UDL_Cafe_Notes

WELCOME TO SD68's UDL CAFÉ

Meeting Dates and Agenda:

Mondays, 3:30-6:00pm

November 24

3:30-4:30 Introductions, Overview and Roles and Responsibilities for the UDL Café

4:30-5:30 Exciting tour of SET BC UDL Project Equipment and Software

5:30-6:00 Debrief and Goal Setting

UDL Questions, Kurzweil with Maureen LaFleche, Resources, Visual Organizers, SmartBoard, Digital Reading and Writing Tools & Freeware

Opportunity to play and plan:

· Computer lab – Inspiration, UDL websites, etc.

· SmartBoard, Kurzweil

March 2

Opportunity to play and plan:

· Computer lab – Inspiration, UDL websites, etc.

· SmartBoard, Kurzweil

Wrap up and sharing session: Be prepared to share your successes, frustrations, hopes. Don’t forget to bring some snacks!

April 20

Organize for our May 25th UDL Celebration

Work on our individual and group projects

2:00 - 2:45: Open house, visit UDL classrooms
2:45 - 3:30: Coffee, juice, snacks, and chatting about our learning process
3:30 - 4:30: Reporting on individual and school explorations of UDL (example: Louise's report)

SET-BC	CAST
BC UDL Wiki	UDL Guidelines for multiple means of representation, engagement and expression
Kurzweil 3000 Resources	UDL4all Wiki by Paul Hamilton
Multiple Means of Engagement: How do we process information and interact with it? Electronic Whiteboard Activities Literature Websites Magic Tree House Reading Units eThemes Read-Write-Think ThinkQuest	Multiple Means of Representation: How do we access information? ARC-BC and SD68 The ARC-BC Pilot Project is well underway and now Nanaimo will be linked in February. If you would like to attend an online informational meeting, please view the meeting schedule to register. Universal Design for Learning: LATA Conference LATA, Burnaby School District and SET-BC presented David Rose “Reaching Every Student in the Digital Age”, October 24, 2008. Afternoon sessions featured teachers using UDL principles in their classrooms.
	Multiple Means of Expression: How do we show what we know? Karen Jankowski's Blog Ira Socol's Speedchange Blog Glogster Link UDL Tech Tool Kit Glog