Angela Kinzer

 Part 1 - UDL Article Summary The article written by Kavita Rao, Sean J. Smith, and K. Alisa Lowrey titled UDL and Intellectual Disability: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? highlights the importance of UDL for students with intellectual disability (ID). This article discussed the reason behind the research, what current research is available, and what considerations we need for future research. Students with ID are commonly placed in separate settings than their peers, and when they are included, it is typically for experiences that are nonacademic. The UDL framework provides opportunities so that students with ID can be included in general education settings. It has three principles that educators use to plan their instruction. The three principles are "provide multiple means of representation, provide multiple means of action and expression, and provide multiple means of engagement" (Rao, Smith, & Lowrey, 2017, p. 37). There are limited articles for UDL as a tool use...

Part 1 Magic School AI Lesson Plan Evaluation of the Lesson Plan The lesson that was created by the online platform Magic School AI for the Oklahoma Academic Math Standard K.N.1.7 "Find a number that is 1 more or 1 less than a given number up to 10" (Oklahoma State Department of Education, 2022) provided a thorough outline for a lesson plan. This lesson plan addressed this standard and included some pieces of another standard by including vocabulary terms such as more and less . There are opportunities for students to use manipulatives and answer questions related to the standard in various ways throughout the lesson, including written and verbal responses. The lesson aligns with ISTE Standard 1, as it allows students to work with hands-on technology tools and manipulatives such as number lines and counting bears. This lesson is a beginning outline for a lesson that can be rigorous; however, it lacks certain aspects that I believe create engagement and thinking opportunities...