UDL

Dialogue and Reflection through Brave Spaces

Continuing with the CAST UDL Symposium, tonight I watched the session “Interrupting Inequitable Schooling: Creating Brave Spaces for Critical Dialogue about Race” by Carla-Ann Brown, D’Annette Mullen, & Ashley Pennypacker Hill. Pennypacker began by describing the evolution of their K-12 developmental research school in Florida. In 2017, the administration shifted to restorative practices, and in […]
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Respectful Partnerships with Student Co-Creators

The keynote for the second day of the CAST UDL Symposium was entitled “Meaningful Co-Creation: Supporting Student Voice in the Classroom & Beyond” and featured Ninah Jackson. Before the keynote, Elisa Torres spoke about their experience as a learner in different courses and teachers in the Dominican Republic and stated: “learner voice helps us test […]
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UDL Credentials

Allison Posey presented at CAST UDL a session entitled: “Learner Voice in the Design of the UDL Credentials.” The slides were linked at: bit.ly/2022CredentialsSymposium Posey is a Senior Content Editor and Producer at CAST and has been there for eleven years. I have been able to take CAST UDL courses now and enjoyed each of […]
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Glean, CORI, and UDL

Katherine Hamilton presented at the CAST UDL symposium: “UDL Needs New Learning Skills for True Equity.” Hamilton is the head of the brand at Glean. Glean is one of the sponsors, and I didn’t know much about it before this symposium. Hamilton’s session was about the dropout cycle and UDL. At Glean, they coined the […]
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Layers and the Ecosystem of Family Engagement and UDL

Tonight I watched a recorded CAST UDL session by Leela Dolan, Robert P. Dolan, Angel Morgan, Cameron Morgan, Donna Murray & Maggie Pickett. Their session was entitled “Engaging Learners and Families in technology Planning: AJoint Panel Discussion.” Angel Morgan is a Ph.D. student at North Carolina State University interning with CAST. Pickett shared several resources […]
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The UDL Mindset

Jennifer Pusateri presented at the CAST UDL Symposium a synchronous session entitled “Supporting the UDL Mindset Shift in Educators.” Pusateri is a CAST Faculty member: I didn’t know this existed and will look into it. Someone in the chat mentioned pairing UDL with Quality Matters. They spoke about the idea of having a progression in […]
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