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Leveraging Principles of UDL to Create More Inclusive Spaces

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 123

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Presenters

Tami Brewster

EdTech Consultant

TamiB Inc
@brewstami
@brewstami

Tami Brewster is a passionate educator, Apple Teacher, and Apple Distinguished Educator from Montreal. Tami works to develop a learning environment to best meet the varied needs of learners. She strives to make learning interesting, attainable, and enjoyable for students. Feeling strongly about the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the classroom, she believes that as a teacher she needs to model taking risks and learning from experiences.

Jason Trinh

Coordinator

Toronto District School Board
@jasontries
@jasontries

Jason Trinh is the coordinator of global competencies and STEM/ICT for the Toronto District School Board in Ontario, Canada. In this role, he supports digital learning across the district through the design and delivery of professional learning resources and coaching support. An award-winning educator, he is the recipient of the Premier's Award for Teaching Excellence and the ISTE Digital Equity Award, and was named to the ISTE 20 to Watch list. Trinh specializes in digital media creation to support educators in transforming their teaching practice. As an active participant in his professional learning networks, he contributes to the Google Innovator, Google Trainer, Apple Distinguished Educator and ISTE Community Leader communities. He shares his passion for creativity, technology and diversity/equity/inclusion as a workshop facilitator, digital creator and speaker across North America.

Session description

Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a starting point, learn how to make small changes that have a big impact by removing barriers for learning. In this interactive session, we will examine our current practices and rethink how we might approach them with inclusivity in mind.

Purpose & objective

Participants will have the opportunity to learn how small adjustments and approaches can make a big impact in creating inclusive spaces. Through careful selection of digital tools to ensure representation, digital equity and assessment practices,

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Outline

Minds-on (5 minutes)
- Refresher on Universal Design for Learning

Recruiting Interest - Optimizing Relevance, Value and Authenticity (15 min)
- strategies to getting to know our learners
- discussion on asking inclusive questions

Expression & Communication - Using multiple media for communication/tools for construction and composition (20 min)
- showcasing student identity
- discussion on digital equity and digital media representation

Recruiting Interest - Optimizing individual choice and autonomy (15 min)
- discussion on assessment practices

Consolidation (5 min)
- consideration on using UDL as a equity framework

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Supporting research

https://udlguidelines.cast.org/

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Session specifications

Topic:

Universal Design for Learning/differentiated learning

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Discussion tools (padlet, jamboard, mentimeter, etc.) are all web-based and will be accessible to participants using any device.

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Designer

Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning.

Leveraging Principles of UDL to Create More Inclusive Spaces

, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 123

Presenters

Session description

Purpose & objective

Outline

Supporting research

Session specifications

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