If you don't know where you are going, you won't know when you get there!

The UDL guidelines are like a map.  It provides guidance and shows you where you are starting from and where you are headed.  You can make choices as you travel.  You can head right or take that second left.  Or you can take that tiny road that you can barely see on the map.  Either way, you go your way, your best way.  This is how we experience life and learning - our best way.

It is an even better trip when you go with your friends - they add a different perspective and a bit of spice.  You may even think about things in a different way.

Apply this map analogy to your classroom and take the trip (with friends) and see what there is to see when you embrace options, any and all.

The UDL is a way to lead your students and allow them to engage, try and experience learning in their best way.  I included a lot of my thoughts on my post lesson plan - it was hard to separate the plan from the thought process.  I needed to allow the students different ways to "Show What You Know".  It is like when women got the right to vote - we all had a voice and a choice of how to use it.  When freedom is applied to learning it opens more doors and minds.

CB tutorial - www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/curriculumbarrierstutorial.cfm