EDUC 5313 W1 - Intro to Learning Technologies

 Link to Presentation:  Stress in the Real World

 UDL & Lesson Planning           When I first started learning about Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a lot of it made sense to me right off the bat. As a teacher myself, it felt like this framework finally put into words what many of us in the classroom already know: students are different,  ALL  of them, and in their own ways. "UDL researchers emphasize that there no “average” or “typical” learner and that all learners have varied abilities, strengths, experiences, and preferences" (Rao, 2021). Trying to design lessons for an "average learner" just doesn't work, especially when you're teaching alternative education students who have already had a rocky school experience and need something more tailored and accessible to them, personally.           Kavita Rao's article Inclusive Instructional Design: Applying UDL to Online Learning  really helped deepen my understanding of how UDL isn't just about ...

 MagicSchool AI   Link to Lesson Plan:  https://app.magicschool.ai/tools/lesson-plan-generator?share=1cdf1641-bd68-41ac-ae03-165cc1543127      When creating the lesson plan for this week, I wanted to make the lesson as close to something I would teach as possible. I specified that the students are in an alternative education classroom that uses project based learning and are learning about human development in a psychology class. I included the following standards as a guideline for the lesson: Oklahoma Psychology Standard PS.4  The student will analyze physical, social, emotional, moral and cognitive development from conception through the latter stages of adulthood.  PS.4.1 Explain the interaction of environmental and biological factors in human development including the role of the brain in all aspects of development.  ISTE Standard 1.3 Knowledge Constructor Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct...