EDLD+5364+UDL+Lesson+&+Reflection



This has been quite an intensive week. UDL dominated my time, and I found myself frequently having to go back to the texts or seek help from my group about certain terms and their requirements. My sense of the UDL framework (just from this first experience) is that it is enormously time consuming. While I certainly expect it would get easier with time and use, the initial effort required to fill in all the required aspects of a successful UDL lesson plan perhaps accounts for why I had never heard of it till this class. That doesn't mean it's not useful. It very well may be that the length of time I spent putting that plan together is what is required of me as a teacher and I just need to deal with that. On the other hand, some of the text entry boxes could have been condensed physically and conceptually. For example, the "more information" link for the formative/ongoing and summative assessments contains virtually identical information. Condensing these boxes might reduce the amount of time necessary and encourage teachers who worry about time management to give it a try.