On this Doing What Works site, understand the research-based recommendation to teach vocabulary, watch videos on how actual schools are teaching vocabulary, and find a collection of tools and ideas to help you improve your practice.
Why UDL?
This site provides excellent examples as to how to support vocabulary development in the classroom.
WatchKnow is a free, online video library with links to more than 11,000 videos in 2,000 categories including history, math, science and other subjects.
Why UDL?
Presenting ideas through video is another way in whcih key concepts can be illustrated non-linguistically.
Use Webspiration to map out ideas, organize with outlines and collaborate online with teams or colleagues.
Why UDL?
Implementing Webspiration's array of visual thinking models into the classroom is an effective way to guide students' information processing.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create and share Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Why UDL?
Scratch provides students with an array of ways to demonstrate learning - through creating interactive stories, animations, games, art.
Glogster allows you to create "interactive posters" to communicate ideas. Students can embedded media links, sound, and video, and then share their posters with friends.
Why UDL?
Glogster is a unique tool that allows students to communicate their learning as well as their creativity!
Animoto provides tools for making videos by using animation to pull together a series of images and combining with audio. Animoto videos or presentations are easy to publish and share.
Why UDL?
Making a video presentation by combining music and images is another creative way through which students can express their ideas.
ToonDoo is a website that allows users to generate their own comic strips. You can create your own characters by selecting basic traits from an extensive list. You can also upload your own images. ToonDoo also offers excellent community features such as voting, commenting, and sharing.
Why UDL?
Making comics is a creative way for students to express their ideas. With ToonDoo, students can share their comics with each other for collaboration on projects or feedback.
Want to share ideas? The world's coolest brainstorming and mind mapping software has now joined the open source community.
Why UDL?
Mapping is an effective way to organize and manage information.
atch this video for a great example of UDL in a classroom that requires no technology. A teacher in Anchorage, AK demonstrates his strategies for creating a collaborative environment for learning.
Why UDL? Fostering collaboration and communication is an important UDL strategy. Watch students share ideas, practice discussion, provide constructive feedback, and work in groups.