Please Rate Yourself
1. What is your current level of knowledge of
Internet resources for Universal Design for
Learning?
___ Low ___ Middle ___ High
Please place a sticker on the easel to represent
your current level of knowledge.
4/5
• Point 1
Reach and Teach
All Students:
Universal Design
for Learning and Assistive
Technology
• Point 2
• Point 3
Jim Earnhart, SST Region 5
Helen Kenzig, SST Region 4
Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence
470 Glenmont Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43214
Phone: 866-886-2254
Fax: 614-262-1070
www.ocali.org
Funded by the Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children
OCALI Regionalization
Reach and Teach all Students
• Low-tech and high-tech solutions
• Free resources
• Matching Tools to Tasks
Reading, writing, math, science, social studies, other
OCALI UDL Tools
http://groups.diigo.com/group/ocali-udl-tools
• A free resource containing all of the web sites
and tools addressed in today’s session.
• Subscribe to Diigo
• Or just use the link for viewing
What is REPRESENTATION?
Representation
refers to how you
design and deliver
information to
your class.
Ask yourself: “How do I present the essential curricular concepts to
my students?”
What is EXPRESSION?
Expression refers to providing
students with alternatives for
demonstrating what they have
learned.
Ask yourself: “How do I allow my students to demonstrate what they have
learned from my lesson”
What is ENGAGEMENT?
Engagement refers
to how students
participate in your
class.
Ask yourself: “How do I involve my students in the learning
process?”
Flexible Design
Which brain
network is related to
representation?
Which UDL principle
is related to the
strategic brain
network?
Engagement is the
____ of learning.
Activity – Reformat eText
•• Go
anyany
webweb
page,page,
and select
(highlight)
paragraph ofa
Gototo
and
select a(highlight)
text with the mouse.
paragraph
of text with the mouse.
•Edit/copy to clipboard.
•Edit/copy
clipboard.
•Open a blankto
document
in Microsoft Word, and paste the
contents
clipboard.
•Open of
a the
blank
document in Microsoft Word,
•Select All text (Edit/Select All)
and
pastethe
the
contents
of 24
the clipboard.
•Change
font
to Arial, Size
•Select
Allthe
text
•Change
font(Edit/Select
color to yellow All)
•Change
thethe
background
black Size 24
•Change
font totoArial,
•Change the font color to yellow
•Change the background to black
Flexible Design
Representation - Examples
LitCharts: http://www.litcharts.com/
Provides online and pdf summaries of classic literature with side-by-side summary and
analysis. An iPod app for each story is available for purchase (.99).
Sparknotes: http://www.sparknotes.com/ Online summaries of classsic literature; iPod app.
No Fear Shakespeare: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/ side-by-side translation into plain English.
WatchKnow: http://www.watchknow.org/
Videos for kids to learn from. Thousands of videos. Organized.
Read Print: http://www.readprint.com/
A free online book library of classic literature (over 8,000 titles). Reading Mode places
the text in a pop-up window that is easier to read.
Librivox: http://librivox.org/newcatalog/
Audio recordings, access to text files, podcasts and artwork of public domain literature.
Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/
Free download of digital text from public domain literature.
Flexbook: http://ck12.org/flexr/
Create custom textbooks online.
Flexible Design
Expression - Examples
Glogster EDU: http://edu.glogster.com/ (link may not work..type in)
An educational resource for innovative and interactive learning.
Dabbleboard: http://dabbleboard.com/
a free online whiteboard with graphic organizer, drawing tool, and
pictures for group collaboration of ideas.
Powerpoint: http://www.pppst.com/index.html
Pete’s PowerPoint Station has thousands of free Power Points with
templates and tutorials created by students.
SAM: http://udlspotlight.wordpress.com/category/sam-animation/
1
SAM Animation - CAST description of how this free software is aligned
with UDL
http://www.samanimation.com/index.php?option=com_mydownload
Example
•
sam animation example Save the World
2
3
Flexible Design
Engagement - Examples
Blabberize: http://blabberize.com/
Upload pictures, record voice and make the photo "speak" your recording.
MyStoryMaker: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/
select background, characters, and props to make a scene to write about
and show online or print.
Learning Today: http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/maths-games.asp
Online math games Included are number and operations, measurement
and geometry. For other game options:
http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/teacher-resources.asp
Shmoop: http://www.shmoop.com/
…makes learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the
digital age.
60 Second Recap: http://www.60secondrecap.com/
Academic/Work Supports
• Reading Systems
Librivox: http://librivox.org/newcatalog/
Audio recordings, access to text files, podcasts and artwork of
public domain literature.
Read Print: http://www.readprint.com/
A free online book library of classic literature (over 8,000
titles). Reading Mode places the text in a pop-up window that is easier
to read.
