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Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities: What To Do When Funding is Limited?

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Assistive technology (AT) comes in many shapes and sizes, and for students with disabilities, it has the capacity to open many doors. However, with tight budgets and limited funds many districts are...

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation Adoption Rubric

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Supplementary Resource: Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) Adoption Rubric - This is an example of the rubric used to evaluate classroom resources according to UDL principles. Use...

Basic Teaching Principles

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"This article for educators includes teaching principles that are universal; they represent good pedagogy for any instruction setting, but they are particularly effective for students with learning...

Big Thinkers: Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity

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The founder of Khan Academy, a free educational video library that features over two thousand titles and an interactive dashboard for formative assessment, discusses how his videos can help create a...

Blogs, Wikis and Text Messaging: What are the Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities?

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The usefulness of assistive technologies for students with learning disabilities is fairly obvious. It is easy to understand the educational benefits of software designed specifically for students...

Born Accessible Quick Guide: What Education Leaders Need to Know

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Learn what it means for technology to be born accessible, why it is important, and what eduation leaders can do to ensure that born accessible technology is integrated into classrooms in their states...

Breakdown Of Technology Funding: ESSA, Title IV, Part A

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Under Title IV Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), each state will receive funds based on the Title I funding formula. States then have the option of allocating these funds to select...

Bringing Passion to the Research Process: The I-Search Paper

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This paper combines suggestions for carrying out the I-Search process with examples from classrooms.  It includes mini-lessons and handouts teachers can use.

Build an Assistive Technology Toolkit

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Ideas and suggestions on how to identify and use free tools to build an assistive technology "toolkit" for your school, classroom, or individual student. The author also makes recommendations on how...

CAST Learning Tools

Tools and Templates
These tools developed by CAST include a UDL Curriculum Self-Check, UDL Lesson Builder, and Strategy Tutor.

CAST UDL Online Modules

Module
These two online modules introduce the theory, principles, and application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to teacher candidates and in-service teachers. They provide higher education faculty...

Call to Action: Addressing Digital Accessibility

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As states and districts across the nation increase their use of technology to support instruction and communication, it is critical that digital content and websites are accessible by all students,...

Call to Action: Closing the Digital Accessibility Gap

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Our students are living in a time of innovation that is transforming how they learn, play, work, and interact with the world. But transformative change cannot be exclusionary; as educators embrace...

Characteristics of systems and leadership in K–12 public school educational technology programs: Understanding data use, decision making, and contextual factors

This dissertation presents findings from an investigation of how data informs school leadership decisions about technology use. The researcher conducted four case studies of K–12 school districts...

Choosing and Implementing Technology Wisely

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This brief article summarizes the contents of online resources for technology implementation teams (including CITEd), and underscores the importance of assembling and providing leadership through...

Classroom Guide: Top Ten Tips for Teaching with New Media

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This teacher guide from Edutopia has tips, lesson ideas, and strategies for teaching with new media. The guide contains succinct and practical ways to prepare students for 21st-century success. (Free...

College Resources for Students with Disabilities

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Use this guide to help prepare your students for the transition to college. Find information and resources on legal rights, accessibility, and available supports on campus. Additional resources...

Conditions for classroom technology innovations

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This article reports on a study of the complex and messy process of classroom technology integration. The main purpose of the study was to empirically address the large question of "why don't...

Conducting Research: Gathering Information

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Students in Ms. Gill’s Grade 6 social studies/ELA class are working on a research project. Each student has selected a specific topic relating to how the economic systems of different countries...

Connected Educators

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Interview with educators about the importance of being "connected" in order to be an effective teachers and leaders. Video was created as part of Connected Educators Month.

Teaching Strategies

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School-wide Tech Implementation

Supporting Struggling Students