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"The flip chart easel is used along with the alphabet flip chart for self-selected writing activities. The easel allows for the partner in partner-assisted scanning to have their hands free to point to the letters as well as write the letters the student chooses on their page. It also allows the student to have the alphabet flip chart at eye level as they focus on the letters being scanned. The easel can also be used with the communication flip chart for other partner assisted scanning activities. The easel has been designed by Julie Brickhouse, a teacher on the Deaf-Blind Model Classroom Project in North Carolina."

Universal Design for Learning has also been in the news lately as a new report Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Initiatives on the Move was released by the National Center on UDL, May, 2012. This post describes the principles of Universal Design for Learning and how they naturally occur when a full cycle of learning, including ideas related to the flipped classroom, are used within the instructional process.

Video describing the flipped classroom

Definition of the Flipped Classroom

Practice creating and expanding sentences!

"With consideration for some of the most frequently recommended visual supports in mind, this small 5 ½ x 8" binder includes a First/Then board, a Personal Picture Schedule, and a Task Analysis Checklist, with a Finished Pocket on the front cover.  Each of these is easily available by flipping or opening the folded board which is adhered to the Finished Pocket.  A Token Reward board is on the back cover. The picture symbols and tokens for all these tools are housed inside the binder on plastic tabbed dividers covered in adhesive carpet tiles."

interventions planning resources. Core Flip books and much more. Gail Van Tatenhove and Minspeak

articles related to UDL in the 21st Century classroom

Large variety of webinars (only available 6 months after original live streaming date). Topics currently include discipline, online learning, social media initiatives, school climate, flipped classrooms, rti and data driven strategies, print to digital transition, enhancing teacher effectiveness, etc.

Fun manipulatives for teaching language arts.

YouTube Channel of a science teacher (Biology) at Loudoun County High School who is making videos for a flipped classroom model. Use these videos in your own science lessons.

Great Google Doc's presentation with lots of good ideas. Some slides have embedded sample videos

Dinah Zike's Foldables®, VKV's®, & Equivalency FlipsTM Unique Graphic Organizers & Manipulatives. See free examples as well as products for sale

Students are likely to know many more words than they use in their writing. This lesson is designed to help students better use their vocabulary by teaching (or reviewing) what verbs are and to then help them access verbs they already know and use them in sentences. Students work together to brainstorm and create lists of verbs for each of the letters of the alphabet. Then, choosing one verb for each letter, they create pages for an Action Alphabet book. Each page includes an illustration and a sentence using the verb in context. The project can be adapted according to age level and language ability. Students in kindergarten may work together on a class book, while older students may work in small groups or individually. Similarly, the complexity of the example sentences will vary depending on students' writing levels."

If your students love Lego™ they are going to flip over the City Creator website.