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Harris Burdick project Lisa and Christine make sure the goal is clear and they give their students many ways to learn the material and demonstrate their mastery. For a specific example, check out the class wiki of their award-winning collaborative writing project based on the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. Be sure to scroll all the way down on the wiki to explore how the project participants use VoiceThread to reflect on their project.

HSE graudate project incorporating UDL in a poetry lesson Other projects here: not all links are active http://multimediaandcontent.blogspot.com/

via Paul Hamilton...Free Resources from the Net for (Special) Education ».... Loose Stitch is a user-friendly outlining tool that can be used in many ways to support learning. An individual can use it to record and organize researched information. Or, it can be used to help keep track of scheduled events or assigned tasks on a project. As well, Loose Stitch offers convenient ways of sharing recorded information. It has been designed to be used collaboratively by a group of people working together on the same project. I especially appreciate the ease with which Loose Stitch outlines can be embedded in wikis or blogs.

"The Assistive Technology Oral History Project is an archive of pioneers in the field of assistive technology (technology for individuals with disabilities). It includes the histories of assistive technology (AT) specialists including occupational therapists, physical therapists, experts in blind and low vision, special educators, audiologists, rehabilitation engineers, software and AT device inventors, and more. "

Blog on the topic of assistive technology, eLearning, mind mapping, project management, visual learning, collaborative tools, and educational technology

"The ICATER ToolKit highlights two particular projects, Weekly AT App Reviews and AT Tips of the Day. In the Weekly App Reviews Section, users will be able to view short, concise webinars of apps that can be used to help students with disabilities. In the AT Tip of the Day section, users will see short nuggets of information on AT in education that can easily be implemented by teachers for each day of the school year."

Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.

iOutliner is a powerful way to manage your tasks, ideas, and projects in structured lists. Simple to use and customizable to the way you work and best of all its completely free.

Effective educational software, autism, aspergers, visuals: Templates for interactive stories, games, matching boards, token boards, timers, and first-then boards, as well as the soon to be released scene cue display and topic board templates are accessed from the second core area of the program, Lesson Builder. All interactive lesson formats can be printed out, and Pix2Go allows you to use any of the over 10,000 images from the image library for projects designed specifically for table-top use.

Begin with ME! is a project that provides a rich environment full of resources and support that allows teachers and teacher consultants to work together, share ideas, and learn new ways to help all students, including those with special needs, become better writers. 1. When appropriate technology tools and strategies are integrated into instruction, all students, including those with special needs and those at risk for academic failure will become better writers.\n\n2. Given adequate training and support, teachers can comfortably integrate technology into their writing curriculum.\n\n3. Supporting struggling students in the general education classroom can be effective and easily replicated.

graduate project incorporating UDL in poetry lesson

Voting 11/18-12/1. Please vote for my Wii for Inclusion PE project (search for Jeremy Brown)! Thanks.

"During the past ten years we have developed two access technologies. EagleEyes and The Camera Mouse

"Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles and techniques for creating inclusive classroom instruction and accessible course materials. At its core is the assertion that all students benefit when they are given multiples ways to take in new information, express their comprehension, and become engaged in learning."