#UDLchat: Keeping Motivated w/ UDL
June 5, 2019 | 6:00-6:30pm PT / 9:00-9:30pm ET (UTC-5)
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Part of becoming an expert learner is being purposeful and motivated. As educators and learners ourselves, sometimes it's challenging to keep the momentum going and find the energy to refresh our practice or learn something new to improve the learning experiences we want to create with our learners. Whether you're getting ready for a break over the summer or are anticipating one of those "between" times when you can take a breath before your next event, everyone has strategies for keeping up with best practices or staying current with the latest education research. Let's support each other and share how we keep motivated with UDL.
Questions:
- Warm-up: Please introduce yourself, tell us where you’re from, and share a book, movie, or podcast you plan to dive into this summer (or winter, depending on your planetary hemisphere).
- Q1: Between designing and implementing learning experiences, how do you recharge your practice? How do you keep motivated?
- Q2: How do you keep your goals, assessments, materials, and methods fresh and up-to-date with current UDL thinking?
- Q3: What are some UDL-adjacent or UDL-related topics you want to learn more about?
- Q4: Are you interested in participating in a #UDLchat #BookStudy starting later in June while #UDLchat is on summer hiatus until August?
So what's this #UDLchat all about?
We're glad you asked!
#UDLchat is a bi-monthly Twitter chat focused on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). We are a virtual community of practitioners, enthusiasts, and evangelists eager to discuss resources, successes, and challenges in implementing UDL in a wide variety of environments and contexts.
Join us every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 6-6:30 pm PT / 9-9:30 pm ET (UTC-5) for a rapid-fire learning-focused chat, and build your PLN!
#UDLchat Norms
- Tag your answers with #UDLchat to participate in the conversation. If you're feeling brave, throw in some other hashtags or handles such as #UDL, #UDLfam, or your school, university, organization, or other people you want to invite to the conversation.
- Questions from the moderator begin with Q1, Q2, Q3... Your responses should begin with A1, A2, A3, etc., corresponding with the question number.
- If using images, don't forget to include image descriptions for accessibility. Extra tip: GIFs are the only type of images that cannot be described using Twitter's image description feature. For GIFs, include the description in your tweet in brackets. Here's an example from the UDL Center.
- #UDLchat is about the power of the group. Don't forget to follow new people and raise/love others up.
- Use any part of tonight's questions in your own chats or conversations.
- Find the archives of past #UDLchat conversations on the UDL Center blog.
- Have fun and feel the love!
New to Twitter Chats?
Here are some great resources to help you get started!
- Edublogs Teacher Challenges: Participate in Twitter Chats [blog post]
- The Social Media Coach: How to Participate in a Twitter Chat [blog post]
- Twitter Chat Basics [video 3:24] from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. It's a great intro for those new to the format.
- Twubs: #UDLchat [tool] Lots of #UDLchat participants use Twubs to keep track of the fast-paced conversation. Twubs has great tools to speed up or slow down the pace of the tweets, and if you log in using your Twitter account, it adds the hashtag to your tweets for you!
Want text alerts to remind you before each #UDLchat?
Pick a way to receive messages for #UDLchat:
- If you have a smartphone, get push notifications.
On your iPhone or Android phone, open your web browser and go to the following link: rmd.at/udlchat
Follow the instructions to sign up for Remind. You'll be prompted to download the mobile app. - If you don't have a smartphone, get text notifications.
Text the message @udlchat to the number 81010.
If you're having trouble with 81010, try texting @udlchat to (781) 916-9648.
* Standard text message rates apply. - Don't have a mobile phone? Go to rmd.at/udlchat on a desktop computer to sign up for email notifications.