BC UDL

Great place to start planning a workshop on digital citizen.

This Google online conference took place May 2015 but recorded sessions can be viewed here.

The Write Start Program is a comprehensive, activity based program in which first grade students learn handwriting and writing. In the Write Start program, occupational therapists and teachers collaborate to provide effective instruction for all students and individualized accommodations for students at risk for handwriting problems. I just love the way this approach is evidence based and collaborative.

Great examples of ways to use the free app videoscribe.

UDL theory (universal design for learning) can help embed a personalized approach to the instructional design process. Nice short summary of UDL starting with importance of separating goals from methods.

Short video explanation of Kahoot, a very engaging and easy to use learner response system! You can use public quizzes or create your own. Basically you launch the quiz on your device and display it on a screen. Students will see the questions and the answers. Students sign in to kahoot.it on their own devices, enter the quiz's pin number, a nickname and respond. To create your own kahoots, go to getkahoot.com to create a free account.

Capturing a real-time screencast of apps and games running on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad used to require juggling with various devices/cables. As our

Great video about how to use Livebinders in a UDL compatible approach at the bottom of this blog post. Other tools shown are audacity, quizlet, wallwisher, shahi.

Leveled reading for current events stories from the Smithsonian. Lexile leveled current events, lesson plans, quizzes, assessments

Leveled readings for current events. Requires a free account.

BCTF has just launched (2014) a new website for teachers to upload and share resources.

BCTF has just launched (2014) a new website for teachers to upload and share resources.

Registration link for Universal Design for Learning: From Theory to Practice..Free Webinar coming up Tuesday December 16th.

The details about the following nine word cloud generators will give you a fair idea how, as an educator, you can get the best out of them. The generator at ABCYA is safe for kids.

There are a handful of questions I can count on being asked at least once at every school in which I do instructional technology coaching. I'm sure many of you have the same issues, so I thought I'd share. Good solid advice for 1)showing YouTube videos, 2)mirroring iPads to SMARTBoards and 3)the best answer to the "must-have" apps question.

Easy chapter summaries for Hatchet and Tuck Everlasting on Tar Heel Readers. Search for mareend

Nice summary of Google Tools available for free

Entire online book about the Picture Word Inductive Method by Emily F. Calhoun.

Slideshare with great ideas

New Brunswick teachers rank types of supports that they find most valuable. Collaboration and co-planning top the list and technology is rated last. Today, more and more schools are embracing inclusive beliefs and values and putting into practice structures that will permit each student to learn in an environment that welcomes diversity.

Pulls a variety of media, facts from www to create a concept map about your topic.