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Module VI Technology Digital Media and Curriculum Integration Assistive Technology 1. Universal Design for Learning Universal Design for learning (UDL) is an introduction to a theoretical curriculum design approach providing the fewest barriers to learning. UDL provides a blueprint for creating flexible goals, methods, materials, and assessments that accommodate learner differences. 2. Center for Applied Special Technology The Teaching Every Student (TES) section of the Center for Applied Special Technolgoy supports educators in learning about and practicing Universal Design for Learning (UDL). 3. Planning for all Learners (PAL) Toolkit Planning for All Learners (PAL) applies UDL to planning and developing curricula in ways that promote access, participation, and progress in the general education curriculum for all learners. The PAL Toolkit provides specific planning steps, guidance, mentoring, model lessons, tools, templates, resources, and links to other educators using the PAL Model. 4. Accessible PowerPoint Presentations This Web site provides accessibility techniques for creating PowerPoint presentations for use by students with disabilities, including the use of screen readers. 5. Accessible Media This Web site, provided by Gallaudet University's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, contains information on software products and Web sites that are especially accessible to deaf and hard of hearing individuals either through captioning or the use of sign language. 6. History of Closed Captions from the National Captioning Institute Closed captioning is the most important development in this century for bringing deaf and hard of hearing people into the mainstream. Visit this Web site to learn about the history of closed captioning. 7. Captioning Terms Captioning terms and their definitions provided by the National Captioning Institute. 8. Adapting Existing WebQuests This WebQuest site provides methods and ideas for teachers to adapt WebQuests for any student, including students with special needs. 9. Graphic Organizers with UDL This paper examines the research on educational applications of graphic organizers and explores points of intersection with Universal Design for Learning (UDL). 10. Billy the Builder A sample of adapted WebQuests for primary grade learners with special needs.