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Making Your Curriculum Accessible:Success for All Students
Nancy MarkoskyKindy Segovia
KC4A4 Make-It Take-It 4th-6th Grade
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Things are always changing…
EDUCATION
Change
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Changes in the World Economy
• We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . .
• Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .
• In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.
• David Warlick in “The New Literacy”
2 ACCELERATED
LEARNERS
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STRUGGLING STUDENTS
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Today’s classroom:
• Teachers must deliver instruction to diverse groups of students who come from a variety of cultures with varying languages, learning styles, abilities and disabilities.
• These students are included in the General Education classroom.
• Educational demands are on the rise– Shift from acquiring knowledge to integrating
knowledge– Higher curriculum standards– All students are held to the same standards
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Kids Master Media Multi-Tasking
Kids spend:-nearly 4 hours watching TV, videos, DVD’s or
pre-recorded shows-1 ¾ hours listening to music (MP3’s, CD’s or
radio)-1 hour on computer-50 minutes playing video games-43 minutes reading (other than school work)61% talk on the phone, Instant Message,
surf the web, watch TV, or listen to music while doing homework
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Accountability and Assessment• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) state
assessment participation rate.• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) disaggregate
subgroups, 1% participation cap.• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of
2004 (IDEA 2004) – Match state benchmark and standards – Access for every student
• Response to Intervention (RtI)• Equity In Every Instructional Opportunity
(EIEIO)
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The Achievement Gap
Dave Edyburn
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Success for at-risk learners begins
– with good curriculum,– flexible materials,– engaging assignments and– built in universal access features
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What we know about student learning:
Students need to be able to:• Recognize information, ideas, and
concepts,• Apply effective strategies to process
the information and• Be engaged in the process.
Vygotsky
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Brain research
• Recent research in neuroscience confirms that…
each brain processes information differently.
The way we learn is as individual as DNA or fingerprints.
Center for Applied Special Technologies, CAST
www.cast.org
When the task is too difficult for learner
When the task is too easy for learner
ZONE OF PROXIMAL
DEVELOPMENT
Right amount of support
High engagement
Challenge is appropriate
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How we’ve been doing business…
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Definition: UDL is an educational approach to teaching, learning, and assessment, drawing on new brain research and new media technologies to respond to individual learner differences.
Center for Applied Special Technologies, CAST
www.cast.org
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UDL and the Learning Brain
David Rose, CAST
www.cast.org
Origins of Universal Design
Universal Design: Origin and Definition
“Consider the needs of the broadest possible range of users from the beginning”
Architect, Ron Mace
Universal Design Solutions
• Icons as well as text labels • Buses that kneel• Ramps• Curb Cuts• Electric Doors• Captions on Television• Lever door handles vs knobs
Universal Design Evolution: Retrofitting to Integrated
Design
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A UDL Curriculum• Is designed, developed
and flexible from the start.
• Has built in supports.• Is designed to
maximize options for students and teachers
• Meets the needs of all learners.
• Is under the auspices of general education.
Center for Applied Special Technologies, CAST
www.cast.org
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A UDL Curriculum…
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Learner Adjustable Scaffolds
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Universal Design for Learning: 8th Grade History
Studying for the End of the Unit Exam
Mr. Langhorst’s Virtual Classroom
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Studycast and Graphic Organizer– 8th grade American HistoryConstitutional Powers
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Universal Design for Learning Materials in the classroom
• Video streaming (www.unitedstreaming.com)• Electronic text books
(www.accessiblebookcollection.org)• Digital photos (www.pics4learning.com)• Talking Books (MP3, Start-to-Finish, Thinking Reader)• Concept maps• NASA Explores (http://www.nasaexplores.com/)• Blogging (www.visitmyclass.com)• Clay animation (www.tech4learning.com/claykit)• Pod Casting (http://epnweb.org)• Digital Storytelling
(http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html)• Project Based Learning (Regions)• ASK
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Resources
• Resources mentioned in this presentation:
http://www.protopage.com/hardins
http://www.protopage.com/gunderwood
How do you use the Internet?
Informational Software
How do your students (children)use the Internet?
Social Software
UDL and the Learning Brain
One must recognize information, ideas, and concepts
One must be able to apply strategies to process the information
One must be engaged
Vygotsky
All learners are unique and
universal does not mean
“one size fits all”
UDL and the Learning Brain
Stone Fox: book example
Flip books? Talk to Rose
Bright Ideas page: email to Joan
How to arrange digital files – computer lab
Decide websites – computer lab
Martin Luther king
Agenda for the day – arrange like a school day
Terri Portice’s powerpoint
Video of students talking about learning styles
Brain research info for pet scan pictures
A4 notebooks by grade level-Ask Joan and Mary
Curriculum Adaptations booklets – ask Joan and Mary
www.bestevidence.org
Jump drives for everyone
Things to go on jump drive:--websites--Stone fox book – text and mp3
Things to give Nancy:--A4 notebooks--website document – email--student video – email link