Utilizing Technology on our UDL Journey 

At the heart of our instructional practices, the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines articulate how we strive to reach our learners through 
equitable access to learning. With technology integration embedded as a part of the learning journey, both our learners and leaders of our 
district have the availability and options for a deepended and comprehensive understanding of their study. 

I. Provide Multiple Means of  II. Provide Multiple Means of   III. Provide Multiple Means of 
REPRESENTATION  ACTION & EXPRESSION  ENGAGEMENT 
1: Provide options for perception  4: Provide options for physical action  7: Provide options for recruiting interest 
     
1.1 Offer ways of customizing the display of info  4.1 Vary the methods for response and navigation  7.1 Optimize individual choice and autonomy 
     
1.2 Offer alternatives for auditory information  4.2 Optimize access to tools and assistive  7.2 Optimize access to tools and assistive 
  technologies  technologies 
1.3 Offer alternatives for visual information     

2: Provide options for language, mathematical  5: Provide options for expression and  8: Provide options for sustaining effort and 
expressions and symbols  communication  persistence 
     
2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols  5.1 Use multiple media for communication  8.1 Heighten salience of goals and objectives 
     
2.2 Clarify syntax and structure  5.2 Use multiple tools for construction and  8.2 Vary demands and resources to optimize 
  composition  challenge 
2.3 Support decoding of text, mathematical     
notation, and symbols  5.3 Build fluencies with graduated levels of  8.3 Foster collaboration and community 
  support for practice and performance   
2.4 Illustrate through multiple media    8.4 Increase mastery-oriented feedback 
 

3: Provide options for comprehension  6: Provide options for executive functions  9: Provide options for self-regulation 
     
3.1 Activate or supply background knowledge  6.1 Guide appropriate goal setting  9.1 Promote expectations and beliefs that 
    optimize motivation 
3.2 Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas,  6.2 Support planning and strategy development   
and relationships    9.2 Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies 
  6.3 Facilitate managing information and resources   
3.3 Guide information processing, visualization,    9.3 Develop self-assessment and reflection 
and manipulation  6.4 Enhance capacity for monitoring progress 
 
3.4 Maximize transfer and generalization 

Resourceful, knowledgeable learners  Strategic, goal-directed learners  Purposeful, motivated learners 

 
 Tech Tips & Tricks to Get Started 
Tech at Nature Hill Intermediate  Student Email: First 5 letters of last name + First 3 letters of first name + ###@stu.oasd.org 
  Default Password: 2 letters of first name + 2 letters of last name + day of month born + grad yr 
All students have access to a Chromebook   
(some students opt out for BYOD), as well as  EXAMPLE for PRIDE WOLF ​whose​ ​Graduation Year is 2020, and Birthday is 01/07/2002 
an OASD Student Gmail login.  Student OASD Gmail - ​wolfpri001@stu.oasd.org 
  Default Password: prwo0720 
   
Students will have digital citizenship lessons   
to begin the year. These are centered around  Digital Citizenship Lesson & Resource Folder 
Chromebook care, classroom management,   
and real-life peer situations with and  Chromebook Expectations within the PBIS Framework Poster 
regarding use of mobile devices. 

Tech in the Classroom 

 
Our school-wide technology classroom 
management plan is illustrated by the posters 
to be displayed on the right in having devices 
both ready and charged, and waiting for   
directions from teachers before proceeding  All classrooms should have the Chromebook Expectations within PBIS Framework Poster  
on them.  (linked above) as well as the Commitments to the Pack Poster 

Chromebook Shortcut Keys 

 
With the specific model of Chromebooks, 
there are a few shortcut keys for quick and 
easy access. 
 
Particularly helpful for students are the 
following shortcuts for students: 
 
Ctrl + F for finding keywords on a webpage 
 
Ctrl + F5 for taking a screenshot 
 
Ctrl + ‘Tab’ for a new web browsing tab   

 
 I. Provide Multiple Means of  Big Idea - “Same Information, Different Format” 
 
REPRESENTATION 
Tech Tool Ideas 
1: Provide options for perception  ❖ Google Suite​: change fonts, or font size, background colors, within Google Docs, 
  Slides, etc - add video for supports! 
1.1 Offer ways of customizing the display of info  ❖ Google Drawings​ or ​Lucid Chart​: create graphic organizers such as KWLs, webs, and 
  other mind maps. 
1.2 Offer alternatives for auditory information  ❖ Iorad​ & ​Screencastify​: create screencast tutorials to flip the learning, serve as a 
  reference, and support overall understanding of information 
1.3 Offer alternatives for visual information 
❖ YouTube​: Search for helpful videos and also use closed captioning as well 
 
➢ Idea - ​Safeshare.Tv​ offers videos without ads or embed into Slides :)  

