Grow Your Mind
Guest Blog: The Lasting Impact of PBL on Students
Dr. Keith Adams has spent 30 years in education learning the same lesson from two very different roles — teacher and coach: sustained engagement doesn't come from compliance, it comes from ownership. In this post, he shares how Project-Based Learning, grounded in UDL principles, gave his social studies students a year-long invitation to pursue questions that actually mattered to them — and how the skills they built along the way followed them long after they left his classroom.
Guest Blog: When the System Gets Disrupted
Many classrooms look productive on the surface, but how much real thinking is actually happening? In this guest post, Robert Mayfield examines how changing the classroom environment in history and social studies can shift students from passive compliance to visible, collaborative thinking through a lens that also aligns with UDL.
From Access to Empowerment: Key Updates in UDL Version 3.0
The release of the UDL framework version 3.0 by CAST on July 30, 2024, introduced several updates and shifts compared to version 2.2.
5 Considerations for Designing Educational Spaces for Success
We have the power to shape the learning environment and influence student engagement, agency, and ownership every day, so every day, make a conscious effort to design your physical classroom space with purpose, prioritize essential elements, and pare down distractions.
Color Can Be Clutter
Imagine walking into a classroom where each bulletin board or wall was a different color. Have you been in this room, or even set your room up in this way? Have you been in a classroom where it looks like the teacher store exploded?
VASCD Deeper Insights
I had the opportunity to chat with Chris Jones of Virginia ASCD about a topic near and dear to my heart - Universal Design for Learning.