2F. Reaching All Learners in the Digital Age Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Description: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to help educators meet the challenge of teaching diverse learners in the 21st century. UDL provides a blueprint for creating flexible goals, methods, materials and assessments that enable students with diverse needs and learning styles to succeed in an inclusive, standards-based, digital classroom. This session will provide practical, hands-on, digital-age solutions to reach and teach all learners

Presenter: Jon Mundorf is an award-winning National Board Certified fifth grade teacher at Calusa Park Elementary School in Naples, Florida. He utilizes the Universal Design for Learning framework to meet the multiple challenges of teaching diverse learners in his inclusive, standards-based classroom. Jon enjoys sharing his classroom experiences with other educators and has done so at conferences and workshops throughout North America. In addition to being a full-time teacher, Jon is a doctoral student at the University of Florida and is studying the role of educational technology and UDL in curriculum, teaching and teacher education. Jon is the designer of the Regional Training Center’s graduate course Universal Design for Learning: Reaching All Learners in the Digital Age. Jon, a native of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, lives in Naples, Florida with his wife and daughter.