Welcome to Tar Heel Gameplay, a collection of free, easy-to-play, and accessible games. Each game is speech enabled and may be accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens and 1 to 3 switches.
You may create your own games using videos from the huge collection at YouTube.
It's based on creating switch stop/starts in YouTube videos, and you can also set it up with your own videos by cutting and pasting the link. You just don't want to save those home videos to the GamePlay website where everyone searches.
http://tarheelgameplay.org/
It works best if you use it in a Chrome browser, but on my iPad, I've been using it in Safari okay.
Check out some of my favorites -
Disney Princess Medley - from one of my Bridge Camp buddies - A
Ornie the Pig - the stops emphasize action verbs that the character is going to do if you activate the swtich, not just hit the switch to make it go
Nascar pit Stop - if you want lots of switch activations and fast action
and of course, Scat - because who doesn't love ya some Ice Age squirrel thing?
"On Specialbites you will find switch games to download and now tons of 'online switch games which are also great on a touchscreen
and for learning early mouse skills
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Whiz Kid Games website has videos using clever animations to illustrate social stories and interactive games that reinforce the concepts presented in the animations. It is important to know that a team in Australia designed this site so some vocabulary ma
Math games, videos, word problems, worksheets, flashcards and quizzes
Welcome to Math Playground, an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Play a math game, solve a logic puzzle, and have some fun!
Great collection of math resources and tools for elementary students and teachers, including interactive media, videos, games, lesson plans, and webinars. You can search for resources by math topic or grade level.
Districts seek ways to implement universal design
By ALEXANDER RUSSO
Bringing UDL into the Mainstream, continued
Bringing UDL into the Mainstream: Districts seek ways to implement universal design
Bringing UDL into the Mainstream
For the past several years, new teachers joining the Bartholomew (Ind.) Consolidated School Corporation have been encouraged to watch a video introducing the preferred method of teaching in the district. Rather than highlighting a single approach, however, the video is all about encouraging teachers to use varied ways and materials to present new information and to assess learning, be it aurally through talking iPads, visually through doodles on whiteboards, creatively through art projects and games, or by using old-fashioned pen and paper. That's because the preferred method of teaching in Bartholomew County is UDL, or Universal Design for Learning.
"Here you'll find a variety of guided activities with supporting tools to help enhance kids' playtime experiences. Each activity was created with specially selected Hasbro toys and games. The activities are available in both print and video form, and are categorized into 3 levels"