UDL is an approach to education which aims to give all students equal opportunity to learn. Under UDL principles, teachers use methods that allow them to reach curriculum goals while meeting the needs of students with diverse needs and learning styles.
The game features adjustable colour contrast, spoken feedback, zoom, as well as easily recognisable sounds and images. It requires no assistive technology and is described on the Ballyland website to help young children “develop essential foundation keyboarding and keyboard ‘mapping’ skills that will benefit their future use of computer technology”.
cap that! asks educators to become Captions Champions, where they are provided with a kit of information to learn about captions, promote them to colleagues and introduce them into their lessons. We recruited 577 Captions Champions this year, which well and truly topped last year’s 375.
Teachers who have been using captions, which in their simplest form are words on a screen, as an access tool in their classroom for a while may want to explore using captions to teach language skills, concepts, new vocabulary, comprehension and so much more.
As a range of students struggle with literacy, they need direct and explicit instruction to assist them and resources that can support their learning. Using captions to teach skills and concepts can greatly assist these students and supplement the learning of others.
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