I am very late to the party, having done a lot of trouble-shooting this weekend, and not enough work! My flash updates were not installing for an unknown reason, so I just now had the chance to start watching the tutorials. So far, I have experienced Diigo, Prezi, and Little Bird Tales.
Diigo has a capability that I find beneficial for my higher level readers. It's a great tool for accessing websites and supplementing it with possible definitions for unknown words (by using sticky tabs) and to add more anecdotal information. I don't see this as a UDL approach to my entire class, but certainly acts as a support for higher-level readers and researchers.
Prezi was more difficult than I initially expected to navigate. I thought that it would be helpful, but I find it to be more nuanced than necessary for my lessons. I feel it is more on the professional end, ala Microsoft Word or Excel... but looks more interesting and engaging.
Little Bird Tales is amazing. It excites me that a site like this exists! Last year, I made a lot of books for my pre-readers and lower-level readers. They were always excited when the books contained themselves as characters, their interests, and their own drawing. I can't imagine how excited my students will be to use their own drawings, writings, story-telling, and voices to create online books! I thoroughly plan to use this in my classroom, and hope to use this for our educational challenge.
As I have the time later to thoroughly explore the rest of the programs, I will add more thoughts/opinions. Thanks!
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