John+D.

Guten Tag, Allow me to use some of this space to introduce myself to all of you! I am a teacher at Teaneck High School and currently instruct juniors and seniors in the following courses: AP United States History, US History II Honors and Honors Economics. In addition to my course load at the high school, I am a co-coordinator of Middle States and am the Supervisor for the SATs (gathering the staff, receiving the materials, setting-up the rooms, etc). Also, I have been an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University for five years. The primary course I instruct deals with integrating technology into the classroom, some module courses on wikis, blogs, podcasts, screencasting, social networking, social bookmarking, RSS feeds and aggregators and cloud computing, and occasionally the methods course for social studies.

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What is Universal Design for Learning?

5 new technologies to try

 * zamzar
 * wikispaces
 * edublogs
 * wetpaint
 * jing

4 ideas to share with others

 * start small --> big changes occur.
 * with technology, take your time.
 * mix it up and shake it up
 * technology will not save your teaching career.

3 principles of Universal Design for Learning

 * multiple means of expression
 * multiple means of representation
 * multiple means of engagement

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2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age=====
 * create multiple options of material --> digitize
 * movement away from traditional testing

1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday”

 * Move towards a paperless classroom.