In my previous posts I have been talking about UDL and why it is important to incorporate into the classroom. One part of UDL in which I recently reviewed and looked through is the Curriculum Barriers Tutorial. This is a site where you can make a chart of your students in your class with a graphic organizer and list the materials used, student qualities, and the potential barriers and missed opportunities because of those barriers. I feel as though this would be something wonderful to incorporate into the classroom as a teacher to have handy while thinking and writing lesson plans. They also have sample models for you to look at and work with. 
     Although I think this is a great tool to use in your class and have in your tool kit of resources, I believe it would be time consuming. It would take hours each week to prepare a chart of the barriers and teaching methods used for each student for each and every lesson. I love UDL and meeting the needs of each of my students but in a realistic thought there is no way I would have time to do this for every lesson I teach every day for every unit. I would however, would like to make a chart for my students in the beginning of the year of their best learning styles and barriers. I would like to use that as I plan my lessons to make sure I have different components in if for all learners. I think the website is great to use and I suggest going and checking it out!

http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/curriculumbarrierstutorial.cfm