VSA Institute: North Carolina

We hope you enjoyed the workshop in North Carolina. At this link you will find our presentation, resources and activity descriptions.

The Arts and Inclusive Learning North Carolina Workshop

Best of luck in all of your inclusive endeavors!
Shaqe Kalaj and Kati Blair

VSA Institute: Arts and UDL Tennessee

We hope you enjoyed the workshop in Tennessee. At this link you will find our presentation, resources and activity descriptions.

Arts and Inclusive Learning Tennessee Workshop

Best of luck in all of your inclusive endeavors!
Jaehn Clare and Kati Blair

VSA Institute - The Arts and Inclusive Learning - Mesa, AZ, 2011

Hi everyone,

Please click on this link to find access to all the resources and materials we used and distributed during the Institute. Please feel free to start a discussion here too.



Thanks!

Kem and Nicole

BPS Art and UDL training resources and handouts

Hi all,

Here you will find electronic versions of all the powerpoint presentations and handouts used during the training. Please also feel free to look through the other documents and resources on this blog for additional information.

Introduction to UDL

UDL Guidelines from CAST

Promoting Inclusion
Specialist Accommodations/Goals worksheet

Gordon Sasaki's materials:
Powerpoint
Drawing lesson plan
Adaptive equipment resources
Resources

CAST's Website

Tracey Hall, Keynote

Dr. Tracey Hall introduced the participants to the concepts of Universal Design for Learning. She is a Senior Research Scientist/Intruction Designer from the Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST).

Resources:
CAST
VSA Keynote Powerpoint

Designing for Student Engagement and Comprehension with CAST’s Bookbuilder

BookBuilder is a tool developed by CAST to give universal design book building capability to teachers and
learners. The tool invites the creation, reading and sharing of digital books. This session will share the process of
developing a model book for BookBuilder called Looking through our students’ eyes: Designing for student
engagement and comprehension. The book highlights the visual aspects imbedded in teaching and learning
tools and practice.
Presenters: Yvonne Domings, Instructional Designer, CAST, Inc.
Kristina Lamour Sansone, Associate Professor of Design, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley
University

Resource:
CAST, The Center for Applied Special Technologies
Bookbuilder
The Future Is in the Margins: The Role of Technology and Disability in Educational Reform.
Authors David Rose and Anne Myer

Arts in Preschool: Developing the Brain

Explore the unique connection between the arts, the brain, learning, and human development at the preschool
level. We will look at simple strategies to support the application of experience in the arts to appropriate content,
problem solve, and develop essential skills.
Presenters: Sandra Putnam-Franklin, Senior Early Childhood Specialist, Boston Ready, Institute for Community
Inclusion, UMass Boston
Su Theriault, Mentor Coordinator, Boston Ready, Institute for Community Inclusion, UMass Boston

Resources:
UD Steps for adapting materials for use by all children
Arts Guidelines
Resources Related to Arts Education in Early Childhood
The Importance of the Arts To Children
Universal Design Principles Early Education
Powerpoint