Assignment #2 - UDL Concept Map

Above please find my concept map for UDL. I created this concept map with the intention of demonstrating the goal of UDL which is to make learning and information available to all students, or at least as many students as possible. Pedagogy and learning need to embrace the technological age and utilize different medians of material in order to make learning as easy as possible for students from different backgrounds, students with different learning styles, abilities and disabilities. Digital media can assist with the Universal Design for Learning by offering learning materials in many different formats. In addition, students are able to manipulate the learning material by using different technologies. In summation, teachers need to present learning material in many different styles and students need to be able to adjust these tools to their special needs.

The standard I am using this semester as a target of focus is :

Language Arts Curriculum Framework

Exploring and Responding to Literature

2.3 Students recogonize and appreciate that contemporary and classical literature has shaped human thought.

Grade 3

Students make connections between characters' lives and the real world.

Students will use digital images and concept maps, created in inspiration, to make comparisons between their life and that of the characters in the literature read. Students will create and manipulate their own digital images to show a connection to the book read. Concept maps will show connections to real life as well as mapping out real life themes from the story read.