Session+08

Session 8
 * Objectives:**
 * Intersection between best practices in reading instruction & intervention and UDL
 * Exploration of how to raise awareness of UDL and train literacy teachers on the relevance of UDL for their classrooms
 * Identify elements from the readings that are in keeping with the [|UDL guidelines and checkpoints]


 * Concept Webs:**
 * Present the concept web/reading notes to the class
 * As the other person listens, he or she will take notes and decide which point he or she needs to question/ask for elaboration/debate on
 * After listening to each other and clarifications, the members will come together to construct a new concept web together
 * The new web also needs to illustrate how it relates to UDL
 * Put the new/group web on the Wikispaces week 4 session 2 page


 * Major Questions**
 * How do you integrate and reconcile the needs of all with the needs of of each?
 * How do you achieve the balance between integration of academic skill development, remediation, and meaningful access to challenging content?
 * What are the core components of cognitive strategy instruction that make it effective for students with LD?
 * What are challenges and solutions regarding written instruction for students with LD?
 * What is the role of elaborated dialogue and peer mediation in reading and writing?
 * What are key variables that impact instructional achievement of diverse learners?
 * How can we support teachers' understanding and implementation of UDL within reading and language arts classrooms?
 * How do you help reading and language arts teachers implement UDL by utilizing the research-based methods (e.g. in the articles)?


 * UDL Implementation**
 * How do all these issues intersect with UDL guidelines/checkpoints?


 * UDL, RTI, Technology**
 * What is the role of technology in enhancing universally designed reading and writing lessons?
 * How are RTI and UDL similar and different?

Link to the video segment we watched today: "Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms" [|http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html?source=email#.T3TT_DgTNc1.email]