Resources for Monday Morning, July 3

Resources on Learning and the Brain - General

A very nice first look at the structure of the nervous system in a tutorial
http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/basics/braintut/ab0.html

Great introductory videos online for many aspects of brain and its functions: http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html#

An introduction to nervous system from McGill that uses many features of UDL:
http://www.thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/index_i.html

A second introduction with lots of accessible articles from New Scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/brain

A nice tutorial that works your way through the brain's structures from the middle out:
http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/~iwinship/studyguide/brain_study.htm

A navigable atlas of the nervous system: a nice feel for the brain as neurologists see it: http://www.msu.edu/~brains/humanatlas/

A virtual spin around the human brain:
http://www.brainmuseum.org/Specimens/primates/human/qtvrbrains.htm

A source for Illusions and the brain:
www.illusionworks.com

http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/shadow___ball.html

http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/shadow.html



Resources on Universal Design for Learning - General

CAST's website on Universal Design for Learning:
http://cast.org

Teaching Every Student website:
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/

CSS Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS design; http://www.csszengarden.com/


Tutorials and Guidelines for practicing UDL:

Tutorials on UDL: setting goals, choosing materials and methods, etc. http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/

The value of Structured Documents: http://www.webaim.org/techniques/word/#create

Universal Design on the Web: Great comprehensive website of resources for accessible web design http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/pub_resources.htm#Guidelines

WebAim’s site on Web Accessibility http://www.webaim.org/