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Workshop notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Comment that, I don\u2019t want to be with a teacher that teaches this lesson because they have a great app or tool to do it with \u2013 rather, I want to be with a teacher who knows their goal \u2013 and has 700 ways to do it.<\/p>\n Indeed, there are some things that are better done w\/o technology than with technology<\/p>\n CAST just did a report on, \u2018How do you do UDL w\/ no technology\u2019 \u2013 on UDL center website – http:\/\/www.udlcenter.org\/resource_library\/articles\/udlunplugged<\/a><\/p>\n Technology is essential for kids \u2013 in order for them to be prepared for their futures where technology is second nature \u2013 it is really not okay to not have good technology at poor schools – Use the leverage of students with disabilities and current federal law – to get technology into poor schools cuz currently poor kids can\u2019t sue the federal govt.<\/p>\n Susan Neuman \u2013 wrote book on education and poverty \u2013 David Rose published a chapter in this book<\/p>\n Good teaching is hard to do \u2013 we all need much more supportive environments, longer mentoring periods, tools that are much more helpful \u2013 must be embedded in the classroom<\/p>\n David wants teachers to be well paid, recognized for their ability to teach well and prepare materials well.<\/p>\n David talks about his own anxiety. (Stereog \u2013 ritualize things when we\u2019re anxious. \u2013 goes to same resto, orders same food, etc., when about to give a lecture to students) David\u2019s point in talking about this is to have people know that he\u2019s anxious and how he consciously manages his anxiety \u2013 saying, \u2018I\u2019m not going to be anxious does not do anything\u2019 and giving people more resources does not work either.<\/p>\n Bill Russell \u2013 threw up before big games, legendary Boston Celtics center — Soooo being anxious is okay, it was actually his anxiety that made him great \u2013 he did things to manage his anxiety.<\/p>\n We want kids to be in a state of challenge during school all day.<\/p>\n \u2018Education is about presenting desirable difficulties to children. UDL is about removing the undesirable difficulties.\u2019<\/p>\n Sometimes people think UDL is about removing challenges. No! No Challenge, No Learning!<\/p>\n Elevate the desirable difficulties and remove the undesirable difficulties.<\/p>\n Kids need hard things. w\/o them they would not have the opportunity to harness their resources. If I didn\u2019t have to teach a class I wouldn\u2019t know how to manage my anxiety. What we don\u2019t want, is hard things packaged in impossible boxes so they cannot crack into them.<\/p>\n Tight goals, Loose on means!!!<\/p>\n Teaching is emotional work. In reality, they are able to recognize between the threat and challenge. What makes a good psychiatrist is what makes a good teacher. Psychiatrist mirrors their clients\u2019 affect. They get burned out if they get worn out of doing this. Good teachers \u2013 our faces are like radiators \u2013 are able to read people.<\/p>\n Good teachers \u2013 choose something you\u2019re not good at, and have students watch you learn it.<\/p>\n David\u2019s mother was a wonderful teacher because, for one thing, she would highlight what each child was good at, and helped that child do that activity everyday.<\/p>\n David allows three different ways for students to access what is said in his classes (video, class notes, 1 more), and yet David and his students still show up to class in person. The human connection, face to face, is exquisite in it\u2019s ability to effectively communicate. David doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s going to go away anytime soon.<\/p>\n Tech frightened teacher, very common, sixty year old teacher, \u2018of which I\u2019m one of them\u2019 Go through affect \u2013 ask them if they\u2019d like to send a photo of themselves to their grandchildren or pic of grand kids to them. Go to what is important to them. Access through affect.<\/p>\n As for students who are threatened in school \u2013 even if you say, \u2018everything is okay. This school is safe, unlike your past schools.\u2019 Doesn\u2019t fix their nervous system from firing the way it has been for years. Ask the student directly, \u2018this must make you feel nervous?\u2019 and help them manage their anxiety\/nervousness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Video to be posted soon… Workshop notes: Comment that, I don\u2019t want to be with a teacher that teaches this lesson because they have a great app or tool to do it with \u2013 rather, I want to be with … Continue reading