1. 1Keystones to Opportunity
PA Core Standards
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the
National Governors Association (NGA), with participation of the
overwhelming majority of states, set a goal to create standards
that are “research and evidence-based, aligned with college and
work expectations, include rigorous content and skills and are
internationally benchmarked.” As Pennsylvania follows the
development of the PreK-12 Core Standards and determines the
alignment of Core Standards to PA Standards,
http://www.pdesas.org/Standard/PACore will provide educators
with information and updates on the progress of that work.
2. 2Keystones to Opportunity
Kindergarten: Writing
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and
writing to focus on one specific topic.
Voicethread Voicethread Example
3. 3Keystones to Opportunity
Second Grade: Writing
With guidance and support, use a variety of
digital tools to produce and publish writing
including in collaboration with peers.
Google Docs Google Docs Example
Wall Wisher Wall Wisher Example
Wordsmyth
4. 4Keystones to Opportunity
Fifth Grade: Writing
With some guidance and support, use technology,
including the Internet, to produce and publish
writing as well as to interact and collaborate with
others; demonstrate sufficient command of
keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages
in a single sitting.
Epals Blog for Parents
Blogs Make Beliefs
Comix Comics Classroom Uses
5. 5Keystones to Opportunity
Fifth Grade: Writing
Recall relevant information from experiences or
gather relevant information from print and
digital sources; summarize or paraphrase
information in notes and finished work, and
provide a list of sources.
Library of Congress
Noodle Tools
6. 6Keystones to Opportunity
Sixth Grade: Reading Literature
Compare and contrast the experiences of reading a
story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an
audio, video, or live version of the text, including
contrasting what is “seen” and “heard” when
reading the text to what is perceived when listening
or watching.
Bookshare
http://librivox.org
http://www.gutenberg.org/
7. 7Keystones to Opportunity
Grade Eight: Reading Informational
Text
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of
using different mediums (e.g. print or digital
text, video, multimedia) to present a particular
topic or idea.
Natural Readers
8. 8Keystones to Opportunity
Grades 11 and 12: Reading Literature
Acquire and use accurately general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for
reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the
college and career readiness level; demonstrate
independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge
when considering a word or phrase important to
comprehension or expression.
Vocabahead
Editor's Notes
So when looking at SAS and all that rigor that it has to offer, we must also consider how UDL will support the PA Common Core Standards. Remember, UDL is the flexible format to provide access to these standards for all students. Let’s look at some examples.
The tools to be explored over the next few slides are not age specific nor are they only limited to the PA Common Core standard on the slide. They are some examples that may be used across grade levels and standards. For each tool, we are going to identify which UDL principle it connects to. Ultimately, there will be many ways that these tools support UDL. It will mostly depend on how you plan to use these tools in the classroom.
Refer to resource list
Voicethread uploads files such as photos, pdfs, word documents, powerpoints and self-created images. Students can comment using their voice or text. They are also able to doodle.
Ask: What UDL guideline does Voicethread support? Refer them to the UDL guidelines handout in their packet.
Reason: Build fluency, multiple media for communication, vary the methods of response
The Voicethread example shows students solving multiple ways to compute a problem. Link: http://voicethread.com/?#q.b163901.i873468
Google docs is a site to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms online to access documents anywhere with Internet connection. Users can collaborate on the same document. Teachers can set different permissions for students to access the document- open to the public, anyone who has the link or private that requires a log-in. Google docs can be embedded on websites.
Wall wisher is a quick way to post online sticky notes. Participants can respond to a question or prompt by posting their comments. They can also embed images, music files, videos and documents.
Wordsmyth is an online dictionary that will define the word, provide synonyms and speak the word to you. Varying levels of difficulty for beginner’s, children’s and advanced.
Ask: What UDL guideline does all three support? Refer them to the UDL guidelines handout in their packet.
Reason: Representation- Clarify vocabulary, alternatives for visual information,
Google docs and wall wisher- foster communication and collaboration
Wall wisher- offers choices
With Epals connects and collaborates on projects with classrooms nationally and internationally.
Blogging is an online forum to posts discussions, communicate with peers and parents and showcase student work. Whichever blog you chose, it is important to start a blog where teachers can moderate comments before they are published.
Make Beliefs comix is an online educational comic strip creator for students to express themselves and demonstrate their content knowledge. Show and discuss how comics allow students to communicate and express themselves http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Special-Needs/
Ask: What UDL guideline do these tools support? Refer them to the UDL guidelines handout in their packet.
Reason: Epals- foster communication, optimize relevance and authenticity
Blogs and comics: Action and Expression and Engagement- build fluency, provide choice, multiple media for communication
The library of congress website lists where teachers can locate primary documents.
Noodle tools helps students cite their work and helps students how to search the Internet. In the paid version, students are able to create notecards to organize their notes.
Ask: What UDL guideline do these tools support? Refer them to the UDL guidelines handout in their packet.
Reason: Options for executive functions
From their website: https://www.bookshare.org/_/aboutUs/howBookshareWorks
Bookshare® is an online library of digital books for people with print disabilities. Bookshare Members download books, textbooks and newspapers in a compressed, encrypted file. They then read the material using adaptive technology, typically software that reads the book aloud (text-to-speech) and/or displays the text of the book on a computer screen, or Braille access devices, such as refreshable Braille displays. It is only free to people who qualify.
Some other options are: http://librivox.org/ - free audiobooks from the public domain
and http://www.gutenberg.org/ - more free eboks
Ask: What UDL guideline do these tools support? Refer them to the UDL guidelines handout in their packet.
Reason: options for perception
http://www.naturalreaders.com/free_version.htm
Natural readers is a free text to speech software that can convert word documents, pdfs, websites and emails into speech
Ask: What UDL guideline does text to speech support? Refer them to the UDL guidelines handout in their packet.
Reason: Support decoding of text, mathematical notion and symbols, promote understanding across languages
Vocabulary support that includes audio, video and provides context
Ask: What UDL guideline does Vocabahead support? Refer them to the UDL guidelines handout in their packet.
Reason: Clarify vocabulary, illustrates through multiple media, activate or supply background knowledge,
