The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) has developed a new online Strategy Tutor tool that works in tandem with the Google Search Engine offering supports to students. Try this at
http://cst.cast.org/cst/auth-login
The appreciation of social media and related tools has been on the rise over the past several years. Often referred to as Web 2.0, these encompass those web tools such as blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and video-sharing sites. While these offer many opportunities for social collaboration and sharing of information, in some instances, individuals with disabilities may find the designs full of web-based barriers or limitations to their access. Social media tools are growing in popularity and use and educators need to understand how these can promote learning. To appreciate this situation, the National Center for Technology in Innovation published a brief discussing this topic entitled, The Power of Social Media to Promote Assistive and Learning Technologies: A Collaborative Issue Brief. To read more, visit: http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/documents/power_of_social_media.pdf
CAST has recently released a new online series entitled, UDL Editions, which provides online texts and embedded digital strategies to assist the reader. In combination with TextHELP tools, the user can add highlighting, activate speech, navigate from the text to the web to search for deeper meaning and listen to the text in another language. To take a tour, visit: http://udleditions.cast.org/
Wondering if your curriculum measures up to a UDL approach? Have you included a range of materials, options, and opportunities? Not sure? Well, try this new tool from CAST which allows users to check their curriculum and apply the important UDL principles that assure all learners are benefiting. To learn more, visit: http://udlselfcheck.cast.org/
Technology Tuesdays are back for the month of July with our series "Turning Up the Heat on Technology Tuesdays". These sessions will focus more on the "technology" part of instruction. We will be hosting sessions on creating digital media for instruction, creating content for iPod use, and creating mini tutorials for instruction. All of our sessions are full but you can obtain the handouts at our wiki site: ttactechtuesday.pbwiki.com. Look for more sessions starting again in the fall.
Do you want to spend your summer catching up on what has been happening with technology in education? Are you searching for research to support the use of technology to teach content to reach all learners. TechMatrix has a list of nice research articles with abstracts for AT, Math, Reading and Writing, that are current and worth reviewing. You will have to search elsewhere for the full article, but it's nice to have a place to start.
Look on their website under "Research"
http://www.techmatrix.org/
Open the original version of this page.
Lift Assistive is a UsableNet product. Lift Assistive Main Page.