Lisa Parisi, is a 5th grade teacher in Long Island. After years of both good and bad experiences in working in a co-teaching situation, she has compiled her 4 rules for a successful inclusive classroom. Is there anything that you would add to this list? Would you take anything away? Please comment here.
We are going to spend some time today talking about how to manage your UDL classroom with all the choices you are making available and the technology you now have to maintain. Two questions to keep in mind as you peruse the resources are: Which techniques have worked for you in the past? and 2. Which techniques have backfired?
Here is a list of resources that we are going to review to help us establish some guidelines that we will use as a group.
Learners with Laptops
http://learnerswithlaptops.wikispaces.com/Technology+and+Classroom+Management
Classroom Management in Irving Independent School District
http://www.irvingisd.net/one2one/classroom_management.htm
Classroom Management: Strategies That Work
http://www.theteachersguide.com/ClassManagement.htm
This is our last session together before you visit Cast and before you spend some time at the College of New Jersey putting together some UDL lessons. We’re going to take some time today to look at ourselves as learners by completing an online (or print) inventory. Print out a copy of a learning styles inventory at http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/mitest.html, take an online inventory and identify your type with the Jung Typology Test or the Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire or the Memletics Learning Style Questionnaire.
We’ll also be taking a close look at math tools that fit into the UDL classroom today. Roberta has set up an eBoard just for your group at http://hamilton.cmsce.site.eboard.com and will share the password with you during our session together. Let us know by leaving a comment here any tools that you’d like to see permanently added to the toolkit. (Don’t forget to also bookmark them to your Del.icio.us account.
During the afternoon we’ll take a look at some sample UDL lessons and a template at http://www.patinsproject.com/universal_design_for_learning_project_files/udl_lesson_template%202.doc. You’ll also find additional resources regarding the creation of UDL lessons on Roberta’s Hamilton eBoard.
