UDL in 15 Minutes

60: Andretesha Fitzgerald, authentic letter writing, and empowerment

Andretesha Fitzgerald shares how a unit on letter writing empowered her students then and continues to empower her students now.

59:How Lizzie Fortin's coaching focuses on radical love using UDL

Lizzie Fortin goes beyond modeling UDL during her instructional coaching, she embodies it. Hear how she helped establish community and minimize threats so her colleagues could work to create equitable learning environments.

58: Open Education Resources and UDL: Carolee talks about the connections and offers resources

Carolee Clyne of BCcampus in British Columbia shares her passion for Open Education Resources and how those interconnect with UDL. A bonus: she shares an excellent resource on how to get started with OER.

57: Jess Lombardi and student led conferences

Jess Lombardi shares how she empowers her students to understand their own learning needs, track their growth, and lead their own conferences.

56: Stephanie's growth with UDL over the years and across positions

Stephanie Craig shares how she has grown with UDL across her roles as elementary school teacher, UDL coach, researcher, and assistant professor at Marietta College teaching pre-service teachers.

55: Ending the power struggle dynamics with her 6th graders

Blake Beckett, a 6^th grade ELA teacher shares how she uses the UDL framework to empower her learners.

54: Using UDL and backwards planning to create an inclusive and culturally sustaining environment

6^th Grade World Cultures teacher Carla-Ann Brown shares how she uses backwards planning and UDL to design units that are inclusive as well as culturally sustaining.

53: This high school Visual Communications Design teacher shares how UDL has added new dimensions to her teaching

Daphne Hereford is a high school Visual Communication Design teacher which means students create products using really cool digital tools. UDL helps Daphne focus on what the students need to learn prior to choosing the tools they will use which leads to highly engaging lessons.

52: Introducing UDL to general educators and how UDL influenced the use of visual and verbal gestures to support distance learning

Selena Andrade Gonzalez is a Resource Specialist at a bi-lingual and high need school in Salinas, CA. She shares the strategies she’s used to introduce UDL to general education and how UDL led her to use physical and verbal signs to support her learners during distance learning.

51: UDL and Shark Tank: Teaching Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

High School teacher Susanne Geise shares how her students helped develop her very successful project on ethos, pathos, and logos using UDL and the format of the famous TV show, Shark Tank.