Learning Side by Side

It is not a new topic. Plenty of people advocate for teaching in multiple modalities. And how technology continues to change our learning (really just multiply the options) is illustrated in examination of instruction such as in the example graph pictured below from enGauge in their look at the range of technology use.

But, as an EdTech Leaders Online instructor, I am currently facilitating an online course titled Special Students in Regular Classrooms: Technology, Teaching and Universal Design, and the participants have already helped me focus my thoughts and join in on designing learning without barriers. And so I share some of the CAST Teaching Every Student tools with anyone out there willing to struggle through identifying curriculum barriers before they begin instruction.

Click here or the above image to go the Curriculum Barriers tutorial. Let me know what you think as it relates to how we integrate technology into our curriculum. The question I now ask myself is: Does integration of a particular technology tool add options to the learning or create even more barriers?