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Teaching Exceptional Children

The current issue of Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol. 335 No.2 Nov/Dec 2002 is devoted entirely to technology. Link to this site and choose Current EC/Tec in the Journal Search box at the bottom of the page. A listing of Authors names will appear. Click on the author of your choice. You can access these articles on-line at:

http://journals.cec.sped.org/index.cfm

Hitchcock, C., Meyer, A., Rose. D., Jackson. R. (2002) Providing New Access to the General Curriculum, Universal Design in Learning. Teaching Exceptional Children. Nov/Dec/2002.

Bauer, A. & Mary E. Ulrich. (2002) “I’ve got a Palm in My Pocket” Using Handheld Computers in an Inclusive Classroom. Teaching Exceptional Children. Nov/Dec/2002.

Griffin, H. C., Williams, S. C, Davis, L. And M. Engleman (2002). Using Technology to enhance Cues for children with Low Vision. Teaching Exceptional Children. Nov/Dec 2002.

Harvard Educational Letter Research Online

Gordan, David, T. ( 2002). Curriculum Access in the Digital Age. Harvard Educational Letter Research Online. January/February 2002.

http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/2002-jf/digitalage.shtml

CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)

http://www.cast.org

The Teaching Every Student: TES Web site is an interactive learning site that allows you to learn about Universal Design background and philosophy; explore tutorials and tools to apply in the classroom; and connect with CAST researchers and colleagues interested in the topic. The site is provided by CAST (Center for applied Special Technology)

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

This is an example of a downloadable template that is available on the above CAST site. The UDL Class Learning Profile Template is a tool that can be helpful in assessing your student’s learning characteristics so you can plan up front to accommodate their styles, strengths, and needs. This template was published in Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning (Rose & Meyer, April, 2002). ASCD.

http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/templates/ClassProfileTemplate.doc

National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum

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

National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning

http://www.cast.org/nationalconsortium

Book

Rose, D., & A. Meyer. (2002) Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. The entire book is available on line at the following address:

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

Where can you purchase the book?

Rose, D., & A. Meyer. (2002) Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. This web address will take you to links for Amazon.com and ASCD on line.

http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/purchase.cfm

Additional Websites

Access (Achievement in content and Curriculum for Every Student’s Success) This is a web site for a new OSEP grant awarded to help improve the outcomes in middle level social studies and science for students with learning disabilities. Although this is a new project it already has resources on online including: Universal Design, Learning Disability Resources internet safety and social studies lessons plans in universal design format.

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~access/  

The Trace Center College of Engineering University of Wisconsin- Madison

http://trace.wisc.edu 

Provides a large listing of available shareware and software available for nominal prices. Products include cursor enhansors, mouse enhansors, magnification, onscreen keyboards, voice output to name a few…Check it Out!!

http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/multi/sharewar.htm

Designing Accessible Websites

Designing more usable websites

http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/  

Bobby WorldWide

http://www.cast.org/bobby

The University of Maine's Universal Access for the Web Designers' site

http://www.umaine.edu/insider/accessibility

 

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