Websites

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Websites Software to Support a UDL Environment

• Lorinda Tait, MA-CCC, SLP
• Lotait_at_aol.com

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Life is Simple!

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What do you already know?

• What is the focus of Universal Design for
  Learning?
• What resources are there to supplement your
  teaching?
• What websites are available?

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Curriculum Barriers
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What is the focus of Universal Design for
Learning?

• To remove barriers to learning
• To provide supports where they are needed
• To engage every student in a successful learning
  experience

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Universal Design

• The careful construction of curriculum and
  curriculum materials to encourage access for all
  students.
• It refers to the features of a curriculum that
  make it compatible for a large (universal)
  audience.

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Multiple means of representation Use multiple
formats and media

• Highlight critical features (e.g., Use different
  colors of highlighters to identify the title,
  headings, main ideas and supporting details in an
  expository text)

• Present multiple examples and non-examples of a
  concept (e.g., Some examples of conflict are
  arguments and war. Non-examples include
  cooperating to solve a problem and working
  together to help someone.)
• Support Background Knowledge

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Use multiple formats and media to support
learner differences

• Print
• Textbooks and Trade Books
• Newspapers and Magazines
• Considerate, age-appropriate texts (like
  Start-to-Finish books)
• Web content on any subject at a variety of
  difficulty levels

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Websites

• NASA explores site
• http//www.nasaexplores.com/
• Windows to the Universe
• http//www.windows.ucar.edu/
• Bens Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/

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Literature/Language Arts

• The Childrens Literature Web Guidewww.ucalgary.c
  a/dkbrown
• Online Classic Literature Libraryhttp//www.liter
  ature.org/authors/
• SparkNotes-Classic Books Onlinehttp//www.sparkno
  tes.com/texts
• Project Gutenburghttp//promo.net/pg/
• American Library Association
• http//www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/

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Videos for Download

• Exploration in Education offers Electronic
  Tutorials form a NASA supported program.
• Apple Learning Interchange Videos as well as the
  ways teachers have incorporated them into the
  classroom are scattered throughout this site.
  Lesson plans and study guides can be downloaded
  as well.
• Perseus Project contains a video about the
  ancient Olympic games also take a look at the
  other collections offered on this site.
• Career Videos offers 360 captioned videos each
  about a different career.
• edutopia online, the George Lucas Foundation site
  - discuss topics relevant to todays classrooms.

• The Prelinger Archives offer over 45,000
  advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur
  films. Since its beginning in 1983, its goal has
  been to collect, preserve, and facilitate access
  to films of historic significance that haven't
  been collected elsewhere. The collection is open
  to all for free downloading and reuse but not
  sold.
• Media Channel Scroll down to the middle of this
  page to find and extensive list of links. Many,
  but not all, link to video clips. Some cannot be
  downloaded, but the items that are available
  cover a range of interesting current topics.

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Audio Books

• (free, via subscription or CD-based such as
  Start-to-Finish books)
• Software programs that translate printed text
  into speech (like SOLO, ReadOutLoud, Aspire
  Reader, WYNN, TestTalker) used with text files
  available through the Internet and/or directly
  through publishers (NIMAS)

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Electronic Books

• Talking books on line for elementary
  http//www.starfall.com, www.facthound.com
  choose the grade level, type in this book
  ID0736863346 or 0736863354 or 1404823182
• click Fetch It. Best sites will come up!
• www.childsworld.com , www.picturewindowbooks.com

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Visual

• Graphic organizersboth print-based and
  electronic programs (like SOLO, ReadOutLoud,
  DraftBuilder, Inspiration, Kidspiration, Visual
  Thesaurus). http//www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues
  /students/learning/lr1kwlh.htm http//school.disco
  very.com/schrockguide/newtheme0206.html
• Considerate, age-appropriate educational videos
  intended for use as learning "anchors" (like
  Incite!) and/or full-length videos or video clips
  (available free or by subscription)

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More Visual

• Graphics libraries that include photographs,
  illustrations and animations www.FreeFoto.com,
  www.Pics4Learning.com
•  MultimediaText, sound, graphics, animation and
  video software (like PowerPoint, HyperStudio, Kid
  Pix)
• Teacher tools-rubrics, graphic organizers,
  bibliography maker www.myt41.com,
  www.eduplace.com

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Digital Media

• Present information in multiple modes and with
  multiple levels of support to challenge as well
  as scaffold learners across a wide range of needs
  and abilities.
• Save, share and use from class-to-class,
  teacher-to-teacher and year-to-year, expanding
  the options you have available to individualize
  learning in your classroom.
• Saves time while assuring that more learners are
  successfully included in meaningful learning.

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General Sources

• KidsClick was created by a group of librarians at
  the Ramapo Catskill Library System, articles
  listed with illustration information and
  readability level.http//www.kidsclick.org
• Pink Monkeyhttp//www.pinkmonkey.com
• California State University, Northridge Current
  events and electronic resources for
  kids.http//www.csun.edu/hcedu013/cevents.html

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More Sources

• Internet Public Library, Youth Divisionhttp//www
  .ipl.org/div/kidspace
• Internet Public Library, Teen Divisionhttp//www.
  ipl.org/div/teen/
• Awesome Libraryhttp//www.awesomelibrary.org/Clas
  sroom/Technology/Technology.html
• Discovery Schoolhttp//school.discovery.com/stude
  nts/
• Class Homeworkhttp//www.classhomework.com/

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Social Studies

• Library of Congresshttp//lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.h
  tml
• National Geographic for Kidshttp//www.nationalge
  ographic.com/kids/
• National Park Service/Historic Placeshttp//www.c
  r.nps.gov/nr/twhp/

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Center for Applied Special Technology
www.cast.org

• Founded in 1984 CAST has earned international
  recognition for its development of innovative,
  technology-based educational resources and
  strategies based on the principles of Universal
  Design for Learning (UDL).
• Creation or codevelopment of innovative software
  such as Thinking Reader, WiggleWorks, and Bobby

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What do you know now?

• What is the focus of Universal Design for
  Learning?
• What resources are there to supplement your
  teaching?
• What websites are available?
• Lorinda Tait Lotait_at_aol.com
• Subject MITS
• Thanks for coming!!!