Focus.

A very important lesson was driven home this week. Our group project is to design a lesson using technology. This lesson is to be delivered to a diverse group of learners - blind, hearing-impaired, gifted and talented, as well as on-level students. When we started the process, much was said about the technology that could be used and the TEKS that could be addressed. What wasn't discussed first, was the lesson. It took a while for the discussion to return to "what are we going to teach?" With all the new technology, it easy to distracted from what is important, the lesson. While we learn to adapt our teaching styles and skills to our students different learning styles and skills, we must still focus on good curriculum writing. I am very interested in exploring the use of a Universal Design for Learning.