Universal+Design+Tools


 * Type || Resource || Description ||
 * Captioning || * Described and Captioned Media Program || This organization specializes in providing accessible media to hearing and visually impaired people. ||
 * Video || * Discovery Education Streaming
 * Teacher's Domain
 * PBS Teachers
 * History Channel Video Gallery || These sites include libraries of multimedia available for use in the classroom. ||
 * Audio || * LearnOutLoud
 * Education Podcast Network || These sites offer educational podcasts, which can be listened to online or downloaded to personal MP3 players. ||
 * Interactives || * Brain Pop
 * Sheppard Software || These sites offer interactive educational games covering various content areas. ||
 * Presentation Tools || * [|GlogsterEDU]
 * [|Prezi]
 * [|Jing]
 * [|Animoto](for Education)
 * [|ToonDoo]
 * [|Make Beliefs Comix]
 * [|SAM Animation] || These online tools allow students to display knowledge in alternative ways to text. ||
 * Writing Support || * [|Thinkport Annotator]
 * [|Write:OutLoud](commercial) || These support tools help students refine their ideas and writing with features that allow for annotation, playback, and more. ||
 * Vocabulary Support || * [|Merriam-Webster Tools]
 * [|Dictionary.com Toolbar] (PC only) || These tools provide “ just-in-time” vocabulary support by allowing users to look up words as they encounter them in an online setting. ||
 * Math and Science Support || * [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives]
 * [|Shodor Interactivate]
 * [|PhET Interactive Simulations]
 * [|ExploreLearning] (free trial/commercial) || Applets and manipulatives provide a hands-on alternative to text-based math and science concepts, and allow students to interact more directly with important concepts. ||
 * Research Support || * [|CAST Strategy Tutor]
 * [|Zotero] || Research support tools include tools that organize citations and sources, as well as guide students through picking out the useful information from websites. ||
 * Graphic Organizers || * [|Exploratree]
 * [|Bubbl.us]
 * [|Inspiration/Kidspiration] (commercial) || Online graphic organizers offer learners a way to organize, reorganize, and present information visually. ||

Information on Digital Text

 Note: Because some books are in an "image" format rather than "text" format, they may not be compatible with Text-To-Speech (TTS) programs. ||  Note: This resource is free to qualified students. ||
 * Resource || Description ||
 * Google Books || Digital copies of both fiction and non-fiction titles. Books in copyright will have limited previews; full-text is available on out-of-copyright and public domain titles.
 * Forgotten Books || Full text versions of out-of-copyright titles (works with Google Books). ||
 * Project Gutenberg || A collection of free electronic books, many with accompanying audio. ||
 * LibriVox || A collection of free audio books, featuring human narration, from the public domain. ||
 * Free Classic Audio Books || Audio versions of many classic novels with both human narration and advanced TTS. ||
 * Perseus Digital Library || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">A collection of digital materials relating to the history, literature, and culture of the Greco-Roman world. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Bookshare || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> A collection of accessible books and periodicals for readers with print disabilities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">UDLEditions by CAST || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">A collection of digital texts with embedded supports including "Stop and Think" prompts, TTS, dictionary and reference supports, and annotation tools. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">UDL Bookbuilder by CAST || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">This tools allows you to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills. Click on the “Public Library Books” link to see books that have already been developed and shared by others. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">StorylineOnline || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">A collection of titles read by members of the Screen Actors Guild. Each title includes an activity guide. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Thinking Reader (commercial) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Commercial software program for grades 5-8 with numerous embedded supports and several fiction titles. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">WiggleWorks (commercial) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">A commercial reading and writing support program for grades K-3. ||