2: Provide options for language, mathematical  Big Idea - “Alternative Display for Comprehension & Clarity” 
expressions and symbols   
  Tech Tool Ideas 
2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols 
❖ Padlet​ & ​ThingLink​: create digital & interactive word/concept walls as a standing 
 
2.2 Clarify syntax and structure 
resource for students 
  ❖ Quizlet​: pre-teach & assess vocab with interactive activities within program 
2.3 Support decoding of text, mathematical  ❖ Virtual Manipulatives​: various tools for math to utilize and visually see concepts in a 
notation, and symbols  different way 
  ❖ Vocab Ahead​: short 30-60 sec videos with definition for vocabulary words 
2.4 Illustrate through multiple media 

3: Provide options for comprehension  Big Idea - “Transformation of Knowledge for Understanding & Use” 
   
3.1 Activate or supply background knowledge  Tech Tools Ideas 
 
❖ Custom Search Engine​: create a custom search engine for specificity of just the 
3.2 Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, 
and relationships 
resources desired for use 
  ❖ Rewordify​: simplifies texts for readability for learners 
3.3 Guide information processing, visualization,  ❖ Hyperdocs​: a doc where all components of the learning cycle are contained within 
and manipulation  one, to work at varied levels and entry points 
 
3.4 Maximize transfer and generalization 
 

 
 
 
 II. Provide Multiple Means of   Big Idea - “Same Goals, Different Motor, Strategic and Organization” 
 
ACTION & EXPRESSION 
Tech Tool Ideas 
4: Provide options for physical action  ❖ GoNoodle​: for movement breaks - Fresh Start Fitness and Empower Tools work for 
  Middle School with fast paced (FSF) or yoga, mindfulness (ET) mediums 
4.1 Vary the methods for response and navigation  ❖ Seesaw​ (particularly on an iPad): access to written (typed), drawn, voice, and video 
  components to express learning 
4.2 Optimize access to tools and assistive 
technologies 

5: Provide options for expression and  Big Idea - “Show What You Know in Different Ways” 
communication   
  Tech Tool Ideas 
5.1 Use multiple media for communication 
❖ Adobe Spark​: create mobile content with text/video/voice and beyond in one sleek 
 
5.2 Use multiple tools for construction and 
tool for to make videos, posters, presentations and more! 
composition  ❖ AnswerGarden​: ask a question, and receive answers in a word cloud format! 
  ❖ Blogger​ or ​Wordpress​: put all communication mediums in one place for 
5.3 Build fluencies with graduated levels of  students/families 
support for practice and performance  ❖ Flipgrid​: video discussion medium to share new ideas and support communication 
  skills with shared feedback opportunities! 
❖ Google Classroom​ & ​Seesaw​: communicate classwork and activities to students and 
involve parents with syncing to mobile devices! 
❖ Google Suite​: whether ​Docs​, ​Slides​, ​Sites​ or beyond, G-Suite offers various means to 
demonstrate and express learning in meaningful ways for each individual student 
❖ Remind​: text messages to students/families without giving personal phone numbers - 
organize into groups, send important reminders, etc 
❖ Socrative Teacher​: Wonderful for exit tickets, and varied types of feedback! 

6: Provide options for executive functions  Big Idea - “Developing Strategies for Learning” 
   
6.1 Guide appropriate goal setting  Tech Tool Ideas 
 
❖ Google Forms​: from quizzes to choose your own adventure options, as well as 
6.2 Support planning and strategy development 
 
checklists to guide planning and goals 
6.3 Facilitate managing information and resources  ❖ Google Keep​: track goals, save important information, keep checklists for goal setting 
  ❖ Google Classroom​ & ​Seesaw​: Learning Management System (LMS)/Portfolios to 
6.4 Enhance capacity for monitoring progress  continually monitor progress of student work 
➢ Idea - Use Google Classroom as an LMS & Seesaw as a portfolio of work for 
Guideline 6.2 & 6.4) to allow both students and families to see progress 
together. 
 
 III. Provide Multiple Means of  Big Idea - “Same Goal, Different Engagement Levels - Voice & Choice” 
 
ENGAGEMENT 
Tech Tool Ideas 
7: Provide options for recruiting interest  ❖ EdPuzzle​: Web Tool - Create Questions to Analyze Videos with Student Data 
  ❖ Explain Everything​: Create Self-Paced Videos using a whiteboard breakdown app. 
7.1 Optimize individual choice and autonomy  ❖ Hyperdocs​: with a menu of linked options and resources, personalize learning 
  pathways for voice and choice, along with the whole learning journey mapped out. 
7.2 Optimize access to tools and assistive 
❖ Nearpod​: create interactive presentations that allow for various mediums to engage 
technologies 
students to show their learning 
❖ Quizlet​: use a variety of tools to allow students to individually choose strategies that 
work best for their learning. 
❖ Quizzizz​: free self-paced quizzes to utilize as a class or solo 
❖ Voice to Text​: allow the Chromebook to type for you with voice to text tool! 

