UDL+Checklist

=Educator Checklist - [|UDL Guidelines from CAST]=

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Although these tools are important, this session will focus primarily on inexpensive tools that are available to classroom teachers. Here is an example of a study tool that can be installed for free on a flash drive, but hasn't yet been tested in our district - [|My Study Bar]

Download the handout for the today's workshop here, or follow the links in the chart below.

Highly Recommended Video - [|I'm Tyler]

**Resource articles: [|Using Colors] and [|Colors as AT] ** ||
 * I. [|Provide Multiple Means of Representation] : || Your notes ||
 * **1.** [|Provide options for perception]  ||   ||
 * **1.1** [|Customize the display of information] || **[|Readability]**
 * **1.2** [|Provide alternatives for auditory information] || **Avatars with text-to-speech:** **Voki** **and [|monk-e-mail]**
 * Accessibility Options: [|show sounds]** ||
 * **1.3** [|Provide alternatives for visual information] || **Web-based [|stories];** **__[|Learning Through Listening]__** ||
 * **2.** [|Provide options for language and symbols]  ||   ||
 * **2.1** [|Define vocabulary and symbols] || ** [|wordsift], [|wordle] – images and text; [|word clouds]** ||
 * **2.2** [|Clarify syntax and structure] ||  ||
 * **2.3** [|Decode text and mathematical notation] || [|Mathematics Glossary] and [|ConceptuaMath] ||
 * **2.4** [|Promote cross-linguistic understanding] || **[|TumbleBooks] in multiple languages** ||
 * **2.5** [|Illustrate key concepts non-linguistically] || **Search Cube – visual search engine**
 * Boardmaker sharing - [|www.adaptedlearning.com]** ||
 * **3.** [|Provide options for comprehension]  ||   ||
 * **3.1** [|Provide or activate background knowledge] || **Videos -** **__[|25 places to find instructional videos]__** ||
 * **3.2** [|Highlight critical features, big ideas, and relationships] || **Inspiration / Kidspiration -** ** [|View Video] ** ||
 * **3.3** [|Guide information processing] || **Auto summary function in Microsoft Word** ||
 * **3.4** [|Support memory and transfer] || **Practice using PPT slides and** [|games] ||


 * II. ** [|Provide Multiple Means for Action and Expression] :** || **Your notes** ||
 * **4.** [|Provide options for physical actions]  ||   ||
 * **4.1** [|Provide varied ways to respond] || **Choice of writing, drawing, or dictating responses to questions - [|video 1], [|video 2]**
 * Highlighters, stamps, adapted /electronic worksheets in [|Microsoft Word]** ||
 * **4.2** [|Provide varied ways to interact with materials] || **Voice recorders, [|text-to-speech]** ||
 * **4.3** [|Integrate assistive technologies] || **Portable keyboards, communication devices, onscreen keyboards** ||
 * **5.** [|Provide options for expressive skills and fluency]  ||   ||
 * **5.1** [|Allow choices of media for communication] || **Recorded responses, text files, MP3s** ||
 * **5.2** [|Provide appropriate tools for composition and problem solving] ||  ||
 * **5.3** [|Provide ways to scaffold practice and performance] || **Ghotit on-line [|spellchecker]** ||
 * **6.** [|Provide options for executive functions]  ||   ||
 * **6.1** [|Guide effective goal setting] ||  ||
 * **6.2** [|Support planning and strategy development] ||  ||
 * **6.3** [|Facilitate managing information and resources] ||  ||
 * **6.4** [|Enhance capacity for monitoring progress] ||  ||


 * I. **[|Provide Multiple Means for Engagement]:** || **Your notes** ||
 * **1.** [|Provide options for recruiting interest]  ||   ||
 * **7.1** [|Increase individual choice and autonomy] || **Offer opportunities to work at the computer** ||
 * **7.2** [|Enhance relevance, value, and authenticity] || **Older students can create stories for younger students** ||
 * **7.3** [|Reduce threats and distractions] || **Do web search ahead of time and provide links** ||
 * **2.** [|Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence]  ||   ||
 * **8.1** [|Heighten salience of goals and objectives] ||  ||
 * **8.2** [|Vary levels of challenge and support] ||  ||
 * **8.3** [|Foster collaboration and communication] || **Create a classroom wiki, blog, or [|glog]** ||
 * **8.4** [|Increase mastery-oriented feedback] ||  ||
 * **3.** [|Provide options for self-regulation]  ||   ||
 * **9.1** [|Guide personal goal-setting and expectations] || **Use rubrics – search [|rubric generators]** ||
 * **9.2** [|Scaffold coping skills and strategies] || **Use symbols/visuals, [|timers]** ||
 * **9.3** [|Develop self-assessment and reflection] || **[|Visual Strategies], Icon Talk [|Fold-Ups]** ||

Just for fun:

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And for more links/resources, take a look at this Glog:

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