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=Understanding by Design -- Differentiated Instruction -- Universal Design for Learning=

Overview:
This four-part professional learning community will continue to support the use of Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design in the classroom. Guest teachers will give presentations focusing on differentiated instruction strategies for specific content areas such as math, social studies, science and English language arts. Participants will use work time to collaborate and revise an existing unit of instruction to incorporate new learnings from the session with Carol Ann Tomlinson, author of several books and articles on differentiated instruction. In addition, this year’s participants will learn about Universal Design for Learning, another way of thinking about customizing teaching for individual differences. Participants will continue to build collegial relationships and share ideas focused on supporting all learners. Note: Participants in this professional learning community must also attend the November 7th session with Carol Ann Tomlinson - "A Second Look: Differentiated Instruction in Action."

Articles and resources from October 2 session

 * [|Interview with Carol Ann Tomlinson from Teacher Magazine] (right click on the link and choose "Open in New Window")
 * Casey at the Bat - video on the [|Favorite Poem Project website] (scroll down until you find it, or search the page for Casey)
 * [|Understanding by Design Template with UDL Questions attached] (Word Document)

Articles and resources from January 13 session

 * [|Universal Design for Learning By David W. Cochran]
 * Revised table from the article

This video will explain how a wiki works - please take a look at this video.

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