Multiple+Means+of+Representation


 * **[|Flexibility of color and contrast]Flexibility of color and contrast** Customize the display of information for individuals with visual impairments. This website includes examples that illustrate how hue, lightness, and saturation impact visual perception.
 * [|**Visuwords**] is an online graphic dictionary and thesaurus that helps develop word knowledge. Word relationships are illustrated by the color and pattern of the link between words.
 * Readabilityallows the user to customize the display of information by reducing visual distractions that surround written text on the web.
 * [|Editions] **Reach and engage all learners. Leveled supports and the Texthelp Toolbar - ages 10 and up.**
 * [|**Interactives: Elements of a Story**]This interactive breaks down the important elements of a story. Students go through the series of steps for constructing a story including Setting, Characters, Sequence, Exposition, Conflict, Climax, and Resolution.
 * [|**Searchcube**] is an alternative search engine that creates a visual representation of the first 96 pages associated with your search and forms a cube that you can flip and rotate.
 * WatchKnow **is a free, online video library with links to more than 11,000 videos in 2,000 categories including history, math, science and other subjects. []**


 * **AUDIO BOOKS:**
 * Google Books []
 * Forgotten Books Forgotten Books
 * Free Electronic Books, many with audio Project Gutenberg
 * Books from the public domain LibriVox
 * The classics Free Classic Audio Books
 * History, Literture, and culture of the Greco-Roman world Perseus Digital Library
 * Digital texts with embedded supports UDLEditions
 * Create, share, publish and read digitl books UDL Bookbuilder
 * Read by members of Screen Actors Guild StorylineOnline
 * The On-line Books Page
 * The Children's Literature Web Guide: (for good text sites, scroll down to "More Links" and then "Stories on the Web"
 * Carrie: A Full-text Electronic Library
 * Institute for Learning Technologies' Digital Texts
 * Internet Public Library (Youth Division)
 * For people with low vision **Virtual Magnifying Glass**
 * Free Text to Speech Software**NaturalReader (PC only)**
 * Accessibility features **For Windows XP operating system in your PC**


 * Guidelines for optimal readability - American Printinghouse for the Blind**
 * **A font that is at least 18 points in size.**
 * **X-height and t-heights of at least 1/8 inch.**
 * **A typeface without serifs.**
 * **Spacing between lines of print of at least 1.25 spaces.**
 * **Headings and subheadings that are larger and bolder than regular large print text.**
 * **Paragraphs that are block style and use 1 inch margins. The left margin should be justified and the right hand margin should not be justified. There should be no first-line indentations to delineate paragraphs.**
 * **Printed materials with no columns or divided words.**
 * **Black print on white, ivory, cream, or yellow paper with a dull finish so as not to promote glare.**
 * **Print that is not used over a background design or other graphical material.**
 * **Graphics that are not only enlarged, but maintain the same contrast, clarity, and appropriate coloration as those prepared for their sighted peers.**
 * **Graphic materials, such as maps, graphs, and charts, which also adhere to type size, font, and other large print guidelines. (Guidelines for maps are under development.)**
 * **Full-color or high-quality black line art rather than gray-scale or shaded drawings.**
 * **Books that weigh no more than 32 ounces and are no larger in dimension than 9 inches by 12 inches by 2.5 inches.**
 * **MATH**
 * **Geometry 3-D Shapes**T**his interactive demonstrates the main components of geometric shapes and rules through text, images, models, and simulations.**
 * **[|WebMath] - K- Higher=Ed math**
 * **[|Time for Time] - Online analog clock, can manipulate clock and show digital time equivalent. Great for Interactive WhiteBoards or touchscreen monitors**
 * **[|Math Playground]** **- excellent site for Math activities for K - 8, make sure to explore the Mathcasts. Mathcasts allow students to review math when THEY need to.**
 * **[|Thinking Blocks] - a creative, interactive math resource to help students understand how to solve word problems. [|Watch the video here] to learn how to use it.**
 * **[|K-7 Mathcasts Project] - Short videos (using [|VoiceThread]) of math concepts by grade level and strand. Great for students to review at home.**
 * **[|AAAmath.com]**
 * **[|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] - a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis)**
 * **[|Real World Math Using Google Earth]**
 * **[|The Math Forum] This is a site that will answer many different types of math questions.**
 * **[|Illuminations]**was designed to support the NCTM standards for mathematics. This website offers interactive tools to facilitate exploration of math concepts.


 * **MATH TOOLS:**
 * __ Number Navigator __ - A program that assists those with fine motor problems to set out columnar arithmetic, without the need for a spreadsheet
 * [|GraphCalc] - Online Graphing Calculator
 * [|Create A Graph>]
 * [|e-Tutor Graphic Calculator] Graph equations
 * [|FooPlot] - Online plotting tool
 * [|PDF Pad] - Create and print graph paper
 * [|EfoFex] - Higher Level Math - free for students with special needs