Students and human beings in general possess a wide range of needs, skill levels, learning styles, and interests.
Neurologists believe that our brains contain three networks:
1) Recognition Network- the "what" of learning. How we remember facts and recognize words. As teachers, we want to differentiate the way we instruct our students.
2) Strategic Networks- the "how" of learning. How we plan and carry out tasks. As teachers, we need to differentiate how we assess our students' growth and knowledge.
3) Affective Networks- the "why" of learning. As teachers, we need to keep our students interested and push them to their limits.
Clearly, there are many components to taking on the role as a teacher. One of our main jobs is to get to know our students, find out about their interests and learning styles, and providing the students with information in a way they understand. The website http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html assists teachers in reaching these three networks and allowing students to relate to what they are learning within the UDL model and principles.
Liz,
ReplyDeleteI really liked this post and how you applied UDL principles to it. The different colors of font make it easier to separate the ideas while reading, which I am sure helps many students as well. What you wrote is also very concise and to the point and helped me to understand UDL a bit better.
Amy