Debbie+H.

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I am married to a super terrific man named Scott. I am the mother of a wonderful young man named Owen. I love to take my dog Colby for walks around the lake.

I currently teach 6th grade students at Jefferson Township Middle School. I teach Earth and Enviromental Science.

My School website on glogster: []

Presentation of Chapter 1 of **Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning**  by David H. Rose & Anne Meyer

**__5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Daily Reflection__**
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5 new technologies to try===== Voki.com wikispaces delicious edutopia tagxedo

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4 ideas to share with others===== Technology is not something to be afraid of, try it and you may just find something that will make you a better teacher. Technology can many your life easier. Options are endless when you start to investigate how technology can be included in our classrooms. Including technology in my classroom will help me meet my students on common ground.

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3 principles of Universal Design for Learning=====

I should use multiple means of presentation- representation I should allow students to use multiple means to express their knowledge - action and expression I should use multiple means of engagement allowing for choice and options. - engagement

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2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age=====

I will create a wikispace to better communicate with parents and students. It will also make information more readily availble for students. I will incorporate more technology in the delivery of information to studetns and for review of information.

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1 BIG idea to implement in the fall.===== In the fall I plan to create a Wikispace that will allow me to better organize my class, and provide information for both students and parents.

Part 1- toolbox time 1 What did I learn / find interesting? I am a novice Facebook user, today I learned how to friend Jaclyn, and I liked RTC. I also played with delicious, I registered for an account and saved a website.

How will this technology help make curriculum more accessible to students? I am hoping that delicous will help me better incorporate technology into my lessons making websites more accessable when I need them.

Elevator speech: Universal Design for Learning is a researched based approach to teaching which instructors mix traditional approaches to teaching with technology to provide multiple means of presentation, students are also encouraged to use various technologies and creative expresssion to demonstrate their knowledge of material. UDL further engages students by allowing for choice and options, it is truly differentiated for each learner allowing for their individual needs. Following these three principles teachers can maximize learning opportunities for all students. UDL allows educators to meet the challenge of meeting the needs of diverse learning abilities in their classrooms while maintaining high expectations.

Tool Time 2 Tonight I looked at the UDL online modules which basically supports what we have been learning in class. I also viewed a few of the videos on the national center on UDL website, I was surprised by the examples which showed master teachers using the UDL model, I was under the impression that technology was a key factor, the technology shown was very low tech, like a calculator. I am getting a better picture of how making small changes can provide access points to help eliminate barriors for all learners. In my spare time this evening, I tried to make a wordle, but the sight was apparently not currenly working. Then I remembered from Monday's class that Jenn mentioned tagzedo and tried that sight, I was also unsuccessful at that sight. Ho Hum, perhaps I will try to make a voki again. Wish me luck!

During tool time #6 I downloaded jing and learned how to capture an image and embed it in my wikipage. I used spell with flickr to create my name and then learned how to capture it and save it as a picture on my wikipage.

Tool Time #7 I see many applications for Arcade game generator in my classroom I think the interactive games would be very engagingor students to reveiw material learned in class. I also found the jeopardy labs site very user friendly and would use it to link a game to my website to allow students to test their knowledge.

Cluminating activity #3 Our students and our children are the digital natives. They have no recollection of phones attached to the wall, cassette tapes, word processors or type writers or televisions without remotes. They have information at their fingertips and have since birth. They thrive on learning new things in their own way at their own pace.

I will share information learned in this class with my colleagues, my team at school, my supervisor, the principal of Memorial middle school, aka: my husband, and my seven year old son.