CEP 416-Universal Design for Learning

YOUR NAME: Hayley Crouchman

ACTIVITY GOAL(S):
To use websites such as Prezi and google docs to collect notes and make a presentation of the important events of the
American Revolution. Beyond learning these events, students will create a presentation that shows what they have
learned that they will then use for an assessment at the end.

TECHNOLOGIES USED FOR ACTIVITY (please provide a URL link to it if applicable):

Google docs-note taker: https://docs.google.com/
Prezi: prezi.com

(adapted from CAST UDL curriculum self-check)
UDL principle
Multiple and varied media are used
to present concepts and content
UDL CHECKLIST
Example Explain how the technology you picked
for the activity provides that?
(add URL links, descriptions,
screenshots, etc if necessary)
Through print and text, students will be able
Text, images, graphics, audio, to visually see and read the events of the
video, and multimedia American Revolution. The material will be
presented in a systematic order that allows
the viewers as well as the students to
visualize the sequence of events while still
allowing the students to be creative with how
they collect and interpret the information.

Materials and media provide visual Captions for videos, text outlines
equivalents for auditory information for lectures, text-to-speech or
and vice versa as needed digital voice tools for text

Options for diverse Hyperlinked multimedia glossary

linguistic/language abilities are definitions; foreign language
provided in materials and media translations; language modality
translationsASL/speech

A rubric will be provided to show the topics

Visual organizers, rubrics, and
checklists are available to help
students to learn, plan, and complete
lessons
Using advanced organizers
that need to be covered within the lesson.
This includes key events and people that
were important to the American Revolution.
The rubric will allow each student to clearly
see what needs to be included in their
presentation and will later be included in the
assessment.

Materials and media are designed to
help students monitor their own
progress and promote self-reflection
Comparing work over time
during the activity, picking their
best work, choosing new
personal goals
After the students make their presentation,
they then use them to assess themselves on
what they have learned or included in their
presentation.

Depending on prior knowledge that a

Materials and media provide
students with varied levels of
challenge and support to address
diverse abilities and challenges
More structured vs. open-ended
tasks in the activity, different
levels of difficulty
student has towards the American
Revolution, they may have an easier time
researching and figuring out key details to
the event. Although there may be students
that find this easy, there may also be
students that do not know anything about
the subject but can easily participate as the
activity is set up for every student to
research and dig deeper.

EVALUATION

If your technology provides support for UDL principles (e.g., 4 out of 6 principles), what are other
student challenges or preferences that you could anticipate in this activity?

Some challenges that I could anticipate for this activity would be the only learning about the basic facts of the
American Revolution, rather than fully understanding and remembering the events. This may result in a very
surface level understanding of the topic. To help with this problem, additional resources may need to be
included in order to make sure that the students meet the standards for this lesson. Although there are other
options and can be made easier for students, it may still be difficult as the structure of their presentation is up
to them. With that being said, a template or example presentation may be used to help students that need the
extra push. This is important because the students are still able to participate in the activity as well as getting
access to technology to help better their education.

REFLECTION
(participation points for this week).

Briefly describe your thoughts about the UDL-ization process:

1) How is UDL changing how you view technology for teaching and learning?
UDL allows for more flexibility with teaching, especially with the use of technology. It helps to remind
myself as a future teacher, that there are many aspects of a lesson that may be overlooked. The
principles that need to be included help to make the activity easier for every student. This is important
because it helps to strengthen the use of technology in the classroom to becoming more of a benefit to
the students rather than just a new and exciting tool.

2) How will you implement UDL in your future classroom?

I will make sure that there are ways that each learner can participate in my lessons when it comes to
future activities. I will use the principles that are included (numbers depend on the relevance to the
lesson) in order to make sure every student is able to understand and that the lessons have reached
their full ability. Since I plan to become a special education teacher, I will also use UDL as a way to
include all of my students. This will require extra thinking and accommodations for some, but allows
everyone to participate!