Karlie Minson

The article I decided to dive into was, Using Universal Design for Learning to Design Standards-Based Lessons  by Rao, K and Meo, G. As teachers, we have to be able to design a lesson that unpacks the lesson standards but also incorporating different methods of teaching so that all learners have been reached. Rao and Meo put it this way, " The UDL framework presents a structure for designing instructional environments and activities that take into account the varied ways in which these learning networks function for each individual" (2016). This is a great explanation of what UDL does for students and helps teachers think about what to incorporate when they are unpacking their lessons.  There are two process that UDL uses to help teachers incorporate the certain skills they need. Before teachers can implement anything into their lesson they have to unpack the standards. UDL helps teachers do this by tell them to unpack the standard by skill and concept (Rao, K. & Meo, G. ...

 When I got into magicschool.ai online, I asked it to create a lesson over one math standard and one technology:  Standard: 7.GM.2. "Use mathematical models and problems to calculate and justify the area of trapezoids and the area and perimeter of composite figures with rational measurements." ISTE student standard 6: Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals."  The lesson that it gave to me seemed to be very thought through and helped me get an idea of what I might want to do when I get to that particular topic with my own students. All of the assignments, group work, teacher instruction and plans were aligned to each other and laid out neatly to understand. Once improvement that I aske for it to do was give me examples of the group project. That is the only item of improvement that I felt needed for this particul...