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Resources

Resources include the Reading Matrix and profiles of technology innovators. NCTI also offers relevant external links, along with articles, papers, presentations, and discussions.

Universal Design


Articles and Papers

Presentations

Implications of Universal Design for Learning and Innovation
Annual Technology Innovators' Conference: Creating Solutions Through Collaboration
November 2005, National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI)

Web Sites

  • Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) is a not-for-profit education research and development organization that uses technology to make education more flexible and accessible for all students, especially those with disabilities.
  • National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum, a project established by Center for Applied Special Technology, provides a vision of how new curricula, teaching practices, and policies can be woven together to create practical approaches for improved access to the general curriculum by students with disabilities.
  • National File Format Initiative, endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education on July 27th, 2004, the voluntary standard aims to guide the production and electronic distribution of flexible digital instructional materials such as textbooks so they can be more easily converted to Braille, text-to-speech, and other accessible formats.
  • RTI (Response to Intervention) Wire organizes categories of free resources online that address RTI as an emerging approach to the diagnosis of learning disabilities. Sample topics include Understanding the Model, Using Teams to Problem-Solve, Selecting the Right Intervention, Monitoring Student Progress, and Graphing Data for Visual Analysis.
  • What is Universal Design? supports the teaching and study of universal design through instructional materials and open forums.  It provides a place where educators can interact with each other and exchange information.