CAST 2011 UDL Guidelines Educator Checklist Version 2

Project Reflection Sheet for UDL Educators Checklist

How did you use technology to implement the 9 UDL guidelines? Explain in the nine boxes below.
Resave the file as Group # UDL checklist
I. Provide Multiple Means of Representation: Your notes
Provide options for perception
The book used in the lesson plan provided visual aid for
the children who do not comprehend well when strictly
using listening skills
Large book in large print
Play audio version of the book
Have a slideshow whether on activinspire or PowerPoint
to go through while going through the book/lesson
1.1 Offer ways of customizing the display of
information
1.2 Offer alternatives for auditory information
1.3 Offer alternatives for visual information
Provide options for language, mathematical
expressions, and symbols
Use video of animals the book mentions
If available, use video of someone reading the book
Go over necessary vocabulary for lesson

2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols
2.2 Clarify syntax and structure
2.3 Support decoding of text, and mathematical
notation, and symbols
2.4 Promote understanding across language
2.5 Illustrate through multiple media
Provide options for comprehension
Gauge student background knowledge through direct
questions
Cover students prior knowledge on character traits
Check to see if students can apply knowledge of current
subject/topic to another
Prepare guiding questions for the students

3.1 Activate or supply background knowledge
3.2 Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and
relationships
3.3 Guide information processing, visualization, and
manipulation
3.4 Maximize transfer and generalization
II. Provide Multiple Means for Action and Expression: Your notes
Provide options for physical action Have students come up to the promethean board to
create a comparison and contrast chart about the two
main characters.
4.1 Vary the methods for response and navigation
4.2 Optimize access to tools and assistive
technologies
Provide options for expression and communication Have the students create a tagxedo or wordle using all of
the character traits they come up with for the characters
5.1 Use multiple media for communication
5.2 Use multiple tools for construction and
composition
5.3 Build fluencies with graduated labels of support
for practice and performance
Provide options for executive functions Have the students take their completed handout and
project it so they can share their response with the class.
6.1 Guide appropriate goal setting
6.2 Support planning and strategy development
6.3 Facilitate managing information and resources
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6.4 Enhance capacity for monitoring progress
III. Provide Multiple Means for Engagement: Your notes
Provide options for recruiting interest
Allow students to get into small groups and pick a story of
their choosing (that has aspects of comparison; preselected
books). Also, there is the option for them to use storybook
online to have the stories read to them.
7.1 Optimize individual choice and autonomy
7.2 Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity
7.3 Minimize threats and distractions
Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence
Let the students know that if they complete their character
traits worksheet, they are free to color in the silhouette. If
they dont want to do that, they can have additional blank
character trait sheets to compare themselves to their friends
with. Also, have the option of having the sheet template on
their iPads, or separately on the class smart board.
8.1 Heighten salience of goals and objectives
8.2 Vary demands and resources to optimize
challenge
8.3 Foster collaboration and community
8.4 Increase mastery-oriented feedback
Provide options for self-regulation
Let students know about time constraints, and that they
need to be in particular steps of the activities by specific
times. Have them set the timer on their iPads.
9.1 Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize
motivation
9.2 Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies
9.3 Develop self-assessment and reflection
How did you integrate technology into the goals, materials,
methods, and assessment for this lesson to improve students
understanding of content?
We incorporated the Promethean Board, computer to allow
the students the freedom to move and use their creativity
to answer certain assignments. Videos are also used in
order to enhance understanding provided alongside the
lesson.
What technology was used? By whom? Why was this
appropriate technology to integrate?
The promethean board and the computer were used by the
teacher and the students. The computer is appropriate to
use because it allows a different approach to lessons as
opposed to the typical listening to lectures. The iPad is
used for various reasons throughout the lesson, whether it
be for an app to accompany the lesson or for free time
purposes.