In talking about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) I have had the time to self assess and reflect on my own lesson plans that I have previously created. I used the UDL checklist to use and reflect on an existing lesson plan that I have created. It was a great activity because you could see your own holes that were created unintentionally while developing the lesson. It was a a good activity to see a lesson that I thought had great differentiation options for students to still have some missing factors in the lesson. I was able to reflect and look at what I need to work on while developing lesson plans. 
        When talking about my own strengths and weaknesses using UDL and creating lessons I have noticed that I did have more components included in the lesson than I thought I would have. A strength I believe I have is the way the lesson was presented in the anticipatory set. I used the smartboard to display information. This is a great tool because you can change the font with type of font, colors, and size. You could also add auditory pieces to the lesson using the smartboard. I also gave the students options on how they were going to read the story incorporated into the lesson. They had three options to choose from; read the story regularly, read while the computer highlights the words, and listen to the story and watch it as a movie on an iPad. I think giving specific feedback is important for students and I make sure to include that in the lessons I create. I believe a weakness that I have found while doing this activity would be telling my students the goal of the lesson before we begin. That could be really helpful for them and I would like to incorporate that. 
    I enjoyed doing this activity and think that I will definitely use the checklist for now on while I write lesson plans. It was a great way to self reflect and really makes you think about the activities you put into the lesson. 

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