Tiny Humans Big Minds

  PART 1 Professional development with universal design for learning: supporting teachers as learners to increase the implementation of UDL is a study to evaluate the benefits (if any) of teachers attending professional development to further their understanding and to effectively implement the Universal Design for Learning in their daily lessons.  The Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a framework for educators to used when designing lessons that is made up of three overarching principles, 9 guidelines, and 31 checkpoints to guide lesson planning. The Engagement, also known as the  “Why”principle, recognizes that all learners need to connect with their learning, sustain their efforts, and exercise self-regulation in order to reach their goals . The Representation, also known as the  “what” principle, supports the recognition network and extends learner engagement by representing information in various ways to accommodate sensory and genitive needs of the le...

  Part 1: Magic School Lesson Plan Generator I chose standard PK.2.PC.1(Students will begin to understand that print carries a message by recognizing labels, signs, and other print in the environment). Magic School did an excellent job in creating a lesson plan to meet the criteria of this standard. The AI tool created a lesson that includes an introductory activity, examples for introducing the new material, guided practice that is monitored by the teacher, independent practice with an assessment piece to evaluate the student’s understanding.  The assessment was perfectly created for pre-k students with developmentally appropriate tasks and the assessment addressed the standard and was a great wrap up for the lesson.  I felt like this was a well designed lesson that included everything I would include in the lesson, except technology and interactive props to promote more engagement.  I would change the lesson to include both of these pieces.   I would use a bo...