Chapter 3

 UDL is a proactive strategy that addresses multiple areas of curriculum development. While AT, on the other hand, allows individual students to overcome those barriers presented by curricular tasks. Educational technology is very important in as generations pass. I remember growing up doing all my school work with a book and a pencil. However, today almost everything is done through technology. Every child works on their own pace and has their own strengths and weaknesses with technology.  Common core state standards relate to AT because it provides a means for individual students with disabilities to access and engage in curriculum. Again showing that all children learn at a different place and it as a teacher it is crucial to ensure that there are differentiated instructions to fit al students.

After reviewing Cast UDL Exchange, I came across a reading lesson plan. It provides different ideas of how to analyze children's understanding by answering questions about key details in a text. There is the traditional way of doing it with paper and pen. Then they provide different forms of assessment such as Socrative, Kahoot, Popplet, and Stations. In another one of my classes, we just used the app Kahoot to do this exact lesson. A short story was provided and we used the website Kahoot as a class to assess everyone's understanding. Everyone was very engaged and it is easy to learn. Kahoot is a fun technology app that uses differentiation for ELL student's who may not be able to read the short story on their own. This is a perfect example of what I was trying to state before hand.