About LEV
LEV is a free library of ready-to-use, technology lessons and instructional design resources to help educators create inclusive, engaging learning experiences.
Co-created with educators and social workers, LEV brings together creative technology, social-emotional learning (SEL), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to support different ways of learning, communicating, collaborating, and creating.
LEV is designed with neurodiverse learners at the center, while using teaching practices that can benefit all students. Lessons are flexible enough for classrooms, after-school programs, summer programs, homeschool settings, and other enrichment environments.
Our Teaching Ethos
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
UDL is a pedagogy that meets students where they are by removing barriers to learning. Teachers provide multiple ways for students to engage, access information and demonstrate what they know.
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Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
SEL encompasses five competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.
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Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Students engage in solving real-world problems over an extended period of time and have a final product to present.
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Design Thinking
Design thinking provides a specific solution-based approach to solving problems. There are five stages of Design Thinking: empathize, define (the problem), ideate, prototype, and test.
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Connected Learning
Connected learning is made up of three components: personal interests/passions, supportive relationships, and opportunities.
Why We Created LEV
Technology changes quickly, and educators are expected to prepare students for a technology-centered world while supporting different learning needs and experience levels.
LEV makes that work easier.
The LEV Library offers flexible, slide-driven lessons that are ready to use or adapt. Each lesson combines technology skill-building with collaboration, problem-solving, choice, and creativity. Accessibility and social-emotional support are built into the learning experience from the start.
Built From Real Learning Environments
LEV is an initiative of Tech Unlimited, a nonprofit that uses technology and social-emotional learning to support neurodiverse young people.
LEV grew from our experience developing and teaching technology programs with neurodiverse students. Co-created by educators and social workers, its resources offer practical lessons educators can adapt.
The Story Behind LEV
LEV stands for Learning, Exploration, and Versatility and is inspired by psychologist and educational theorist Lev Vygotsky, who believed that learning is social and collaborative. His work emphasized how guided support, exploration, and interaction with others can help learners build confidence and independence.
That philosophy reflects the heart of LEV: creating supportive learning experiences where educators, social workers, and peers help students explore, create, and grow.