Educator as Designers Book Cover. It is a architecture blueprint theme with a white outline schoolhouse and a blue background with a grid.

Design Universally for Students

Educators are Always Designing. It’s time to Think like a Designer.

Learn more about Universal Design, UDL, and Hostile Design in Schools. Read the new book Educators as Designers: The hidden Architecture of Learning and connect with Jim

Curb Cuts are only the beginning

fancy curb cut with ridges, haptic feedback, hi visibility strips and more

Reach your diverse student groups efficiently with UDL (Universal Design for Learning) principles. Design language, is central to teacher collaboration and understanding how to solve complex problems with UDL. Learn about Hostile Design, universality in design, Affordances, Signifiers, and more.

UDL Language

The Design Thinking process is key to UDL being able to change a school’s culture. Meaningful and sustainable change doesn’t happen by accident. Instead, the design process provides an opportunity for you and your colleagues to make the change you desire a reality.

Design Process for Educators

Two colleagues working on planning
UDL Design Process

MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE to student learning

Poster of planning work done by a teacher.

UDL fueled my career in the classroom – while Design Thinking saved it.

The design cycle and UDL can do the same for you and your school community.

Find Out How

Enjoy your Design

Four images of a project to redesign a telecaster guitar

How to enjoy your design work in the classroom. Love what you have designed! Reach out to Jim to go further. His passion and friendliness is clear.

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