UDL - Universal Design for Learning

This fact sheet is intended to help parents, educators and administrators learn more about how UDL can support gifted and talented students in their schools and districts.

>> How does UDL apply to learners who have gifts and talents?
>> How does UDL allow learners with gifts and talents to succeed within the general education classroom?
>> Can't other learners benefit from similar types of instruction?
>> What is being done to promote the implementation of UDL?
>> Where can I find more information?

"The learning environment is what will help create community. Before anything, students need to feel safe. Not just physically safe, but safe to learn how they learn, safe to think “outside the box”, safe to ask questions, safe to make mistakes, safe to be who they are. I recently read a post by Jackie Gerstein, a friend and mentor who talks passionately about the importance of community in the classroom (It’s About Connections Not Content). Below, I talk about the learning spaces to honour all learners. It is my intention to help these students find their passions, their gifts, and their understanding of themselves."

 

Read about the Top 10 Learning Spaces that are universally designed in a gifted classroom.

> The Circle

> Comfort and Escape

> Exercise

> Game

> Apple TV, Reflection, Interaction

> Group Think Tank and iPad Center

> Weekly Schedule, Handouts and TEA

> Choices and Voices

> Online

> Community