EDUC 5313 Blog

  Week 5 Blog Post – UDL Connections to Lesson Plan   PART 1 – Article Summary & Applications Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that aims to support the inclusion of students with intellectual disability (ID) in general educational settings by providing multiple means of representation, action, and engagement. Current research shows that UDL is applied to various interventions like adapted stories or inclusive curriculum for students with ID, focusing on interaction and knowledge gains. The studies described in this article have explored UDL application in different educational settings - preschool, elementary, and high school - using various research designs. “The principles and guidelines of UDL are a natural fit to boost inclusionary practices for all students, particularly those that are often the last to be meaningfully involved in general education outcomes.” (Rao, K., et. al., 2017, p.46). The main takeaway for me from this article included th...

  EDUC 5313 - Week 4 Blog Part 1: AI Lesson Plan The quality of the lesson plan is far more detailed than I expected it to be! I gave a very generic prompt – just focusing on three key words: Archetypal Gesture, Psychological Gesture, and Michael Chekhov (Acting) Technique. With just those words to prompt the AI model, it created a lesson plan that went into an incredible amount of detail the content of the key terms that I prompted and some actionable strategies for teaching these ideas. I was surprised that the strategies it suggested were very rigorous and are ideas that I can easily incorporate into the way that I teach this particular unit of study. I was interested to see how effectively the AI model could suggest appropriate standards to align with my lesson objectives, so I incorporated that into my prompt. To no surprise, the CA Arts standards and ITSE Standards that it produced are perfectly aligned with the learning goals that it created for the lesson plan. By incor...