Have you ever wanted to say something and forgot what is was exactly but it was hanging on the tip of your tongue? That is the feeling I have had for a long time. If I have had a predominant weakness in my pedagogy it has been differentiated instruction. Sure, I make modifications and reduced TEKS per the IEP but I have been clinging to idea I could find that "something" or the "it" that would make the difference in overcoming the barriers to learning that my students faced knowing it was there but not really knowing how to grasp it.
What I have learned from the CAST site and our readings, especially the book "Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age", this week is beginning to pull together some thoughts and ideas I have had and I feel like I am about to remember what to say...or in this case, know how to differentiate my lessons for every student in my classroom; not just the ones with an IEP or 504.
Rose, D., & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Chapter 6 retrieved from the Center for Applied Special Technology web site on March 18, 2012, at http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/
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