Flexible Design – Literature
Expanded UDL Activity
• Select one of the following literary works:
• A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
• The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
• Open WatchKnow, and search for/view supporting video (search
author name and/or title (i.e. Call of the Wild)).
• Download mp3 of Chapter 1 from Librivox, and save to LitExample
folder, or subscribe to Podcast within iTunes (immediate download).
• Open ReadPrint in browser, and locate the same chapter of the
work. Launch Reading Mode.
• Double-click mp3 file and follow text as it is read (Use iTunes).
• Open SparkNotes in browser and view a shorter version of the
same work.
• Check out LitCharts.
Lunch Time!
•
UDL Resources http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/
While you’re waiting for the afternoon session to start,
take a moment to preview this website.
Readability of Textbooks and Materials
• Understand the Importance
Readability Plays in Learning
• Tools - Determine the Readability
of Text
• Strategies - bring the readability
down without changing the content
(auto summary, replace high syllable words thesaurus, shorten sentences, narrow
margins, color backgrounds, spacing, font
and size, teach with visuals content specific
vocabulary, text-to-speech)
• Check for supplemental materials that come
with your textbook
If students can’t
read it
They can’t
understand it
They can’t
learn it
They can’t
practice it
They can’t
implement it
Readability Tools
Go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake
Select (highlight) the first paragraph of the first article about earthquakes, copy to the
clipboard, and then go to…..
• http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/tools/okapi/o
kapi.php, paste the text into the box and click “Run
Readability Analysis”.
• Open, MS Word and paste text into a new document. Tools
menu/Spelling and Grammar/Options
✔Show readability statistics (Click OK), Run Spell Check and
view Readability Stats.
• Wikipedia: Use languages translation tool on any page in
Wikipedia to simplify the sentence structure
and
length of the article. Simply select
"Simple English" from column on left and page changes.
Copy the “Simple English” paragraph into a new MS
Word document, and show readability statistics.
How do the two paragraphs compare?
Activity – Simplify Text
•Copy/Paste a Wikipedia paragraph into Microsoft Word.
•Determine Readability Level using MS Word (spell check).
Multimedia
techniques
that will not
measured
•In the
Tools Menu,
select AutoSummarize,
andbechoose:
•“Highlight
Key Points”, choose
by a Readability
tool: a percentage to preserve, click OK.
•View
results, and
adjust percentage based on your findings.
•narrow
margins
•color backgrounds
font and
size(click left button) or
•You•Increase
can accept spacing,
the summarized
portion
•teach
with article
visuals(click
content
specificThe
vocabulary
restore
the entire
right button).
process can be re•text-to-speech
started
(from Edit Menu or Tools Menu).
Re-check the Readability Level.
•AutoSummarize, used exclusively, is not really changing the
Readability Level, but it helps to reduce the volume of an article.
•Manually replace lengthy words and split/reduce long sentences.
Then, re-check the Readability Level.
Readability Tools
Readability: an arc90 Laboratory Experiment
Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web
more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you're
reading. Go to the hyperlink below to install Readability in
your Web browser.
http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
Tools for Reading
Text-to-Speech
• ReadPlease: http://www.readplease.com/
• Natural Reader: http://www.naturalreaders.com/
• WordTalk is a free text-to-speech plug-in for
Microsoft Word:
http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/
• Macintosh Text-to-Speech:
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/macosx/literacyl
earning.html
Tools for Reading
Text-to-Speech (cont.)
• TextHELP: Read&Write Gold, ScreenShot
Reader, etc:
http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp
• Kurzweil 3000:
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000.aspx
Text to MP3
• VozMe: http://vozme.com/
Tools for Reading / Audio Books
• Bookshare: http://www.bookshare.org/
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic:
http://www.rfbd.org/info_teachers_educators
.htm
• Tar Heel Reader: http://tarheelreader.org/
• Browser Books:
http://staff.prairiesouth.ca/~cassidy.kathy/bro
wserbooks/index.htm
• Children’s Storybooks Online:
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Tools for Reading / Audio Books
• Reading Systems
Start to Finish Books (Don Johnston, Inc.):
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/start_to_finish/library/index.html
…are designed to provide multiple supports (auditory, visual, cognitive).
Portable Text Readers
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Classmate – Don Johnston, Inc.
Kindle2 – Amazon.com
Sony eBook Reader
Intel® Reader
iPad
Blio Software (Ray Kurzweil)
Symbol Supported Text
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PictureIt
PixWriter
Clicker5
Boardmaker
Communicate: SymWriter
News-2-You
Symbol World
Slater Software Website – (free symbol
Ex of what you get/booklet...
search)
Create Symbol-Supported
Calendars & Schedules
• Microsoft Word
• Slater Software Free Symbols:
http://www.slatersoftware.com/
• Clip Art: http://atresources.org/wiki/Visual_Supports
Tools for Writing / Presenting
• Keyboards
The
Writer -with
Learning
Systems
– Fusion
keyboard.
