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The iPad is a powerful educational device: versatile, mobile, engaging, and accessible to all learners, including those with disabilities. Dr. Luis Pérez draws on years of classroom teaching and his own experience with a visual impairment to offer savvy tips and strategies for making the most of the iPad. Perez shows how students with and without disabilities can become empowered creators and publishers of their own work. Teachers and parents of students in general education and special education settings will learn about the huge number of up-to-date iPad applications that they can use today. Learn about multimedia development, digital photography, blogs and websites, writing and reading supports, accommodations and supports for speech, vision, communications, executive functioning and more. Tips for using Google tools and highlights of favorite apps are, sprinkled throughout this short, highly readable book.

In this one-of-a-kind book, artist and teacher Liz Byron demonstrates how to design lessons and instruction in the visual arts using the inclusive principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Art for All: Planning for Variability in the Visual Arts Classroom offers teachers classroom-ready advice on how to transform their practice in sustainable ways with UDL. Readers learn to set meaningful goals, measure progress, customize instruction, and engage all learners across grades. They also discover ways to help all students appreciate and embrace themselves as artists. "Liz Byron's reflections on the use of UDL along with her keen observation of how students learn provide useful insights into the process of designing rich, engaging arts-learning experiences for diverse learners!" -DON GLASS, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC " Liz is at her best when she shares, often with humor, her own misgivings and classroom trials and errors. This highly readable, useful book is filled with lots of takeaways and good advice for teachers about how to implement UDL practices." - LINDA F. NATHAN, Executive Director of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship, and faculty member, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Art for All: Planning for Variability in the Visual Arts Classroom offers teachers classroom-ready advice on how to transform their art instruction practice in sustainable ways with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. In this new edition of the one-of-a-kind book, artist and teacher Liz Byron Loya demonstrates how to apply the inclusive principles of UDL to art instruction. Readers learn to set meaningful goals, measure progress, customize instruction, and engage all learners across grades. They also discover ways to help all students appreciate and embrace themselves as artists. This new edition includes important updates about equity and technology, as well as new ideas for classroom practice.

Recognizing that every student and classroom is unique, Music Education for All: Planning Inclusive and Effective Lessons by Sarah Fard presents the inclusive principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a vital approach to ensuring that all students can discover and develop their own rich and meaningful musical identity. Drawing on her own insightful classroom experiences, Fard shares dynamic and practical strategies to align national standards and your individual teaching goals with the UDL framework, captivate a wider range of learners, improve music literacy, and truly honor the individual strengths of your students. More than just a collection of techniques, Fard guides your sustainable implementation of UDL through ongoing self-reflection, empowering you to continually refine your practice and continue to grow, enriching the learning experience of students for years to come.