Principle II: Action and Expression
A curriculum that is universally designed provides flexibility in the ways information is presented, in the ways students demonstrate knowledge and skills, and in the ways that students are engaged. The three principles of UDL provide the framework for creating this flexibility in curriculum design.
Learners differ in the ways that they can navigate a learning environment and express what they know. For example, some learners may be able to express themselves well in written text but not speech, and vice versa. It should also be recognized that action and expression require a great deal of strategy, practice, and organization, and this is another area in which learners can differ. In reality, there is not one means of action and expression that will be optimal for all learners; providing options for action and expression is essential.
Select this link if you would like to refresh your memory on what the strategic networks do and how they help us learn.
Let’s examine UDL Principle II. Select the link to the National Center on Universal Design for Learning to read an explanation of the guidelines for multiple means of action and expression.
As you look closer look at Principle II, Guidelines 4, 5, and 6, think how you could apply the various suggestions of how to incorporate this principle into your classroom instruction. Also, take a look at the research that supports the checkpoint.
Learners differ in the ways that they can navigate a learning environment and express what they know. For example, some learners may be able to express themselves well in written text but not speech, and vice versa. It should also be recognized that action and expression require a great deal of strategy, practice, and organization, and this is another area in which learners can differ. In reality, there is not one means of action and expression that will be optimal for all learners; providing options for action and expression is essential.
Select this link if you would like to refresh your memory on what the strategic networks do and how they help us learn.
Let’s examine UDL Principle II. Select the link to the National Center on Universal Design for Learning to read an explanation of the guidelines for multiple means of action and expression.
As you look closer look at Principle II, Guidelines 4, 5, and 6, think how you could apply the various suggestions of how to incorporate this principle into your classroom instruction. Also, take a look at the research that supports the checkpoint.
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Explore some resources that may assist in planning for multiple means of action and expression.
www.storybird.com
http://animoto.com
www.crayon.net
www.toondoo.com
http://comicmaster.org.uk/
Tech Tools: Action/Expression
Apps:
Doodle Buddy
Vintagio
iTalk Recorder
Animoto
ShowMe
www.storybird.com
http://animoto.com
www.crayon.net
www.toondoo.com
http://comicmaster.org.uk/
Tech Tools: Action/Expression
Apps:
Doodle Buddy
Vintagio
iTalk Recorder
Animoto
ShowMe