Article about the learning benefits of using podcasts in the social studies curriculum when the goal was to try to infuse reading and writing into the curriculum.
This free plug-in enables text in any Microsoft Word document to be
read aloud. As a useful bonus, WordTalk also comes with a talking spell
checker and thesaurus. The simplicity of WordTalk's toolbar makes it
highly accessible, and the toolbar's functions are easy to configure
for individual preferences. To further enhance accessibility, the
software comes pre-programmed with keyboard commands. (--from Paul Hami's blog)
Word Web is a free comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus that can be used to look up words from within most programs. You simply click on an icon in your system tray to bring up the dictionary and thesaurus.
Collection of teacher-made powerpoint presentations that are in the public domain, meaning you can edit them to suit your purposes. A wide variety of topics including subject areas, games, and all grade levels
online database of UDL resources (Kurzweil, Clicker, etc) categorized by grade (Canada). Provides and example of a curriculum sharing database as well as examples of resources.
verbal mini-tutorials on algebra. Good for working out a single type of problem, but doesn't give the background information and all explanation is verbal - no accompanying number-lines or other visual tools to help understand.
Content for chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, and physics. Just the right amount of text on each page. Choose from a set of subtopics. Good navigation.
This site publishes student work online. The link bookmarked here takes you right to the submission guidelines. See the navigation bar on the left to read the articles submitted by students.
Recently, students have started using Microsoft Word to compete their journals one to three times a week (using a rotating schedule and one day of full-time computer lab access).
This link takes you to the advanced search page which allows you to
search for material based on keyword and grade level. You can choose to
omit lesson plans in your search, making it more likely for you to find
websites that you can take material from or use directly with students.
Wiki used as an example of a collaborative writing project at Closing the Gap 2007, PC-15 "Digial Literacies" with Denise DeCoste and Linda Bastiani Wilson. Participants of this workshop collaborated to write definitions of supported text and provide examples of the 11 elements of supported text.