8: Provide options for sustaining effort and  Big Idea - “Sustained Attention & Effort” 
persistence   
  Tech Tool Ideas 
8.1 Heighten salience of goals and objectives 
❖ Blogger​ or ​Wordpress​: between design, posting, feedback, and even writing/posting 
 
8.2 Vary demands and resources to optimize 
style, either of these blogs can serve as a way to publish work for heightened efforts 
challenge  and continual persistence. 
  ❖ Flipgrid​: video discussion medium to share new ideas and support communication 
8.3 Foster collaboration and community  skills with shared feedback opportunities. 
  ❖ Google Docs​ or ​Google Slides​: to share and collaborate with on one doc and give 
8.4 Increase mastery-oriented feedback  opportunities feedback via written comments both by peers and teacher. 
  ❖ Kaizena​: give feedback via audio comments within a doc. 
❖ Kahoot​: allow for formative assessments both individually or in team environments. 
❖ MindMeister​: build out varying brainstorming and mind maps  
❖ Quizlet​: work in variety teams or alone with varied activities to deepen understanding 
of learning content 

9: Provide options for self-regulation  Big Idea - “Develop Intrinsic Abilities for Self Regulation” 
   
9.1 Promote expectations and beliefs that  Tech Tools Ideas 
optimize motivation 
❖ Google Forms​: create checkin forms for self-assessment and reflection 
 
9.2 Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies 
❖ Seesaw​: learners can reflect in text, video, drawings, on their learning. Also a great 
  medium to share feelings or create a journal  
9.3 Develop self-assessment and reflection 
 
 
How to Tutorials & Resources 
Tool or App  Text/Print Resources  Video Resource/Tutorial 
Adobe Spark  https://edex.adobe.com/spark  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ8KtvBErWM 

AnswerGarden  https://answergarden.ch/about-AnswerGarden/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsawdjGOBSQ 

Blogger  https://www.wikihow.tech/Start-a-Blog-on-Blogger  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA_ZiBeaYdk 

EdPuzzle  https://www.slideshare.net/zacharyplyman/how-to-use-e-d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv4nTohaGiw 

puzzle 

Flipgrid  https://resources.flipgrid.com/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcSvFwZz8I 

Google Classroom  Creating an Online Community Doc  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN4g917b4rU 

Hyperdocs  https://hyperdocs.co/how_to  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDOrE8YIBek 

Iorad  https://www.maketecheasier.com/iorad-create-step-by-ste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnMOWH6tRks 

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Kahoot  https://files.getkahoot.com/academy/Kahoot_Academy_Ge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAfnia7-rMk 

tting_Started_Guide_2nd_Ed_-_June_2016.pdf 

Kaizena  https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/03/this-is-ho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj--iDSds4Q 

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MindMeister  https://www.mindmeister.com/training/mindmeister-intro/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9-uyxZRijw&list=PL7I

1/getting-started-with-mindmeister  GVRbeQlXIyhb2swLnB_gpmMYup0qXS 

Padlet  https://padlet.com/support/tour  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHWRi54nCn8 

Quizlet  https://quizlet.com/help/2444083/what-is-quizlet-and-how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6AQNAVxAXU 

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Rewordify  https://rewordify.com/rwprintresources.php  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L4950m5iv8 

Seesaw  Getting Started with Seesaw Doc  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYUfnb7MIsGald-Xtig9

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ThingLink  https://www.thinglink.com/help/Standard%20features%20t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN_A1lOxMU 

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References 
 
Bergman, M. (2018). ​2018 UDL Academy Presentations​: Oconomowoc, WI. 
 
Clark, H., & Avrith, T. (2017). ​The Google infused classroom: A guidebook to making thinking visible and amplifying student voice.​ Irvine, CA:  
EdTechTeam Press. 
 
Highfill, L., Hilton, K., & Landis, S. (2016). ​The HyperDoc handbook: Digital lesson design using Google apps​. Irvine, CA: EdTechTeam Press. 
 
Keeler, A., Miller, L., & Highfill, L. (2016). ​50 things to go further with Google classroom: A student-centered approach​. San Diego, CA: Dave  
Burgess Consulting. 
 
Keeler, A., & Miller, L. (2018). ​50 things you can do with Google Classroom​. San Diego, CA: Dave Burgess Consulting. 
 
MacKenzie, T. (2016). ​Dive into inquiry​. Irvine, CA: EdTechTeam Press. 
 
UDL Guidelines. (2018, January 26). Retrieved August 16, 2018, from  
http://udlguidelines.cast.org/?utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=none&utm_source=cast-about-udl 
 
UDL Guidelines Examples. (n.d.). Retrieved August 16, 2018, from https://sites.google.com/site/udlguidelinesexamples/ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This resource was compiled by Tracy Garon, Vocal Music at Nature Hill Intermediate. Contact Info - Email: ​GaronT@oasd.org​; Phone: 262.569.4940 x4844