As an educator, I love to design lessons and units integrating technology and Web use. I find my students are more involved with the lessons when working with technology, thereby making them more likely enjoy and understand the content. Furthermore, integrating Web activities into a lesson differentiates instruction, allowing more students to find suitable ways for them to acquire knowledge.
After completing two Modules at UDL Online, I realized that Universal Design for Learning could help teachers who struggle with differentiating their instruction. UDL incorporates multimedia and online-learning to vary their curriculum and address the needs of all learners. Rather than asking if a child will succeed or fail at the work, UDL asks is the curriculum will succeed or fail the students, addressing goals, methods, materials, and assessment methods.
Regardless of how implementation is achieved, integrating various forms of multimedia, technology, and online-learning can help our students learn more effectively and enjoy their classes more. Varying instruction and integrating materials that many students are already familiar with (Web, i-Pods, texting, YouTube, etc) will increase the students’ awareness in the course and thereby increase the students’ acquisition of the material.
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