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This week’s readings and videos discussed information about UDL lesson building, UDL networks and eBook building from the CAST website. The week 3 readings and videos were very informative and clarified the necessary steps needed to create quality and effective UDL lesson plans with the use of technology for the 21st century learner. This week’s focus was about goal setting for lesson plans and implementing action plan solutions for the team scenario. Having a clear understanding of goals, materials and methods needed to obtain the objectives of the lesson unit made our assignment easy to complete. According to CAST (2009), Common sense tells us that setting clear goals for students is the essential first step in teaching. Clear goals allow teachers to determine the best methods and materials for reaching our objectives and also enable us to establish appropriate criteria for assessing students’ success. The group focused on their area of expertise to offer various methods, accommodations, and modifications according to the level of the students’ learning needs. Differentiated learning definitely took place in each of our lesson plans as well as integrating technology to meet the needs of diverse learners. By offering students a selection of materials from which to choose, each with varying degrees of structure, we can offer all students an appropriate learning context (Rose and Meyer, 2002). Our group created and designed our unit lesson plan using the Language Art content area with the unit lesson about Mythology. Each group member created their own lesson plan for the unit of Mythology. We decided to start with a basic understanding of Mythology, the heroes of Mythology, How Mythology relates to modern times and the Goddess’ and Gods of Mythology. We incorporated activities and lessons using various forms of technology and web 2.0 tools. Our group constantly kept in communication with each either through emails or on the Google site we created. I enjoyed working with the other group members. We worked on another collaborative project in a previous course. Everyone in our group has been very helpful and willing to assist each other to accomplish our weekly assignment goals and objectives. Cast.org (2009). // Model UDL Lessons //. Center for Applied Special Technology. Retrieved on March 6, 2011, from [] Rose, D. & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The Center for Applied Special Technology, Chapter 6. Retrieved on March 6, 2011, from []
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