case spring conference april 2009
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Today I spoke at the CASE (Council of Administrators of Special Education) conference. I was thrilled to have been asked to be a part of this conference and very much enjoyed sharing the exciting things that have been happening in Coquitlam. I based most of what I said on my "How UDL has changed my job" post and my "UDL Success" post. The most important messages I wanted people to take from my presentation were:~Our appreciation to the vision of the Ministry of Education and SET BC for their role in bringing the UDL movement to BC. We are very excited to be a part of this shift in paradigm.~That the timing of this project is perfectly timed with a change in the questions educators are asking about technology. In the past educators questioned "why" and "should we" use technology in education. Now educators are asking "what?" and "how?". Universal Design for Learning provides a framework within which teachers can make informed decisions about the use of technological tools to help students succeed at school~The progress our students have made since we began the project and what we believe to be the reason for their success.TRANSCRIPT
BC Universal Design for Learning Project
School District #43 (Coquitlam)
Anita Strang
CASE Presentation
Inservice
What we've been doing...
BC UDL project
SET BC
Monthly
Smartboard Forums
UDL / Smartboard
Full-Day Inservice
Coquitlam
School Tours
Twice Monthly
LATA Conference (Burnaby)
October 2008
PITA Conference (Whistler)
May 2008
Online PD
LATA Conference (Burnaby)
October 2008
Presentations
CEET
(Community of Expertise in Education)
Pat Mirenda
OnLine Presence
BC UDL Ning
Smartboard
ForumThinking UDL
Universal Design for Learning
Anita Strang
February 13, 2009
Universal Design for Learning
CASE Conference
April 17, 2009
Anita Strang
UDL
Inclusion
Belonging
Accessibility
Explicit Learning Intentions
Assessment for learningAssessment as Learning
Assessment of Learning
Multiple Means of Representation
Multiple Means of Engagement
Multiple Means of Expression
Ownership
Community
Smartboards
Kurzweil
Write Online
Web Resources
Project-Based Learning
Self-Directed Learning
Multi-age grouping
Cooperative Learning
Birchland's UDL Journey...
Change at Birchland...
The results so far...
The results so far...
The results so far...
http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/2008/05/successful-inclusion-program.html
Why???
~accessibility
~visual & background knowledge
~joint attention~in class support
~Short-term Pull-out groups with a purposeSupport for kids...
...a shift in Paradigm
the message we send...
~their teachers can teach them
~they can learn
~there are tools they can use
~different is not only acceptable but encouraged
~they are valued and supported
~they belong
~technology~collaboration~inservice
Support for teachers...
from fixing the childto fixing the curriculum
from child as problematicto curriculum as potentially problematic
from accepting differencesto valuing and encouraging differences
from assistive to mainstreamfrom separate to included
Shift in Paradigm...
http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/
David Rose
LATA UDL-Themed conference October 2009
"The curriculum is disabled" (David Rose, LATA Conference, Oct. 2009)
Teachers get it...
Hillcrest Middle School
Hazel Trembath Elementary
James Park Elementary
Alderson Elementary
Miller Park ElementaryIrvine Elementary
Parkland Elementary
Lord Baden-Powell Elementary
Harbourview Elementary
Nestor Elementary Heritage Mountain Elementary
Castle Park ElementaryHampton Park Elementary
Mountain Meadows Elementary
Porter Street Elementary
Pinetree Way Elementary
Kilmer ElementaryCoquitlam
BC
Lord Tweedsmuir
New Westminster
Abbotsford
USA
Virginia, USAAssistive Technology Coordinator
Special Education Supervisor
Universal Design for Learning
Anita Strang
February 13, 2009
Universal Design for Learning
CASE Conference
April 17, 2009
Anita Strang
Inclusion
etc...
etc...
etc...Engagement
Learner Diversity
Learning Styles
Engagement
Developmental
Coordination
Disorder
Motivation
Learning Disabilities
technology makes differentiation accessible
Parents get it...
Hazel Trembath Elementary
James Park Elementary
Miller Park Elementary
Irvine Elementary
Castle Park Elementary
Kilmer Elementary Coquitlam
Universal Design for Learning
Anita Strang
February 13, 2009
Universal Design for Learning
CASE Conference
April 17, 2009
Anita Strang
Kids get it...
Toolbelt theory
Kurzweil
strategies
Write OnLine
- drawing by Martha Perske
culture of acceptance
independence
control
The time is right...
Technology Integration
Universal Design for Learning
The questions are no longer "why?" or "should we?"...
...the questions are "what?" and "how?"
It is now a question of style and purpose
tools
accessibility - leveling the playing field
engagementincreased visual
Ownership
Belonging
Community
Inclusion
...a shift in paradigm
UDL