New assignment on the thoughts on UDL

I'm enjoying learning more about UDL. I felt the video segments were a great way of teaching more about UDL in a condensed way.
There are a couple of items that I learned from this assignment regarding UDL.
1. Starting with the goal in mind - the end goal comes first. Look at the outcome that you want learned and work backwards from there.
2. Another interesting aspect that I don't think about as much as I should is really pondering the barriers that exist with teaching this outcome that will hinder my students from learning at their highest potential. It is something that I need to pay more attention to - something that I will from now on.
3. I enjoyed watching the video segment where it talked about UDL being a framework that moves the students to be a successful learners and hopefully eventually expert learners. It mentioned how most lessons are taught with the "average" student in mind. However, the UDL will allow for flexible learning and hopefully reach more students.

Some of the key points regarding UDL is that it teaches the instructor to offer multiple ways for the material to be taught to the students. Another item that UDL focuses on is that it offers several different ways of the students expressing or even acting out the material that has been taught to them. Finally, UDL offers a variety of engagement for the students. This model is very flexible with your students and covers the what, how, and why of learning. All of these items make for better understanding for the students of the classroom.

Finally, the teacher should always begin with the end first so that the focus can be on what needs to be learned by the student. This helps the teacher by keeping the end goal in sight while writing the activities. Otherwise, it might be easier to become sidetracked by other lessons/activities that are not part of the end goal.