Issue Number 14: November 19, 2003

CAST National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning News

Greetings, Readers

CAST is pleased to provide online “UDL Toolkits” that are designed to help educators understand and apply UDL principles in classrooms and/or train others in UDL. Using the UDL framework, the toolkits support varied learning styles, needs, and preferences for teachers and students. Interactive activities, tutorials and tools are provided online; similar versions can be downloaded or printed. Specific curriculum resources, tools, and materials may be copied and used in classrooms.

This issue of the Consortium newsletter provides a tour of these new online offerings. Please take a few moments to explore the UDL toolkits, use them in your practice, and provide us with feedback.

**Professional Development ... Universal Design, Access to the General Curriculum, and Technology** Read item #4 for more information.

1. Curriculum Planning, the UDL Way
2. Digital Content in the Classroom
3. Universal Design for Learning Training Guide
4. Professional Development Opportunities offered by CAST staff
5. Online Math Resources
6. Online Study Guide: Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age
7. Newsletter Archive
8. We Need Your Help!

1. Curriculum Planning, the UDL Way
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Plan and develop curricula in ways that promote access, participation, and progress in the general education curriculum for all learners. The PAL (Planning for All Learners) Toolkit provides specific planning steps, guidance, mentoring, model lessons, tools, templates, resources, and links to other educators using PAL. http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=21

2. Digital Content in the Classroom
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The Digital Content Toolkit provides information, support, tools, ideas, models, research, and a community of practice for educators interested in using flexible computer technologies to reach and teach diverse learners. http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=41

3. Universal Design for Learning Training Guide
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The UDL Training Guide is designed to support professional development providers and other educators conducting workshops in Universal Design for Learning by providing resources for face-to-face training sessions and ongoing follow-up support. Download PowerPoint® slides for your presentations on UDL, listen to Dr. David Rose talk about the three brain networks, hear teacher stories about successful integration of graphic organizers in the classroom, and much more. http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=61

4. Professional Development Opportunities
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Training Opportunities: Universal Design, Access to the General Curriculum, and Technology
http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=2377

Two and Three Day UDL Institutes

• Understand the concepts of Universal Design for Learning and applications to educational practice
• Develop action steps that integrate UDL into your practice

New – One day topic focus workshops

• UDL and Curriculum Planning
• UDL and Literacy
• UDL and Math
• UDL and Assessment

Special Event - UDL and the Brain, spend one full day with Dr. David Rose and learn about UDL, brain research, and more.

Call Leslie O'Callaghan at 888-858-9994, ext. 273, mailto:pd@cast.org, or register online at http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=2417

5. Online Math Resources
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Link to online articles and applications that have been selected to provide educators with access to Web-based resources that enhance and support math curricula, allowing teachers and students to explore math concepts interactively. http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=2829

6. Online Study Guide: Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age
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ASCD has published an online study guide that can be used as you read “Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning” by David H. Rose & Anne Meyer with Nicole Strangman and Gabrielle Rappolt. http://www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=1200

You can purchase “Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age” from the following locations:
ASCD Online Store
http://shop.ascd.org/ProductDisplay.cfm?ProductID=101042
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871205998/qid%3D1019570143/sr%3D1-5/ref%3Dsr%5F1%5F5/102-2802749-7036156

7. Newsletter Archive
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Online archive of the Consortium newsletter:
http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=1100

8. We Need Your Help
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Members of the Consortium will be invited in the next week or so to review and offer feedback on CAST Web site resources. All those who respond to this invitation will be eligible for a 10-seat user license for the new eReader 3.0 for Windows! http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=211

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