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Chapter 1 Sections

· A School District in Transition

· The Challenge: Learner Diversity and High Standards

· The Opportunity: New Brain Research and New Technologies

· UDL: The "Intersection of Initiatives"

Chapter 1: Education in the Digital Age

This chapter introduces the concept of Universal Design for Learning, a framework that can help you turn the challenges posed by high standards and increasing learner diversity into opportunities to maximize learning for every student.

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Key Ideas:

In a time of greater student diversity, increased emphasis on standards and accountabilitychallenges teachers to help all students achieve.
New insights into the learning brain shed light on learner differences and effective uses of technology.
UDL seizes the opportunity brought by rapidly evolving communication technologies to create flexible methods and materials that can reach diverse learners.
Instilling flexibility into methods and materials maximizes learning opportunities not only for students with identified disabilities, but for all students.
UDL is not "just one more thing;" it is an integral component of improving student learning, compatible with other approaches to education reform.

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	Example: A school leader describes the importance of digitized curriculum materials.

	Resource: Most state and national standards are available online; here is a resource with convenient links.

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