"UDL provides a framework to create and implement lessons with flexible goals, methods, materials, and assessments that support learning for all students." (www.cast.org)
On this page you will find helpful links to resources to support the learning of all through accessible content and technologies:
http://www.cast.org - Center for Applied Special Technologies
The mission of CAST is to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through the research and development of innovative, technology-based educational resources and strategies.
http://www.teach-nology.com/ - teAchnology
We provide free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students.
http://www.udeducation.org/ - Universal Design Education Online
This site supports educators and students in their teaching and study of universal design. Universal design is an approach to the design of all products and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability, or situation.
http://ttaconline.org - T/TAC Online
The mission of Virginia's Training and Technical Assistance Centers (T/TAC) is to improve educational opportunities and contribute to the success of children and youth with disabilities (birth - 22 years). The Centers provide quality training and technical assistance in response to local, regional, and state needs. T/TAC services increase the capacity of schools, school personnel, service providers, and families to meet the needs of children and youth.
http://www.paec.org/fdlrstech/ua/mediactr.html - Universal Access: Tools for Schools Enabling Technologies
Florida's Sunshine State Standards and the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning (AASL & AECT) demand that today's media centers offer students opportunities to develop skills in accessing and using information.
http://www.literacyaccessonline.org/ - LiteracyAccess Online provides reading activities and resources for readers and
their helpers including: StoryBuilder and Read from the Web.
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ - Use this site to create, read, and share engaging digital books that build reading skills for students. Your universally designed books will engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills.
http://www.bcps.k12.md.us/boardmaker/adapted_library.asp - On this website you will find books that have been adapted using the Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) and the Mayer-Johnson program BoardMaker (c). The Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) are typically used by individuals who have difficulty being understood verbally or have severe difficulty with reading and writing.
http://www.setbc.org/setbc/accessiblebooks/default.html - Accessible Books are popular children’s books that have been “recreated” through the use of scanning and recording to enable the non-reader to access them via technology. The graphics and text of a selected book are displayed on the computer screen with narration added through either digitized (human reader) or synthesized (computer speech) speech. These books are created using software applications with graphics and speech capabilities that enable switch and adapted access methods.
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/ - Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age
http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/ - Priory Woods is an all age community special school situated in east Middlesbrough. Our school provides a quality, inclusive education for pupils with severe learning difficulties and those with profound and multiple needs.
