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The reading material from this week is exactly what I have been looking for the past ten years. I enjoy the challenge of trying new things and creating experiences that enhance student learning. Many of the readings imply that teachers do not care and without their pushing no one will try new things. I think it is having the opposite effect on me. I am feeling very overwhelmed, I want to change but it is impossible to change everything at once. With the pressures already being inflicted just by being a math teacher, I do much better being encouraged to try not being accused of doing nothing.

The material in //Using Technology// is a good resource for teachers wanting to experiment with technology. As leaders, we need to have many ideas available to the teachers we are helping. We may not know the content area material but we need to have a large number of options at our fingertips for teachers with all experience and interest levels.

The UDL material is not as impressive as I had anticipated. I just finished two days of Renzulli train the trainer professional development. The material is very similar, they both even have a lesson builder. Although, I will say that UDL seems to be easier for reluctant teachers. I truly enjoyed the book builder, I am not sure it is available for students but I see it as being a great tool for students to use. They will learn the material deeply by having to teach it through a book form. The problem solving alone takes high level thinking skills. Perhaps there is a web based book builder for that reason.