Highlights from the Field
NASSP's new online course
Special Students in Regular Classrooms: Technology, Teaching and Universal Design for Administrators
"This workshop provides an introduction to the concept of universal design for learning (UDL), and strategies for implementing a UDL approach in instructional settings...This workshop is designed to acquaint participants with UDL principles, and provide practical, hands-on experience using software tools and digital media to support learning. Participants will explore how these tools can be incorporated into classroom practice, and begin preliminary steps to design an approach to integrate these concepts into their schools/districts."
Pearson's new accessible web-based textbooks
These new books offer the same text and images as the print format but in fully accessible e-versions and for the same price. Pearson, in utilizing NIMAS (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard) source files for their HTMLbooks, has created content that can more easily be converted to accessible formats such as Braille and text-to-speech. Pearson issued thirteen high school titles in 2009 and is slated to add more in January 2010.
Learn more about Pearson's HTMLbooks on CAST's UDL Spotlight!
Free Technology Toolkit for UDL in All Classrooms
This toolkit provides a wealth of resources for teachers interested in implementing UDL into their classrooms including: literacy tools, graphic orgainzers, math tools, study skills tools, and more.
http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/
Race to the Top Public Hearing on Technology Innovation and Assessment:
Responses by Skip Stahl (CAST) to questions posed during the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top public hearing on "Technology and Innovation in Assessment" in Boston, MA on November 13, 2009.
