UDL in Action
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Link to BICC website with UDL video

Early Childhood Classroom

Around the country, good examples of universally designed learning environments are developing. Early Childhood Building Inclusive Childcare (BICC) is an example of one program striving to include all children. Their program's goal is to support and nurture the "individual strengths ofeach child, and where each child participates in the daily routines andactivities of the class, regardless of cognitive or physical impairments".  See a short video about

PALToolkit
Click for the CAST Toolkit website
this universally designed program by clicking the BICC link to the right and Related Links: "Universal Design for Learning Video"

Elementary Classroom

Diversity in the classroom is one of the greatest challenges in planning lessons at the appropriate reading level for everyone.  See how one teacher diversified a reading task in a lesson called, The Life Cycle of Plants to meet the varying abilities in her classroom by clicking on the UDL Toolkit logo to the right. 
AccessCenter
Click to watch Video of UDL at Access Center
Follow the teacher's lesson to see how she grouped by interest and ability.

Secondary Classroom

The Access Center at the University of Colorado spearheaded a initiative to infuse UDL practices into classroom teaching on campus.  This following video shows many examples of UDL in action with direct parallels to the teaching challenges of junior high and senior high teachers. Click on the Access Center link to the left to download their video.
 
 

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