Free-Reading is an open source instructional program that helps
educators teach early literacy. Because it is open source, it
represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and
researchers. Free-Reading contains a 40-week scope and sequence of
primarily phonological awareness and phonics activities that can
support and supplement a typical kindergarten or first grade "core" or
"basal" program. Check the FAQs for their advisory board, who is sponsoring and research base.
I came upon this site using StumbleUpon. It is hard to explain but the whole projoect is devoted to the development of reading skills and what happens when children experience problems. There are over 100 video interviews with National leaders in the field, interviews, and ariticles.
Free eBook builder from CAST. Provides lots of supports for the designing of books and provides UDL supports for students who read the books. Great tool to use with a classroom to build a book together, for students to use to publish their work, and for teachers to write interactive books for their lessons.
About this Project: Into the Book is a multimedia package designed to improve students' reading comprehension, as well as their ability to think and learn across the curriculum. Based on current research, the project focuses on eight learning strategies:
Using prior knowledge
Making connections
Questioning
Visualizing
Inferring
Summarizing
Evaluating
Synthesizing
Into the Book includes: A teacher and a student site.
I have recommended this site before. In the past it provided a comprehensive comparison of math and reading programs. Now the site has been updated to include new programs, new ways of examining features and now includes writing and AT tools.
From Louden Public Schools VA, this A.T. team has won awards for their work with students, members of the team published the book The Practical (and fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in the Public Schools.
I first came across this site my last year as an ECSE teacher. ECE programs were just beginning to systemactically document the early literacy skills of their students, and this site provided a good place to start.