BC UDL

Website made by a grade 5 class in New York studying Canada. Really well done but contains some mistakes...would be fun to challenge kids to find them, e.g. on the BC page.

Awesome free online or downloadable tool for creating shape collages. I learned about it today from a teacher who is using it with students to create collages of their interests for the learning styles/preferences portion of their portfolio. Very quick to download and figure out...totally worth watching the 3 minute tutorial. Leaves a watermark with their company logo in the free version but the teacher says it was so successful she's going to buy the paid version.

Ray Kurzweil has designed a free screenreader with text-to-speech, tracking, highlighting, note-taking and lots of books for free or purchase. I am investigating whether it's possible to convert .pdfs and .doc files into the format it uses. PRCVI is investigating this reader as an alternative for students who don't have Kurzweil.

Excellent site for kids to do research about dinosaurs even if they did spell Paleozoic and Mesozoic wrong.

Great little article about successful differentiation at 1 school with video clips.

Recommended by Kelley Tenkley as free and intuitive with embedded music player...haven't tried it yet.

UDL booklet is available for download from the SET-BC website. I've ordered 1500 print copies and 25 will be sent to every school that participated in the BC UDL project. The booklet has a short intro to UDL, links to resources, and essays about the impact of 6 "big ideas" in UDL from teachers involved in the project.

Best example of the worst kind of math problem...still laughing at "My Favorite Orange"

Wiki I created to document what's happening as I work with a group of grade 8 teachers who want to help students acquire more tools and skills (both high and low tech) for use in high school.

video calling for a new way to view assistive technology

Great video!

Created this wiki page in response to a request for support materials for learning about continents in a grade 4/5 classroom.

Wiki page I created for grades 3-5.

Wiki page I created with links about Canada's Fur Trade suitable for both intermediate and high school.

Great site for kids...history games and virtual tours of many historic places including North Pacific Cannery.

Page of resources created for students in a 4/5 class learning about Canada's Provinces and Territories but working below grade level.

Cute anime drawings with lots of Canadian symbols set to Arrogant Worms song Rocks and Trees.

Great website for finding information about each province written in very simple language.

Here's a set of websites I put together for students in grade 5 learning about continents but working below grade level.

Kieran Egan's Learning in Depth Project page.

Looking for an exciting and imaginative way to plan lessons that fit with the ways kids already think? Our school district is involved in Kieran Egan's Learning in Depth program which is a great fit with the udl principle Multiple Means of Engagement. Examples of lessons and downloadable lesson planning frameworks for imaginative education at this site.