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"We had very wonderful component of GBL in our class this summer when we played three games designed with UDL principles from Filament Games. Thank you Filament Games for your expert design principles and sharing your work with my graduate students."

"Ready for the journey..."

"I look forward to learning about the principles and concepts of UDL and incorporating them into my curriculum design."

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"I really liked the principles Nair develped in his article. I strongly believe these principles could be implemented to help Nair's new concept of a school. These principles are key in successfully helping a school. Nair stated the…"

""Let’s hope that scientific evidence, along with the economic imperative for change, will set us on a new path—one in which we break down the metaphorical and real walls that keep our children trapped in boxes. To get there, we…"

""The classroom is a relic, left over from the Industrial Revolution." -Nair This quote means that the classroom is old-fashioned or out of date.  Since the Industrial Revolution a lot of technological advancements in the world have…"

"I agree with Prakash Nair  conception of a a new school. School systems these days put a lot of focus on the broad aspect of students leaners. Many teachers today only focus on the overall understanding of their students as a whole, rather than…"

"I really like Nair's article when he talks about the classroom of tomorrow concept.  I think we need to be more open-minded when it comes to children learning in the classroom.  If the state standards could be more structured towards…"

"This whole thought process intrigues me. It makes me wonder if it could really work and how it could work at my school and if our teachers would really be willing to make some of these changes. It also makes me wonder how our students, parents, and…"