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Page 1: Websites & Software to Support a UDL Environment Lorinda Tait, MA-CCC, SLP

Websites & Software to Websites & Software to Support a UDL Support a UDL EnvironmentEnvironment

Lorinda Tait, MA-CCC, SLPLorinda Tait, MA-CCC, [email protected]@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 sitehttp://www.nasaexplores.com/ • Windows to the Universehttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/• Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

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Literature/Language Arts• The Children’s Literature Web Guide

www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown• Online Classic Literature Library

http://www.literature.org/authors/• SparkNotes-Classic Books Online

http://www.sparknotes.com/texts• Project Gutenburg

http://promo.net/pg/• American Library Association • http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/

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Videos for Download• 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.

• 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 today’s classrooms.

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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®, Read:OutLoud, 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 ID:0736863346 or 0736863354 or 1404823182

• click Fetch It. Best sites will come up!• www.childsworld.com ,

www.picturewindowbooks.com

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Visual– Graphic organizers—both print-based and

electronic programs (like SOLO, Read:OutLoud, Draft:Builder®, Inspiration, Kidspiration, Visual Thesaurus). http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1kwlh.htm http://school.discovery.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

–  Multimedia—Text, 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 Division

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace• Internet Public Library, Teen Division

http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/• Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Technology/Technology.html

• Discovery Schoolhttp://school.discovery.com/students/

• Class Homeworkhttp://www.classhomework.com/

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Social Studies• Library of Congress

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html• National Geographic for Kids

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/• National Park Service/Historic Places

http://www.cr.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 [email protected]

Subject: MITSThanks for coming!!!