UDL Resources on the Web

This is a list of FREE websites that you can use to integrate UDL principles into lessons.

Category / Website / Notes/Comments /
READING / UDL Editions
http://udleditions.cast.org
These six online books provide various tools to help students read, listen to and comprehend stories.
Tar Heel Reader
http://tarheelreader.org/
A collection of books made by and for children. You can also create your own interactive books on this site.
WRITING / UDL BookBuilder
http://bookbuilder.cast.org
Create interactive books with your students. This site allows you to upload pictures and audio and to utilize built in assistive technology supports.
CAST Science Writer
http://sciencewriter.cast.org
CAST Science Writer is a tool that supports students in writing lab and class reports. This tool is geared toward middle school and high school students.
ORGANIZATION AND MEMORY / Bubbl.Us
bubbl.us
A web-based graphic organizer
Shahi
http://blachan.com/shahi/
A visual dictionary
Voki
www.voki.com
Create an avatar
Visuwords
www.visuwords.com
A graphical tool for learning and comprehending vocabulary
UDL Tech Toolkit
udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com
This website provides links to various online tools that let you add multimedia and interactivity to lessons.
DIGITAL TEXT SITES (modify text) / Simple English Wikipedia
simple.wikipedia.org
Simplified versions of Wikipedia pages
Readability
www.readability.com
Unclutter your webpage and make it visually appealing for the reader
TextCompactor
http://www.textcompactor.com
Text Compactor takes complex blocks of text and parses it down to more easy-to-read and comprehensible text.
Text Analysis Tools
http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php
Free text analysis (i.e., word count, lexical density, Gunning Fox readability index)
OTHER
RESOURCES / Parent's Guide to UDL
www.ncld.org/images/stories/Publications/AdvocacyBriefs/ParentGuide-UDL/ParentsGuidetoUDL.pdf
This 14-page parent's guide to UDL provides an overview of UDL. It includes examples of how educators can create instructional environments applying UDL principles.
UDL Exchange
http://udlexchange.cast.org/home
It is a place to and browse and build resources, lessons and collections. You can use and share these materials to support instruction guided by the UDL principles. Take a look at the video on the home page. Free, Login required.
Picturing Modern America
http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/
A site to build skills at "reading" photos as you look for clues about middle and high school history topics. Although this site focuses on MS and HS content, this site provides a great resource for thinking about strategies to support student reading of visual media. No login required.

Concord Consortium

http://concord.org/

Freely available resources that support large-scale improvements in teaching and learning in science and math through technology.

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