Reflection on Differentiated Instruction and Universal Design for Learning

I have recently taken a class that involved a lot about differentiated instruction (DI) and the universal design for learning (UDL). UDL involves implementing instruction that is appropriate for all and DI involves modifying instruction to adapt to specific learners (or at least that is my interpretation of it). I still have a lot to learn but I feel as though I have a pretty good understanding of it. I think that is due in part to the differentiation station that I participated in as part of this class. On this resource, we were required to post specified pieces of information to share with one another. I found this to not only be helpful, but very interesting as well. It is so great to know that there are others with the same problems as me and that there are some people with solutions or at least helpful advice. I think that in the future I will check it out from time to time to see if anyone is still posting to it and if so, help out if they need some pointers. I will also post to it if I am stumped and need some assistance.

As far as technology goes, I still have a lot to learn. However, this class has given me a lot of ideas on how to use it effectively in my classroom. I think that I basically need to find a way to regularly implement technology into my classroom. I need to figure out a specific part of my day to implement a specific piece of technology. Entering this school year, that is what I am going to try to do. Once I get comfortable with one type of technology, then I will try to add on to that.