Cep416 Udl Carlosvalverde
Cep416 Udl Carlosvalverde
Cep416 Udl Carlosvalverde
For this assignment, you will focus on the technologies that you picked for last week's activity, and you will
make sure that they comply with UDL principles. Remember that simply using technology in the classroom is
not enough; we want to purposefully think about how technology enhances learning and how we can best plan
it into our activity to achieve intended learning goals.
ACTIVITY GOAL(S): Students will be assigned into groups and will write a group paper on Google Documents
explaining a failed engineering project i.e Challenger Disaster, Chernobyl, Fukishima, Minnesota Bridge Collapse, etc.
Students must identify a historical engineering project and explain the possible design and structural pitfalls of the
project. In addition to identifying to the causes of the structural failures, students must redesign a solution to prevent
similar accidents.
TECHNOLOGIES USED FOR ACTIVITY (please provide a URL link to it if applicable): Google Chrome, Google
Images, Google Drive, Youtube
UDL CHECKLIST
(adapted from CAST UDL curriculum self-check)
Flexible media and materials play an essential role in helping students achieve activity/lesson goals. The
principles below help you consider what could/could not work for all your students with the media and materials
included in your activity.
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YdI
N/A
Options for diverse Hyperlinked multimedia glossary
linguistic/language abilities are definitions; foreign language
provided in materials and media translations; language modality
translations—ASL/speech
20 point Rubric
EVALUATION
Based on your responses, how would you modify your media and materials to address the diverse challenges,
talents, and preferences of your students? (answer one)
If your technology provides support for UDL principles (e.g., 4 out of 6 principles), what are other
student challenges or preferences that you could anticipate in this activity?
A possible challenge that I would anticipate in this project is the access to the Internet outside of school. Some
students may have limited time available to work on a project or may not have Internet access at all. Another
challenge that could arise is complications in the division of work between students. Since this project is a
group activity, some students may not contribute to the completion of the project. I have no control to see
which students typed what onto the assignment. However, I created a post assignment where group members
could rate each other’s participation and cooperation. Lastly, I anticipate possible plagiarism and similarity
amongst group teams. With the Internet readily available, students may not knowingly plagiarize material
found on the Internet to explain their engineering study.
If your technology does not provide support for UDL principles (e.g., less than 4 principles), how would
you modify your media and materials to address the diverse challenges, talents, and preferences of
your students?
REFLECTION
(participation points for this week).
1) How is UDL changing how you view technology for teaching and learning?
UDL is changing the way I view technology for teaching by assessing how proficient each student is
with technology. It will be apparent that some students are more proficient that others in the use of
technology in the classroom. In order to assure all students are at the same playing field, I would seek
to instruct the basics of using particular types of technology. If students are proficient in the technology
for the assignment, then the only possible hindrance in completion would be motivation and knowledge.