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In week 3 of EDLD 5364, we were required to create a UDL lesson plan. With me being a technology specialist for my school district, this was somewhat of a difficult task for me. I had no prior teaching experience and no lesson building experience. The readings for this week really helped me out in developing a UDL lesson plan. After reading about the three networks (Recognition, Affective, Strategic), I gained a better understanding of how to apply these networks to my lesson plan. My lesson plan was over the rainforest in the subject of Reading. I was able to rely on the TEKS standards for 3rd Grade Reading to help develop my lesson plan.
 * __UDL Lesson Reflection__**

The goal of my lesson plan was to have student read articles covering the rainforest. After the students read the articles, they would be tested on their comprehension of their readings. The students were required to created a PowerPoint presentation that covered what they learned from the readings. Initially, this was difficult for me to come up with, but after I got going it became somewhat exciting.

I enjoyed the experience from this assignment. I was given the opportunity to see how much effort teachers actually have to put into their lesson plans. I now am more knowledgeable about what goes on in the classroom from a teacher's perspective. I take my hat off to all teacher now, because I initially thought that it would be easy to create a lesson plan for students. This assignment provided an excellent experience for me, although it was difficult and frustrating in the begining. I look forward to future assignments that presents such great challenges.