This is my completed ToolKit. Are there any resources I need to include?
UDL at a Glance
Universal Design for Learning
is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn.
UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.
Text to Speech software
NaturalReader is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices. This easy to use software can convert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. NaturalReader can also convert any
written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or iPod.
Comic Life
http://plasq.com/products/comiclife/mac
Be the Hero You Are!
Comic Life lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more! The easy-to-use interface integrates seamlessly with your photo collection or iSight. Drag in your pictures, captions, Lettering text ('ka-blam!') and speech balloons and your work is done!
BookShare
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/12/prweb9272866.DTL
A searchable online library. Bookshare offers over 140,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools. Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities, thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs
Power Reader
http://projectpossibility.org/viewProject.php?id=1
A dyslexic text reader/learning tool, a graphical, interactive text reader integrated with computer text-to-speech whose level of focus, complexity, and detail is adjustable according to the user's needs.
Learningally.org - learning through audio
http://www.learningally.org/
Learning Ally’s collection of more than 70,000 digitally recorded textbooks and literature titles – downloadable and accessible on mainstream as well as specialized assistive technology devices – is the largest of its kind in the world.
Public libraries
Download OverDrive and check out a book
SpokenText.net
http://www.spokentext.net/index.php?lang=en
SpokenText lets you easily convert text into speech. Record (English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, and web pages, and convert them to speech automatically. Download your reccordings as .mp3 or .m4b (Audio Book) files (in English, French, Spanish and German) of any text content on your computer or mobile phone.
Record books, articles,web pages, your papers class notes or any other text content you want to have available to you in audio format. So that you can listen while you commute or exercise. It is also a great way to check your writing for grammar and spelling errors.
EduApps
http://eduapps.org/
EduApps consists of eight useful software collections that are free for you to download and use.
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Comments (9)
piggott said
at 9:43 am on Mar 30, 2012
I checked out some of your resources and they definitely would be very helpful. I like how you gave definitions for mild disabilities, incidence, and characteristics. That really set the rest of your brochure up well by giving the resources afterwards. The IDic-tate resource I thought was very fascinating. I had never seen that before and didn’t know it existed. Once again, I really liked your resources.
Chad Clouse said
at 11:42 am on Mar 30, 2012
I really liked that you provided the definition and characteristics for children with mild disabilities. The only thing that I would suggest is moving all of the "Students who struggle with physical and mechanical tasks" section to the last page. It could add to the look of the brochure and wouldn't hurt the flow or overall design and concept of the brochure. Great job overall.
Gayle Wolotsky said
at 5:10 pm on Mar 30, 2012
Ryan - nice job on pulling together many resources for kids with mild disabilities. One thing you might want to fix is on the panel that has the picture of many different types of AT, the paragraph seems to have words cut off on the right side. (Or maybe it's just me?) I don't know - check it out and see if you can make that text box bigger so the words don't get cut off. Again, nice work on your brochure!
Watts said
at 3:06 pm on Apr 3, 2012
Thanks Chad and Gayle for the feedback. I made the suggested changes to my brochure.
Jenn said
at 6:21 pm on Apr 13, 2012
Your presentation was impressive! You were very thorough and detailed. I like how you incorporated the video on the co-writer program. It seems like a great program, and I will be checking it out! The presentation was definitely geared at informing your colleagues, and you did a great job at doing just that! Great diagrams, pictures, videos, information- it looks great!
Allan Barrios said
at 11:46 pm on Apr 13, 2012
Ryan- Nice job on your presentation. You included useful information. The co-writer video is a neat program. I can see how it can benefit my ELL population in their sentence development. On your second to last slide, it seems like you start to talk about your slide but then it gets cut off and goes on to the next slide. I am not sure if it is my computer or your slide. Great work though!
piggott said
at 9:50 am on Apr 19, 2012
I really liked the Comic Like website that you put in your toolkit. I’m going to have to remember this website because I think 7th graders would love it. Overall you seem to have some great resources in your toolbox.
Bryan Buzard said
at 3:42 pm on Apr 22, 2012
Bryan Buzard said
at 3:44 pm on Apr 22, 2012
Ryan, your lesson plan was nicely done and included a lot of good information. But what you have posted for the narrative is actually part of the "end summary" of the lesson plan. The narrative is supposed to be a reflection of the entire course. I was confused too until I viewed the syllabus. It tells you exactly what is supposed to be part of the narrative.
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