BC UDL

Collection of SMARTBoard activities for math, algebra.

Phenomenal set of lessons which use Google Earth to teach real world math. There are several lessons under each of 4 main topics: concepts, measurement, project-based learning, and exploratory. The author provides a screenshot, objectives and description of the lesson with a downloadable .kmz file and downloadable .doc worksheet. Probably more suitable for middle school or high school. If the Lessons link doesn't work from the main page, go to the resources page and click on lessons.

Incredible collection of flash to teach middle and high school math. The flash is interactive, allowing you to change a variable such as the value of an exponent and then see how that changes the value in an equation. For example, kids can experiment by altering the value of exponents to learn why we keep the base and add exponents when we're multiplying two powers with the same base. Jim teaches in Alberta.

Great resource for secondary students. Summary, notes, guides, and analysis of themes and characters for English Literature homework. The aim of this website is to make learning more relevant and fun for students in the digital age. Graduate students have compiled some excellent units.

This is a version of Glogster designed especially for educational use. Great, because this removes one of the reservations teachers might have about letting students use Glogster because students might run across innapropriate content. Glogster.com - Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. It is fantastic!

Detailed description of a vocabulary game using wordle word clouds.

This is a webslides tour of all of my SMARTBoard sites.

Very nice eportfolio site with great student examples. Student Jess has created a very attractive page.

Students can create a virtual museum box in which to collect items such as text, photos, video, and uploaded items needed to make an argument, describe a person or historical/geographical site etc. Students can also view other museum boxes and comment. For classroom use ideas, see Kelly Tenkley's Jan 06, 2009 post at iLearn Technology. This website was inspired by Thomas Clarkston who carried around a real museum box of artifacts to make a case for the abolition of slavery. It would probably be great for the PG group that's planning to do a Barkerville Unit.

Student Learning-Strengths Inventory. This page includes some kid-friendly assessment tools.

This is a webslides tour of ideas for using Wordle in the classroom.

This presentation will describe ways that you can support literacy using free tools found on the internet. Types of technology supports for literacy will be discussed as well as the some of the free tools that are available on the Internet today. The last part of the session will deal with what Universal Design for Learning calls for and how the types of tools discussed can assist educators in achieving Universal Design for Learning in your classroom.

Excellent engaging and educationally sound instructional videos. This science site for grades 1-6 also has great accessibility options including visual, auditory and keyboard shortcuts. I learned about this from Paul Hamilton's October 20, 2008 post. According to Paul, Many of the activities include captioned video where the "captions" can be read aloud. Other activities use diagrams and interactive images to present material. All text can be read aloud, and can be repeated upon request.

Slideshow of 35 creative ways to use a pocket video camera such as a Flip Mino. Kathy Rice found this; might need to sign in to Google docs to access.

Engineering Interact is a new and exciting free educational resource for primary school children aged 9 to 11. The resource provides fully interactive, engaging game environments and high-quality learning material tailored to the National Curriculum. Information about real world applications and cutting edge research motivates children and introduces them to the exciting subject of engineering. This resource has been created by the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, with a grant from the HEFCE Aspirations Fund and the University of Cambridge Active Community fund.

Anita was a team leader in last year's bc udl project. This post is a very moving account of how udl has changed her job.

DI site with lots of links, research and practice,

Zilladog.com is a web site created by parents for kids. They can stay connected with friends and family with our FREE ZillaMail email service. Kids can play free online games that are parent approved. They can play games from their favorite web sites such as Club Penguin, Neopets, Cartoon Network, Pokemon, Nickelodeon, and play Sonic games with Sonic the Hedgehog. They can also log on to and access their Webkinz pet.

A student discovers the limitations of a printed textbook.