Alphasmart
NEO,overlay
3000,
Dana
IntelliKeys
for whole
word or
sentence writing
http://www.alphasmartdirect.com/intro.aspx
http://www.writerlearning.com/fusion_overview.php
http://www.intellitools.com/
Tools for Writing / Presenting
•
Multimedia & Digital Storytelling
– MakeBelief Comics: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
comic strip development utilizing writing skills
– ToonDoo: http://www.toondoo.com/ even more features
– create a video from audio & visual resources
• Animoto: http://animoto.com/
• Flixtime: http://flixtime.com/
– Voice Thread: group conversations around pictures, documents, videos
http://voicethread.com/ - home
Helen’s demo link
•
Online Art Tools: http://haugen.wikispaces.com/Art+Tools+Online
•
Six Ways for Students to Create Videos:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/11/six-easy-ways-for-students-tocreate.html
Tools For Writing / Presenting
• Flip Video Camera
• Cell Phone Video
• YouTube
• Tooble
• TeacherTube
Tools for Writing / Presenting
• Writing Supports
– Ghotit: free online spell checker
http://ghotit.com/home.shtml
– Ginger: the write solution checks spelling & grammar
http://www.gingersoftware.com/
– MyWebspiration: beta version of Inspiration
http://mywebspiration.com/
– Read/Write/Think: online/interactive tools to support
the writing process
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/student-interactives/
link to bullying story strips in readwritethink
Tools for Writing / Presenting
Co:Writer Demo :
http://www.donjohnston.com/media/flash/product_
demo/cowriter6/index.html
Tools for Writing / Presenting
Low Tech Tools for Struggling Writers
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Hot Dots
Coinulator
Pencil grips
Highlighter tape
Recorder for homework
Rubber stamps with inkpad
Raised line paper/highlighted paper
Tools for Math
• Create a Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: A collection of more than 100
on-line virtual manipulatives and math tools for K-12. This website offers
tools for all areas of Ohio’s Math Content Standards www.nlvm.usu.edu
• WebMath: Shows correct answers and computations for most math
operations http://www.webmath.com/
• Math Playground: pre-K through 6 math games, activities, etc.
http://www.mathplayground.com/
• Learning Today: Online math games Included are number and operations,
measurement and
geometry http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/maths-games.asp
Tools for Science & Social Studies
•
Learning Science.org: http://learningscience.org/
Sharing the best science interactives and resources. Search tied to
academic content standards.
• Windows to the Universe:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Covers Earth and Space sciences and includes documents, images, movies,
and animations presented at three different reading levels.
• Science Hack: Videos on numerous science topics.
http://sciencehack.com/videos/index
• WatchKnow: Videos on numerous topics, including Social Studies (1200),
Science (2739). http://www.watchknow.org/
• Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/
• TimeToast: Create online timelines. http://www.timetoast.com/
Tools for Study Skills
Webspiration (Beta), online graphic organizer: http://mywebspiration.com
Awesome Highlighter, highlighting tool for web pages:
www.awesomehighlighter.com
Flashcard Machine:
This is a free web application that enables users to create interactive webbased study flash cards and share them with others.
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/
VocabAhead: over 1000 difficult words explained using Vocabulary Videos
and Flash Cards: http://vocabahead.com/
15 Tools to Help Students Get
Organized:http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/12/15-tools-to-helpstudents-with.html
Tools for Collaboration
• Google Apps – Education
Edition: http://www.google.com/google-ds/tour1.html
• Zoho Writer: http://www.zoho.com/
• Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/tools
• Skype for video
conferencing: http://www.skype.com/
• Wiki's: http://www.wikispaces.com/
• Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home
Tools for This and That
• Word Magnets:
http://www.triptico.co.uk/flashFiles/wordMagnets/WordMag
nets.html
• Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/
WordleExamples
• Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/
• Online Digital Musical Instruments:
http://otot.wikispaces.com/file/view/Online+Digital+Instrume
nts.pdf
• Online Art Tools:
http://haugen.wikispaces.com/Art+Tools+Online
• LACMA: Families and Children in American
Art: http://www.lacma.org/programs/familygame/index.aspx
• Visual Recipes: http://visualrecipes.com/
Bundled Tools
• 100 Useful Tools for Special Needs Students and
Educatorshttp://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2009/09/07/100
-useful-tools-for-special-needs-students-educators/
Please Rate Yourself
1. What is your current level of knowledge of
internet resources for Universal Design for
Learning?
___ Low ___ Middle ___ High
Afternoon….
___ Low
___ Middle
___ High
Create-a-graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
THANKS FOR LEARNING WITH
Please visit OCALI’s website
for resources on ASD, AT and low incidence
disabilities: http://www.ocali.org
Email to presenters: jim_earnhart@ocali.org]
lc_kenzig@lgca.org
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