Resources to help provide multiple means of action and expression:
Providing options for executive functions:
One of the key ways to support students through UDL is to support and help students to make, track and achieve goals. There are tons of ways to do this today, and posting individuals goals in the classroom is still a great way. However, if you're looking for more tech-centric ways of helping students to make longer term goals and plan and execute the steps to achieve those goals there are plenty of options:
Finish is an app that was designed by teens and allows you make goals for adjustable time periods and moves midterm goals into short term (and so on) as you approach those time periods. You can schedule and plan into the future as well as do daily lists.
irunurun works like a habit tracker and is good for tracking goals that involve several days (i.e., read for twenty minutes three times this week). As you do the action, you log it and receive a weekly score and data on your progress.
lifetick works at the school level to help students make goals and track them across their entire educational experience. However, this website gives a thirty-day free trial and then incures a monthly charge according to your roll-out level. They do have a free, individual version, but it is capped at 4 goals.
Toodledoo is free and a combination goal setter/tracker, project manager and to-do list creator.
Provide options for expression and communication:
Nearpod is also a good way to allow for students to provide different options for expression and comunication. One of the nice things about this technology is that it allows teachers to include questions that can be answered in text, via multiple choice, or by drawing. However, teachers determine the question type and student-movement through the lesson is paced by the instructor and must happen in real time.
Classkick is very similar to nearpod, although I think it has some key improvements. Nearpod will allow you make quizzes and true or false questions, which classkick does not do, but if you're wanting to use open-ended questions, I like this format better. The platform seems intuitive to students and they are able to move through it quickly. As the instructor you type, draw, or speak the question, you can embed a file, picture or video and you can upload a powerpoint and have it translate it to the class kick. Students can also respond to the question by recording audio, uploading images or files, typing or drawing. And, a key factor for me, students are self-paced through the assignment. You can view their responses in real-time, and they can virtually raise their hands (and you can virtually answer their questions), but they don't have to wait on other students to move on if they are ready. Students get to choose the format that they use to respond and you can leave students verbal feedback on their responses and allow them to revise their answers.
Beyond a lesson projection model, there are a great many ways for students to demonstrate their mastery of content or communicate a position. Some that I have used or enjoy include:
Voicethread allows students to collaborate and document that collaboration in a variety of formats via a central image, audio, video or slide. There are a number of ways to use this technology and I think it's best just to play with it.
Videolicious is an app that lets students make news-style videos on topics.
Thinglink lets you annotate and embed content in images and video to make interactive creations. It has a lot of applications and would be interesting to see how students use it.
Adobe Spark allows the user to make a variety of content types including web stories and videos.
Provide options for physical action:
Providing options for physical action doesn't mean jumping jacks Math class...necessarily, it means removing reasonable barriers to participation for students, this slideshare has a pretty good definition and description of ways to achieve this guideline.
One of the risks of working with technology is that it changes rapidly and sometimes without warning. I have made every effort to ensure that the resources linked here are accurate. I intend for this to be a living and evolving resource and hope that I will continue to use and check these links; however, please contact me if you find that the links are broken or the resources are no longer available.