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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

• The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

http://www.cast.org

An educational organization that uses technology to expand
opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities.
This website includes many links for Universal Design for Learning.

• National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through
Technology, Media, and Materials

http://www2.edc.org/ncip

Offers suggestions on using research-based teaching practices
with students with disabilities and other special needs.

• Success for All Foundation

http://www.successforall.com

Program information for Elementary, Middle and Secondary
levels . Links to published research about Success for All programs.

• Teaching Every Student (TES)

http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/

One of the original websites addressing information on universal
design for learning. A free book on the topic can be downloaded
from this website.

• Classroom Connect

http://corporate.classroom.com

Ideas to simplify teachers’ jobs, including a variety of classroom
management and other teaching tips.

• The Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)

http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm

A page specifically devoted to library accessibility issues, including
a collection of useful links.

• Education 4 Kids

http://www.edu4kids.com

Helps students learn basic math skills while on the Internet. Users
can decide what type of math they want to be quizzed on and can
also control the complexity of the equations and size of the numbers.
The site even keeps score so students can see how they are doing.

• The Key: A Newspaper for New Readers

http://www.keynews.org/

High interest, low reading level material is essential for teachers
to have for older students with reading problems but is always
at a premium. The Key provides stories on all different topics at
beginning, middle, and advanced reading levels.

• ProQuest K-12

http://www.homeworkcentral.com

Provides extensive links to online libraries of lesson plans that
include modifications for students with special needs, a homework
help area, and state curriculum guides.

• Education World

http://www.education-world.com

Provides a searchable database of more than 50,000 sites related
to curriculum ideas. Many of the resources are geared especially
to students with disabilities and other special needs.

• Teachers Helping Teachers

http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

Practical ideas about specific teaching problems from actual
teachers in the field, lesson plans, teachers’ forums, and
curriculum materials.

• Infoplease Homework Center

www.infoplease.com/homework/

For homework help, students can go to this site and be linked
instantly to information on the academic subject of their choice,
including math, English, literature, social studies, and science.

• Webmath

http://www.webmath.com

Website designed to help students with specific math problems
they encounter in class or in homework. Answers to problems are
generated and produced in real-time, at the moment web users
type in their math problem and clicks on Solve.

• National Library for Virtual Manipulatives

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Contains links to extensive collection of virtual manipulatives
PreK-12. Topics include numbers and operations, geometry,
algebra, measurement, and data analysis and probability.

• SchoolNotes.com

http://www.schoolnotes.com

Teachers can post their own notes and homework assignments
on the Net without a web page. Parents and students can then
access them from the web (search by zip code).

• LD Online-LD Indepth:

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/transition/transition.html

Provides information about helping students make the transition
from school to work or other post-school options.

• The School-to-Work Outreach Project

http://www.ici.umn.edu/schooltowork

Provides information about helping students make the transition
from school to work.

• Sites for Teachers

http://www.sitesforteachers.com

A collection of links to iterature and language arts resources and
lesson plans

• TimeLiner 5.0

http://www.teachtsp.com/products/product.asp?SKU=
TIMV50&Subject=Science

Program designed to help students organize information for
research projects through a timeline, a resource particularly
valuable for teachers and students in secondary schools. Free
45 day trial available.

• Study Guides and Strategies

http://www.studygs.net

Provides study guides as well as strategies for preparing for
and taking tests. The site provides study skills resources including
several links to study skills guides and interactive tutorials.
Materials are available in 25 different languages.

• Quiz Center (at discoveryschool.com)

http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html.

Tool for creating, administering, and scoring online quizzes.

• EdWeb

http://edwebproject.org

Website index of education-focused discussion groups where you
can discuss testing, grading, and many other educational issues
that relate to working with students in inclusive settings.

• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

http://www.ccsso.org

Testing and grading policies being used around the country.

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

http://www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=
955&topnav=1.

Professional organization that offers many resources on
differentiating instruction, including exploratory lessons that
prepare professionals for this important approach for teaching.

http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.
3adeebc6736780dddeb3ffdb62108a0c/

This ASCD link connects you to an overview article on the topic of differentiating by Carol Ann Tomlinson, one of the leading experts on this topics as it pertains both to students who are gifted and talented and those who struggle to learn, including students with disabilities.

• Teach-nology

http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/
planning/

Offers step-by-step instructions for planning differentiation in general education classrooms.

• Flemington-Raritan Regional School District
(Flemginton, NJ)
http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/rfmslibrarylab/di/
differentiated_instruction.htm

Contains a great list of websites that offer detailed information on accommodating students with special needs in planning, delivery, and assessment of instruction.

• Professionals in the Grosse Point (MI) Public Schools

http://www.gp.k12.mi.us/ci/diff/resources.htm

Compilation of on-line, video, and print resources related to
differentiated instruction.

• The Leon County (FL) Schools

http://tst1160-35.k12.fsu.edu/mainpage.htm

Fosters differentiated instruction at all grade levels; includes links to additional reading material and sample lesson plans that incorporate the principles of differentiating.

• ERIC Digest: Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades

http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-2/elementary.html

Discusses differentiation as it pertains to the elementary grades.

• CAST National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum

http://www.cast.org/policy/ncac/

Not-for-profit education research and development organization that uses technology to make education more flexible and accessible for all students, especially those with disabilities; information on making general education accessible; includes
extensive information on related topics including Universal Design for Learning.

• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) of the University of Minnesota

http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.
asp?id=247

Includes an article on instructional and assessment accommodations for students with disabilities in middle and high schools.

• University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

http://www.ku-crl.org/

Encompasses many materials and professional development opportunities related to enhancing the learning of students with disabilities.

• University of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts
http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/

Provides information for improving the literacy skills of all students, but especially those with disabilities, English language learners, and students struggling to read.

• Pomperaug Regional School District 15 (CT)

http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html

Extensive collection of graphic organizers available in English and Spanish (pdf and Word formats provided for each).

• Inspiration and Kidspiration

http://www.inspiration.com/

Programs that offer custom-made or prepared graphic organizers and outlines. Kidspiration version is for grades K-5. The Listen tool allows user to listen to all text. Inspiration version is designed from
grades 6 and above. A talking interface is available with this version as well. Both versions include extensive graphics libraries; users can import their own images as well. Free trial versions are available.

• Intervention Central

http://www.interventioncentral.org/

Provides online tools for behavior management, curriculum-based measurement, bullying prevention, instructional strategies, and more.