Colleen

=== Yesterday was great! Jon your enthusiasm for UDL and passion for what you do makes your presentations very engaging. As teachers we do not always have the chance to share what we do in our classrooms with our peers and this is a wonderful opportunity to do so. Yesterday was a nice refresher on the principles of UDL. It also provided me the chance to reflect on what I've been doing in the classroom and how I can continue to incorporate more UDL strategies. ===

=== The cartoon with the maintenance worker removing the snow is one of my favorite depictions of why UDL works for everyone...I have used it several time on back to school nights and on brochure for parent information about UDL in our district. ===

I aspire to...

 * === design assessments that suit the task ===
 * === try to find ways to engage a larger range of learners in the classroom. ===
 * === provide supports and appropriate challenges for the learners in my classroom. ===

Day 3
=== Yesterday was another exciting day. The article about what lies between the margins was thought provoking. Schools would be s uch a better place for all learners if we could emphasis the idea of being an "expert learner" as opposed to be an expert at the content, especially for our special needs population. So many kids with tremendous talents are turned off to school because they struggle with a particular content area, it truly is a shame. ===

=== I also really like how CAST has changed their website to make it more teacher friendly. When we began this grant five years ago we were always struggling because we could not visualize what UDL looked like. Now teachers both new and old to UDL have a resource they can go to and look at sample lessons but also see what makes that particular lesson UDL. It is a great jumping off point when you are struggling for a new idea. ===