Horizons 2009 ~ CUE BC Conference
October 26, 2009 — AnitaCraig, Darryl, Nancy & I made two presentations for the Horizons 2009 CUE BC conference.
I posted our slides and notes for our first presentation on my other Blog: Thinking UDL ~ What is UDL (Universal Design for Learning)
I posted notes and web links for our second presentation “Resources and Tools for a UDL classroom” on this blog. To see all posts for this conference click here. Below is an outline of this presentation with links to more detailed information.
Resources and Tools for a UDL classroom
- I presented a brief overview of UDL ~ for a more in-depth overview of UDL see the notes from our morning presentation: “What is UDL?“
- Craig presented information about some of the resources he uses in his classroom…
- Darryl presented information about some of the resources he uses in his classroom…
- WriteOnline
- Jeopardy
- Sheppard Software
- BBC science clips
- EdHeads
- Science Netlinks – lessons tools and resources for teaching science
- Teachers’ Domain – a variety of learning resources by subject area
- ARC BC
- TESconnect – A site from the UK where teachers can participate in inservice, find teaching materials, or communicate with fellow teachers
- Teachers Love Smartboards
- Nancy presented information about some of the resources she uses in her classroom…
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - a great place to find manipulatives that work beautifully on the SMART Board and can be used to demonstrate a wide variety of science concepts.
- MathsZone
- Austrailian Primary’s Smart Kiddies Math
- Learn Alberta – a wide variety of teaching resources sorted into curriculum areas
- Nancy showed how teachers are capitalizing on the networkability of etext by Building their lessons in SMART Notebook with hyperlinks to the websites, videos and other files they are using to make their lessons more explicit and engaging for all learners.










