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Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text - voice typing in Google Docs, and Speechify allow students with reading or writing difficulties to access content and complete assignments. We have been able to provide this option to students with IEPs or 504 plans. This provides assistance when reading complex texts.

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Using Text-to-Speech Assistive Technologies to Support Students

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Google Classroom - Utilize digital platforms that allow teachers to customize content for different student needs for assignments. I have everything provided on Google Classroom. This has helped with absences and providing content organization.

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Sentence frames and sentence starters help ELs and SELs construct responses using academic language, supporting their ability to express complex ideas.

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Graphic Organizers - We utilize this tool in a variety of ways within the History department. This helps students organize their thoughts regarding the content being taught.

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Rewordify - simplifies complex texts, especially helpful for students with reading disabilities or English learners. We just had this tool presented to us in a site collaboration meeting.

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Rewordify.com | Understand what you read

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Rewordify.com helps you read more, understand better, learn new words, and teach more effectively.

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Padlet - this is a great to use when wanting to have interaction amongst the class. It is an effective tool for supporting academic language acquisition and knowledge-building across diverse learners, including English learners, Standard English learners, and students with disabilities

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Quizlet - This online tool allows students to review content through flashcards and quizzes, offering self paced study options. I utilize this for my APUSH class, and provide review of vocab and key concepts.

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Quizlet has study tools to help you learn anything. Improve your grades and reach your goals with flashcards, practice tests and expert-written solutions today.

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Pear Deck - this tool provides an interactive, real time feedback and engage students with formative assessments that can be completed digitally. I use this for my students while asking questions during my lectures.

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Pear Deck is on a mission to help teachers create powerful learning moments for every student, every day - using the tools you already know and love.

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IRIS Center UDL Module - this is a free, interactive module on UDL. It provides an overview of UDL principles, strategies for applying them, and examples of differentiated learning practices that are useful for high school classrooms

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This module examines the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and discusses how educators can apply UDL to proactively design learning experiences that are flexible enough to challenge and engage all students and that promote learner agency (est. completion time: 2.5 hours).

This module was developed in collaboration with CAST.

Work through the sections of this module in the order presented in the STAR graphic above.

Related to this module

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Universal Design for Learning: Designing Learning Experiences That Engage and Challenge All Students

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This module examines the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and discusses how educators can apply UDL to proactively design learning experiences that are flexible enough to challenge and engage all students and that promote learner agency (est. completion time: 2.5 hours). This module was developed in collaboration with CAST.

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CAST UDL Guidelines: This organization offers a vast framework which explains each principle of UDL. A resource that will provide specific strategies for making content accessible, giving students options for expressing what they know, and maintaining engagement.

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The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Learn more about the Universal Design for Learning framework from CAST. The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.

Reenvisioning the UDL Guidelines

Because the UDL Guidelines are meant to be informed by feedback from the field as well as new research, they have been updated several times in the past. We are in the process of updating the Guidelines once again in our UDL Rising to Equity initiative.

This update will focus specifically on addressing systemic barriers that result in inequitable learning opportunities and outcomes. CAST aims to develop a transparent, inclusive, and community-driven process. If you are interested in collaborating and staying updated on our progress, we invite you to complete a brief survey.

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The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Learn more about the Universal Design for Learning framework from CAST. The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.