Week 5

 Article: 

A Comprehensive Approach to RTI: Embedding Universal Design for Learning and Technology

Response to intervention (RTI) has different levels of support for all students. But there is also another supportive framework that we will be addressing today. This other framework is called Universal Design for Learning ( UDL). Both can work together to enhance growth academically. 

Teachers who use RTI and educational technology tools to increase student learning benefit from their student's growth and academic achievements. Educators use different types of resources to check for understanding and formative and summative assessments. Through thee process of RTI, teachers can see the places where students are struggling in their learning. By using educational technology tools, such as mastery connect or seesaw, teachers can see where students master the state standard content and where students need additional support. By using educational tools to check for understanding and using RTI activities, students can increase their growth in the classroom. Both aspects must be used with other teaching resources to ensure a growth of student learning.

RTI and UDL share a common framework, both use supplemental interventions through a strong and solid core of practices.  UDL can support students through strategies, proactive design, and technology. Currently schools are not using both frameworks together , but it would allow more struggling learners to have more support.

This article provided the reader with key components and ideas to use both RTI and UDL together to provide more support using technology in the classroom for students with diverse learning needs.

Connection to Lesson

The lesson I am teaching is a science lesson called Patterns in the Sky.

This lesson addresses the State Standard ESS1.1 - Students will observe, describe, and make predictions about the sun's movement in the sky.      ESS1.1 Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

I am using a video to introduce the lesson for auditory and visual learners. Technology is used throughout the lesson and communication in small groups allows all students to hear answers to make predictions pertaining to the sun's movement to the sky. The students needing more academic support through RTI would be to work in small groups to gather information about key vocabulary words to visual cards. We can look at images from the ipad to make connections to key vocabulary.