Darius Goes West

I saw "Darius Goes West" recently. What a film! Presented and edited very well (particularly by a first time director). And Darius is such a charismatic young man, so full of life, very honest and fun. It's amazing what adversity does to some people.

My take on UDL class (T-560)

I've really found this class pretty exciting. I knew nothing about UDL before this class and now I think it's a great way to present curriculum. I hope it really catches on. So many more people and kids would be able to learn much better if material catered to their individual needs. It's great that google and CAST are teaming up to do some UDL work. Hopefully it will catch on. Google's projects are usually pretty high profile, so hopefully it will.

UDL & CSB

One thing I think would be really helpful to have is to bring together UDL with Cognitive Skill Building (CSB). No one has really heard of this. There are several practitioners over at MGH. It helps people with learning disabilities/differences develop - as the name implies - better skills for processing info. in general and specifically, depending on the person, reading/writing/listening skills. I've done it for several years and found it invaluable. In fact, I can be pretty sure that I never would have gotten in to the Harvard Ed school had I not taken on the CSB. My writing used to be semi-incoherant and now it's definitely readable. I've been told by a few people that I've made huge strides in my writing ability. (One person - who is not given to grandiose statements - said that I've made a "quantum leap." Anyway, I really think that each could benefit from the other. Esp. I think UDL. Although people have been working on UDL for years, CSB, in my opinion is a more developed curriculum. (I'm also biased, admittedly, because I've found CSB invaluable over the last few years.