CPS UDL Curriculum Planning Institute

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GOAL of UDL: design learning environments that minimize learning barriers and maximize learning opportunities for ALL students.

Day Three Resources

CPS Leaders

• Tools for reviewing curriculum

Tom Hehir

• Power Point: Tom Hehir Day3 UDL Chicago 2012.pptx
• Criteria for selecting a CPS school
  • strong leadership
  • mutual respect for children

• Book: Effective Inclusive Schools: Designing Successful Schoolwide Programs by Thomas Hehir and Lauren I. Katzman (Feb 21, 2012)
• Book: New Directions in Special Education: Eliminating Ableism in Policy And Practice by Thomas Hehir (Nov 30, 2005)
• Study: 2012_Study Tracks Growing Understanding ofUDL.docx, posted in Ed Week
• Power Point: Four Frames of Leadership by Bolman and Deal. Four Frames of Leadership.pps
• Article: Abelmann, C. and Elmore, R (1999)When Accountability Knocks...1999.pdf Copyright 1999 by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education
• Video: Animating Quadratics by the Boston Arts Academy

Day Two Resources

David's Session

• UDL Editions 
  • Call of the Wild
• To learn about NIMAS in Illinois, go to http://aim.cast.org/learn/policy/state/illinois
• Book: Executive Function in Education, Lynn Meltzer
• Video - Ted Talk: Tod Machover and Dan Ellsey play music
• Video: Artist with Autism
• Free Resource: UDL Curriculum Toolkit
• Web Resource: You Make Me Sick
• Capgras Syndrome or Delusion
• Article:To Choose or to Avoid: Eppinger, B.  and Kray, J. (2011). Age Differences in Learning from Positive and Negative Feedback. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, January 2011, Vol. 23, No. 1 , Pages 41-52.
• Introduction to Sami Daley, Reading disabilities and the nervous system.
• Carol Dweck work - http://mindsetonline.com/ Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports.
• Video: How to Teach Math as a Social Activity
• Book: Extraordinary Measures: Disability in Music by Joseph N. Straus
• "UDL is about recognizing the limits of normal educations. - Overcoming those limits will make education better - more musical - for everyone."

Jon Mundorf's session

• Jon's homepage
• Jon's Blog
• Quote: Socrates: "Wisdom begins in wonder."
• Flow Vocabulary - educational hip-hop
• Animoto - Creating stunning videos
• iPad Splitter available at Amazon
• Start to Finish Reading by Don Johnston
• Reader's Theater
• Firefly by Kurzweil
• Brain Pop
• Audio Recording: Audacity for the PC and Garage Band for Mac
• "The Brain is Goal Directed"
• Video: Joe's Non-Notebook
• Quote: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”  Albert Einstein
• Tips from the real word
  • get to know your students
  • analyze curriculum for barriers
  • teach you r students about UDL
  • digitize
  • ask questions and seek answers
  • locate like-minded people
  • avoid biting off more than you choose
  • take time to reflect
  • utilize CAST resources
  • celebrate success

Other Resources from participants

• LibriVox - LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer
• Achieve 3000
• Curriculum Resources - check out resources  in Literacy, Social Studies, Science, and Math: http://wiki.cast.org/display/UDLandTAL/Curriculum+and+Content+Resources

Day One Resources


• CAST UDL Book  free resource
  • Higher Education Example: Thomas Skrtic's 
The Special Education Paradox: Equity as the Way to Excellence
  • Early Reading Examples: 
Read with Me eBooks
  • Kindergarten Example:
Apple Walk around the Farm
• Power Point:
From Bach to Lady Gaga: Music Lessons for Special Education
  • Expert Space - subscription with Scholastic
  • Music Animation Machine - Examples of Bach's Toccata
  • Bill Choisser -
face blindness website
• UDL Studio free resource
  
  • Example:
Exploring Culture and Identity through Text and Image

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