Week 8 Reflection

•Summarize how you will use the resources in the Differentiation Station social network to help you implement the principles of Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction.

I plan on using the resources in the Differentiation Station network to help implement the principles of UDL and differentiated instruction in order to become a more resourceful teacher. My group came up with a lot of great ideas for how to implement both of these in the classroom. We all posted resources, links, and tools that will help each of us not only in our own content areas, but in everyone's content areas. Something great that I found while in the resources was something called a choice board. I plan on using the choice boards in my classroom because it will allow my students to learn in a way that is comfortable for them. I want to know more about my students as well so I will be using learning profiles and theories of multiple intelligences to determine the best ways for my students to learn the materials. The immidiate adjustments that I will be making for instructional practice will be the use of the choice board. I want to give everyone the chance to learn the material in ways that suit them best. If the students prefer to use technology to learn and read from, then I want them to be able to go on the computer and research a topic for themselves.