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What it is:
Web and digital tools can support curricular flexibility for students with learning differences. Groups like CAST are looking at how technology enhances cognitive supports, which are becoming more part of all curricular materials. Others are exploring how the brain works and how emerging technologies can help support different pedagogical frameworks. For more examples, review the chapter on Technology and Learning in How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.
Curricular Support Tips:
Educational content refers you to sites with standards-based lesson plans and materials, that can be searched by grade level and topic.
Math Tools include technology-based math activities and tools that complement and extend traditional paper and pencil supports. Web-based curriculum examples are discussed as a way to engage students with features of interactivity and accessibility.
Rubrics for Grading are highlighted as a tool to increase the effectiveness of existing curriculum by clarifying expectations for student work.
Science includes simulations, background, lesson plans, and video clips enhance lessons.
Structured Writing describes strategies and web-based tools for beginning writers.
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For a classrom example view Universal Design:Accessibility for All Learners by Cynthia Curry.
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