Universal Design Theory and Understanding By Design

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The inventor of Eisenhower Matrix is Dwight David Eisenhower – an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. His method helps us prioritize by urgency and importance.

Using Technology

These tasks are not important but they still need to be done. The question you have to address yourself: Who can do this for you?

Class lectures, notes, assignments can be viewed at the students own pace and on their own time if they choose, eliminating the "ticking clock"

Videos, podcasts, blog posts, wiki pages can all be used as alternative forms of assessments

Students can choose how to best utilize these tools based on their interests and needs to complete lesson objectives

Teachers can use different websites, digital aids and technology to teach the same lesson to different students with different needs i.e. Autism, ELL, Dyslexia, Discalculia

The Barriers

Tasks that are not urgent nor important should be eliminated so you will not waste time doing them.

Not Having Enough Support Staff

Improper or Rushed Evalutation

One Size Fits All Approach

Standardized Assessments

Utilizing 21st Century Skills

By having students work in partners or groups with ELL's, and students with SLD's they are learning tolerance, acceptance and adaptability

An inclusive classroom exposes students to diversity, different cultures and to people who think and act differently than them

Fosters creativity and problem solving skills by allowing students to choose how they want to be assessed, which helps develop self-efficacy

Student centered learning encourages collaboration, communication and teamwork

Encourage individual choice and autonomy

Provides All Students Access to General Curriculum

These tasks are still important but they're not urgent so you can schedule a time to do them.

Addresses the individual learner and their needs

Utilizes alternative forms of assessments that are more inclusive

Uses graduated levels of support for practice and performance. Scaffolding

Provides different means of action/expression, uses multiple media for communication

Encourages multiple means of content representation

The Theories

Urgent and Important tasks that need to be done now.

Provide complex authentic opportunities for students to explain, interpret, apply, shift perspective, and self-assess

Accurately assess knowledge development

Connect to prior knowledge then use different methods to build knowledge, such as visual, audio, graphic, kinetic, text

Present the material in varied ways

First Define Objectives/goals then plan assessments