Tuesday, July 15, 2014

iPrism

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Cost:  Free
UDL Guideline 9.2 - Provide differentiated models, scaffolds and feedback for managing frustration, developing internal controls and coping skills, and use real life situations or simulations to demonstrate coping skills.  This app allows users to "map" out relationships and sources of conflict using the emotional impact of color and distance.  It can be valuable tool to help students visualize how they see these relationships and how to manage the impact.


General Critique
When it comes to social stress and its impact on learning, all children are susceptible to such stresses.  iPrism allows students to visualize, manage, and cope with real life situations within the classroom.  This app can help to identify complexities that might have been overlooked in the past decade of UDL.

Product

In this example, I could have helped a student understand why he was picking on another student because of other challenges in his life.  He loves his father who is gone most of the week and feels challenged by the new relationship with his stepfather and new sister.  It is easy to see why the "red" circle catches his attention when he feels angry or frustrated.  Using this model, he can begin to see how to distance himself from the classmate and deal with his family relationships more appropriately.



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