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Can't wait to connect with all my #EduSky Peeps! If you are all about #InclusiveEdTech- please join out Community of Practice Bit.ly/JoinCITES

The Inclusive Leaders Summit: EdTech for ALL set the tone for FETC 2026 🎉—bringing leaders together to move accessibility, UDL, and inclusive systems forward. Thank you to Seesaw for sponsoring this powerful pre-conference experience. @techmia.bsky.social @ksuding.bsky.social

Fresh off the stage at FETC 2026! 🌿 Luis Pérez just shared powerful, practical ways to bring the benefits of nature into inclusive classrooms using UDL, design, and technology. Follow us for more live updates from FETC! @techmia.bsky.social @ksuding.bsky.social

#EdTech #UDL #ElemSky #EduSky

CAST Wrapped drops soon 🥳 Sign up to get it first — and share with a colleague who’d love to join the CAST community. www.cast.org/connect/subs...

Sheri Byrne-Haber's "Giving A Damn About Accessibility" has great tips on how to deal with people who challenge or dismiss the need for accessibility. uxdesign.cc/giving-a-dam...

#EdTech #EduSky Important info about what you need to do to be ready as a teacher, school, and district for ADA Title ll. Everyone has a responsibility to make materials #accessible.

Inclusion by design. Kelli and Luis join accessibility expert David Berman to unpack ADA Title II changes and global accessibility trends. Don’t miss S5 E4 of The Learning Experience: www.cast.org/resources/ti...

Can't wait to connect💜 Who is going to #FETC26? #Edtech #EduSky

See @techmia.bsky.social at #FETC2026. Register with CAST10: www.cast.org/connect/even...

#TBT to CAST’s @techmia.bsky.social on The Learning Experience podcast, where she explains how the #CITES Framework helps schools build inclusive technology systems that support every learner. Listen here: www.cast.org/resources/ti...

New Title II rules make digital accessibility a priority for 2026. At #FETC 2026, @techmia.bsky.social shares 10 edtech tools to make learning more accessible for every student. Add this session to your plan and use CAST10. www.cast.org/connect/even...

Today we honor all who have served and those who continue to serve 🇺🇸. @cast-udl.bsky.social extends our gratitude to veterans, service members, and their families — including the many within our own community — for their courage and dedication.

People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter. www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...

Educators in Paraguay are collaborating with #CAST to strengthen UDL systems that support every learner. Real partnership. Shared design. Global impact. Learn more: www.cast.org/what-we-do/ #UDL #InclusiveEducation #GlobalEducation #EducationLeadership

The NEW Class View in @bookcreator.com is a game changer! Class View lets librarians & teachers see all of their students' books & pages in a single, scrollable dashboard. It's so helpful to see them all at once. 💻 It's such a wonderful way to give faster feedback, too! ❤️ ➡️ buff.ly/SxjCsZ0

This is an amazing opportunity! Share! #HE #EduSky #UDL

Get in the habit of bringing up accessibility at meetings, in stand-ups, and in demos. Bring up things you've done to address accessibility. Likewise, don't be afraid to ask, "Have we tested this on a keyboard?" or "What's the experience like on a screen reader?"

@innovateedunyc.bsky.social CEO, @erinmote.bsky.social, outlines 14 ways nonprofits can use AI to scale mission & growth in her latest @forbes.com article. From predictive analytics to policy research, here's what to focus on: www.forbes.com/councils/for... #AIforGood #Nonprofit #AIinEducation

Ready to reimagine student support in higher education CAST’s instructor-led UDL course helps faculty and instructional designers reduce barriers and create equitable learning experiences. Starts February 3 📆 Register here: www.cast.org/resources/co...

Corgi is one of the best #EdTech tools out there you haven't hear of yet! It's FREE. It's Research Based. It's a Graphic Organizer. It's #UDL It's #Accessible What are you waiting for? Don't miss out on using this with your students! #EduSky#InclusiveEdtech

Some great ideas for #UDL and #AI here! If you want ways you can connect AI and UDL check this out from CAST: www.cast.org/what-we-do/a... @cast-udl.bsky.social #EdTech #EduSky

Here's part 1 of a conversation with Jason Bock as we explore possibilities for #GenAI in #accessibility & learning #HigherEd #EdTech aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/jason-bock...

