The UDL/DI Conversion

This course has been an inspiration in the looking ahead to the future of DI in my art room how to design a more functional learning environment for my students. The Differentiation Station network was a GREAT part of this course and being able to discuss the topics and issues with fellow classmates was something that I thought should have happened courses ago! The resources that are available from other teachers in my profession allows me to utilize the tools that they have found and allows me to make well-rounded decisions in my curriculum development, adaptation needs, and resources that I need.

The immediate adjustments start where it starts and that is in my thinking, or mind set, of how I teach and approach the lessons that I teach. If I start at the source, fingers crossed, everything else will fall into place. The curriculum's are what the needs to be addressed next, not to total revamp, but to address the areas that will affect the way I teach and my students learn when working with DI.
The next step is the communications I must have with my fellow staff members and administration about DI and the plans that I will have in implanting and the technology that I will be seeking and using. I would even offer any help that anyone would want to try the DI/UDL way also.

Differentiation Instruction within the Visual Arts Enviroment

This blog entry is one so I may share the pictures of my classroom and surrounding hallways.

Both art and differentiated instruction have been shown to have significant benefits on student learning and emotional well being, but would a combined or united method of these instructional processes yield greater benefits for students?

To be successful in developing an environment that is "DI friendly" we must first look at the effects on student learning when art and differentiated instruction are used to develop curriculum and how the environment will help the implementation of any lesson.

The relationships between the use of art to differentiate instruction and the development of positive classroom environments where students enjoy learning. In addition, creativity can be increased and that all students have the capacity to be creative.