Universal Course Design Applied to Secondary Education • The Learning Environments (buildings, classrooms) • Educational Tools Used (documents, websites) • Learning and Instructional Materials (courses, activities, assignments, assessments) UDL and the Learning Environment • Classroom Comfort – Furniture, tables, chairs, space, AV • Audio – ability to hear the instructor • Visual – ability to see the information • Physical – ability to get to the classroom • Fatigue and time of day and attention span • Temperature and Lighting • E-Learning Environment Universal Design Principles for Curriculum, Instruction, Environment and Assessment 1. Present information in multiple ways • Visual • Auditory • tactile What is your students Learning Style • Garner’s Multiple Intellegence Test • http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/mi_te st.html • http://lth3.k12.il.us/rhampton/mi/mi.html Pocketalker Pro with EAR008 Wide Range Earphone by Williams Sound 705iR: Portable Infrared Audio System REDCAT by Lightspeed Noise Canceling Strategies • Reducing Fan Noise • Reducing Table Noise distractions • Noise cancelling headset QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones Text to Speech • http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/ • http://www.naturalreaders.com/?gclid=CP e1r7fwj58CFaM45QodyUsoLw • http://www.dkszone.net/2009/10/best-freetext-to-speech-online.html Taping of Lectures • • • • Camptasia Flip Video Free podcasts from ITUNES Podcast Alley http://www.podcastalley.com/ ITunes U Mobile Learning Once your classroom presentations and lectures have been captured and published, students can download them from iTunes. Then they can transfer them to iPod or iPhone and take it all with them. • http://www.apple.com/education/mobilelearning/ Livescribe Pen • http://www.livescribe.com/ 2. Use multiple ways for students to learn 3. Use multiple way to demonstrate competencies Curriculum, Instruction, Environment and Assessment Writing Solutions • Ginger http://www.gingersoftware.com/ Presenting Visual Information YouTube Clips • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8 904666123687875074&q=Macarena&hl=e n • Passive Range of Motion of a Baby • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3 894087728547115142&q=Shoulder+Move ment • Rotator cuff repair • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2 399321985158264326&q=Shoulder+Move ment Animation + Visual + Auditory Hands On • Switch Making Demo Elmo Portable Presenter Point 2 View USB Camera Homemade Document Camera Comfort • Head and Neck – Book or document Holder • Feet – foot rests • Arm – arm rests • Butt - cushions Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device Adaptation to Kindle Touch screen computers Nanovision Mimo 2G SMART Board 685ix interactive whiteboard system Touch Recognition Environment • • • • • • Tennis Balls Blowers Glare External Speakers Temperature Food Color • Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White Background • San Serif font • Use less words • Don’t combine words with pictures • Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White Background • San Serif font • Use less words • Don’t combine words with pictures • Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White Background • San Serif font • Use less words • Don’t combine words with pictures • Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White Background • San Serif font • Use less words • Don’t combine words with pictures • Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White Background • San Serif font • Use less words • Don’t combine words with pictures Keyboard Short Cuts • • • • • • B key Alt Tab Triple click Ctrl C Ctrl V Right Click over picture (Fair Use Provision) Drawing on Power Point • Right Click + o f • Right Click + o e (to erase) Recording • • • • • • • Disposable Video Cameras Tape Recorder Computer capture Scanning Documents Cuing - Tapping Re-auditorzation Other Tools Instructors Should Use • • • • Elmo ACDSee Camera with video and macros Dictaphone and Dragon Naturally Speaking • Scanner • Webcam Captures your board writing into the computer • Convert any Whiteboard to an Electronic One!! Using Mimio Homemade Smartboard Portable Mini Speakers for iPhone Driod iPod MP3 USB BlueTooth Head Set Ipod Nano now shoots video 3Generation I POD Touch 32g Genius Recommendations for Apps Say and Play PURE Digital Flip Ultra Camcorder