ICYMI - 101 ways to use @bookcreator.com 😇 https://f.mtr.cool/cmrpfytrfn #EduSky #EdTech 

Anthropic and Iceland announce one of the world’s first national AI education pilots via @anthropic www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #iceland #edpolicy #anthropic #claude

🚀 Apply for the EdTech for Good Internship 2025 at UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub, Helsinki 🇫🇮 — a 6-month full-time role in digital learning & education innovation. 🕓 Deadline: Nov 14, 2025. Apply wp.me/p23f03-haL #UNICEF #EdTech #Innovation

#ExecutiveFuction A lot of us wish we could master it... and teach others how to. Take a listen ... Alexis has great tips for how to design for success! #EduSky #UDL

#A11y #UDL #Inclusion #AT

Sharing Halloween pictures today? Don't forget to add alt text. Photo of your kid's great candy haul? Needs alt text. Photo of your kid' cute costume? Needs alt text. Photo of your neighbor's rad yard decorations? Needs alt text. Don't be a goblin. Add alt text.

Who is going to #FETC26? Comment below! Hope to see you at the Inclusive Leader Summit!

ICYMI: Missed last week’s AEMing for Access? Jan McSorley shared how the VIGS Framework helps schools and vendors build trust and accountability in accessibility. Watch the recording: www.cast.org/connect/even... Know a colleague who’d find this helpful? Please share.

What does AAC and District Cybersecurity have in common? They are both an important part of a solid Inclusive Technology Ecosystem! Learn more about how you can build this for your District! cites.cast.org #AACMonth #CyberSecurityMonth #InclusiveTech #CITESFramework #MTSS #DistrictLeaders

Stay up all the good stuff! #UDL #EduSky #HE #InclusiveEdTech

Looking forward to this conversation! Hope you can join us. #Edtech #AT #UDL

Blue Hills Regional Technical School worked with CAST & DESE to strengthen belonging and access in CTE—through student voice, cultural events, and UDL-aligned professional development. Read the impact story: www.cast.org/our-impact/c...

For people just getting introduced to accessibility concepts, the number of resources can be overwhelming for people who don't know where to start. These 10 tips from Lireo Designs can be a good way to introduce your team to the basics. www.lireo.com/10-ways-to-i...

The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls? nomouse.org

Traditional homework policies can unintentionally penalize students with disabilities. Here’s how to design a more compassionate system. 📝 #assessment #EduSky

#UDL #A11y

There are 2 great books in the daily kindle sales today- Unmasking Autism by Devon Price & the Disability Visibility anthology edited by Alice Wong. $1.99 each! #SLPeeps #ATchat #BskySpeechies

Capitalization affects how people read hashtags or how people hear them on screen readers. Use #camelCase or #PascalCase in hashtags instead of lowercase. You could have #DoctorWhoRewatch ("Doctor Who Rewatch") or #doctorwhorewatch ("doctor whore watch.")

If you're looking to hire people with accessibility knowledge and experience, the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit created by Teach Access can help you. The toolkit provides language to use when writing job ads, and questions to ask when interviewing. teachaccess.github.io/accessibilit...

Why I never wanted to be a #Teacher 🙈 Why the #CITESFramework is NOT another initiative 🚫 Finding my space in #HoH 🦻 How my cousin changed the course of my life 😇 Please take a listen 💚 #InclusiveTech #UDL #EdTech #EduSky #Podcast @ksuding.bsky.social @dtourudl.bsky.social @eyeonaxs.bsky.social

Season 5 of The Learning Podcast kicks off with Breaking Barriers with CITES. Guest @techmia.bsky.social explains how inclusive tech is about designing systems that remove barriers for every learner. Listen now: www.cast.org/resources/ti...

Very informative on #AI #EduSky

Everyone who works on a website has a role to ensure the site and its content are accessible. This resource from Vox Media breaks down some accessibility tasks by job role, including content creators, designers, developers, project managers, and testers. accessibility.voxmedia.com

Kasey Bonifacio's 13 Days of Accessibility is a great way to dig into the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which are international standards used to measure accessibility. Kasey's resource makes WCAG more digestible. a11ycalendar.kaseybon.com

Hey #BskySpeechies & #SLPeeps- colleagues at the University of Memphis are exploring knowledge, perspectives, & clinical use of GLP with a survey. If you have 10 minutes, we’d love to hear from you. Open internationally. Link to survey: memphis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Many live with the limitations of not understanding numbers and the impact that has on everyday life. Laura Parker's Accessible Numbers project offers guidance on how to design services and write content for people who need help with numbers. accessiblenumbers.com

This is Leo. He is patiently waiting for this guy to throw the ball. Gonna be here a while. 13/10 (TT: twogoldenleos)