Sprinkled throughout the newly reauthorized version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are references to an instructional strategy that supporters think has enormous potential for reaching learners with diverse needs
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Linda Wilson
ESSA Spotlights Strategy to Reach Diverse Learners - Education Week - 0 views
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What we had hoped for is that UDL would be something that could be mentioned, not just on the assessment portion [of the law], but on things you can do with the money. We didn't get that," she said
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Sean J. Smith
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Learning Ally's Educator Classroom Resources - 0 views
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Beyond using Leanring Ally itself, the company provides resources for teaching reading.
eBooks and Education - 0 views
Teacher's Guide on The Use of Google Sites in The Classroom - 0 views
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Types of pages in Google Sites
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=jpme - 0 views
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Culturally Responsive Teaching has many of the same underpinnings as UDL
How to Host Podcasts in Google Drive - 0 views
Google Sign in to multiple accounts at once - Accounts Help - 0 views
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Probably the simplest explanation I've found with screen shots
Supporting Struggling Learners in Chrome - 1 views
Harvard Education Letter - 0 views
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Introduces two new ideas: 1) that teachers need to start to learn to evaluate text complexity. It cannot be determined by a formula alone because a judgement also involves a) understanding what background knowledge and tasks will be required of the reader and b) knowing the student's particular characteristics and needs. 2) the second idea is that we can't just rely on giving low readers simpler texts on the same topic, because they need to learn to read and comprehend more complex texts to prepare for college. So, in some cases, the preference would be to provide scaffolds instead of easier texts.
Kansas Coaching Project | Instructional Coaching - 0 views
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Jim Knight is an expert on instructional coaching
Fun & Games / Shops / Choose A Cake To Decorate - 1 views
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decorate cakes and practice your click and drag skills with your mouse.
Dr. Alice Christie's Web Site - 0 views
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Dr. Christie speaks nationally on using geocaching, webquests and something she calls GoogleTreks as an educational tool. This site has some resources for all of those topics.
Linda Wilson