Universal Design seems to be the common thread in all of the special education classes that I am taking right now. I keep hearing in all of my classes that both high and low technology are the factors that make UDL possible, and I am excited to be actually learning these technologies. I find it empowering that knowing these technologies will help me enable my students with exceptionalities to access the curriculum.
When Discussing UDL, the point is sometimes made that UDL is only achievable in a classroom with great financial resources. I am interested in finding ways to implement the principles of UDL in classrooms that don't have the same budget for technology, and I hope we will learn online resources to access that will help me make my classroom accessible, both physically and intellectually, to all of my students.
I think I have a much easier time envisioning ways to make my classroom physically accessible for students with limited mobility, or for students who learn through different modalities (i.e. kinesthetic) than I do for students with sensory deficits or intellectual disabilities, and am interested to learn how other teachers make their lessons accessible for these populations.
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