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Geometry students at Mountlake Terrace High School design a state of the art high school for 2050 in teams as a culminating project. Students receive guidance and feedback from a local architect who eventually judges the students' projects. Why UDL? Connecting learning to students' own lives is an important UDL strategy. Relevance, value, and authenticity are enhanced for these high school students by developing their math skills through a real world problem.

Starfall is a free learn-to-read website. It contains various interactive activities and games related to the essential components of early reading. Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Why UDL? Designed for early readers, Starfall features activities and games that build decoding skills such as the pairing of sounds with letters and letter combinations.

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.

Use this site to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills. Why UDL? Book Builder books can include text, images, and audio, providing options for authors and multiple points of access for readers.

In this article, the author describes the use of "Learner Diaries" in order to "see each student as an individual with individual needs and abilities" and "to develop a 'one-to-one' relationship even with large classes of students." Why UDL? The use of "Learner Diaries" in the classroom is an effective way to develop students' self-reflection and assessment skills.

Advanced high school students serve as mentors, teaching younger students the fundamentals of game design as part of McKinley School's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math program). Why UDL? Encouraging students to act as mentors to their peers has multiple advantages. Mentors gain confidence and reinforce their skills by teaching others, and peers benefit from individualized coaching.

"This FREE implementation toolkit provides a lesson plan and supportive materials for you to design your own student self-advocacy learning model." Why UDL? Teaching students to become self-advocates is an effective way to develop their self-assessment skills.