Recent research in neuroscience shows that each brain processes information differently. The way we learn is as individual as DNA or fingerprints. In its research, CAST has identified three primary brain networks and the roles they play in learning.
Learning disabilities such as dyslexia
English language barriers
Emotional or behavioral problems
Lack of interest or engagement
Sensory and physical disabilities
What is Universal Design for Learning?
In today's schools, the mix of students is more diverse than ever. Educators are challenged to teach all kinds of learners to high standards, yet a single classroom may include students who struggle to learn for any number of reasons, such as the following:
* Learning disabilities such as dyslexia
* English language barriers
* Emotional or behavioral problems
* Lack of interest or engagement
* Sensory and physical disabilities
Digital Storyteller is a web-based tool that offers teachers and students frictionless access
to digital images and materials that enable them to construct compelling
personal narratives. Digital Storyteller was developed as an initiative
of Primary Access.
The resources included videos for those who learned by more kinesthetic and auditory modalities, written newspaper reports for those who learned best by visual modalities, and even interactive websites for those with a more tactile and kinesthetic learning style.
For example
Instead of showing the video in class, you might have them watch it on YouTube as a homework assignment.
using technology to enhance education doesn't mean that we should move classes totally online. Students need face-to-face social interaction, especially in the primary and middle school grades.
The point is not to "teach with technology" but to use technology to convey content more powerfully and efficiently.
Baby Boomers, in general, prefer face-to-face or telephone communication
seem to embrace both cell phones and e-mail, with a bit of instant messaging thrown in.
Gen Xers
Net Generation
social networks like Facebook, instant messages, Skype, and texting.
iGeneration, a phone is not a phone. It is a portable computer
born between about 1925 and 1946 are often called the Traditional or Silent generation
Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War, they are characterized by a belief in common goals and respect for authority.
Baby Boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964, tends to be optimistic, idealistic, and communicative and to value education and consumer goods.
born between 1965 and 1979, were defined by Douglas Coupland (1991) as Generation X
not as easily categorized.
1980s and the birth of the World Wide Web
Generation Y, simply meaning the generation after X.