how" of learning, and the "why" of learning
within these three networks.
That research
then drove the development of these three principles of universal design for learning
or UDL.
Providing multiple means of representation of the content,
multiple means of action and expression for students,
and multiple means of engagement for students and the curriculum.
If you click on one of these principles,
you'll see that they're each broken down into "guidelines,"
and then further broken-down into "checkpoints."
If you click on one of the checkpoints,
it will give you a description and, if you scroll down,
to "View Examples and Resources,"
it will provide you with a number of examples and resources, and
why they're part of UDL.
You'll see that now off on the right we have all of the checkpoints available
so you can click then on any one of those,
and it'll bring up a new list of examples and resources.
Again from the main CAST webpage
there is a wide variety of information regarding universal design for learning
and its implementation
If you'd like more information on UDL, please let me know and i'd be happy to
give you some more resources. Thanks!