From fnugg at online.no Fri Apr 9 09:27:50 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:27:50 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Describing a map research Message-ID: <4BBEF316.7060307@online.no> Hi, This sounds very interesting. I came over a tweet which led to a study at the University of Toronto asking for feed help. Include link to the research project and excerpt from it. Takes about 30 minutes. Regards, Lisa Describing a map http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~aleciaf/maps/ Tweet How Do You See Maps? 2010-04-07 -- 11:42 Back in the 1990s, I did a bit of volunteer work with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind , and one of the things I learned was that computers often make life even harder for people whose lives are already hard enough. Remember when classified ads went online? It was several years before screen readers like JAWS caught up, which meant that for several years, finding a job or an apartment was even harder for the visually impaired than it had been. And just when things had settled down, AJAX appeared and broke screen readers again. Another recent(ish) development that has made life harder for the visually impaired is the increased use of maps on the web. One of my grad students, Alecia Fowler, is trying to address that problem by finding out how best to describe maps to people who can't see them. If you're willing to give her 30 minutes of your time, please head over to http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~aleciaf/maps/ and give her little "game" a try. http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3743.html From fnugg at online.no Fri Apr 9 13:07:31 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:07:31 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] photography links Message-ID: <4BBF2693.8020505@online.no> Hi, Photography links at Accessible Photography Resources http://angienglishphotography.com/resources/ Regards, Lisa From fnugg at online.no Sun Apr 11 18:31:46 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:31:46 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Photography Course Imparted to the Visually Challenged Message-ID: <4BC21592.5000708@online.no> Photography Course Imparted to the Visually Challenged Eight visually challenged persons have achieved to convert their ideas of historical monuments into photographs, using the rest of their senses. The exercise is part of awareness workshops imparted by Gabriela Patterson and organized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) to involve different publics in cultural heritage enjoyment and care. Julio Cesar Martinez Bronimann, photographer at the National Coordination of Cultural Heritage Conservation (CNCPC) has conducted research regarding teaching photography to visually impaired people. He has adapted his own teaching method towards expression of participants by knowledge of historical objects or spaces through touch, hearing and occasionally, taste. Then they capture their impressions in photographs. The fact of these persons not seeing does not mean they cannot take photographs, declared Martinez; ?meaning of the word photography is ?writing with light?, and people impaired to see can perceive it through the heat it produces, being able to locate places in light and shadow. ?In enclosed spaces they feel the absence of light by the change of temperature, deducing they need extra light, and then they use the flash?. The INAH photographer explains that his students also know how to handle backlight. Hearing and touch are used to choose the framing. If it is a portrait, the voice helps them to determine direction and distance from the subject. Sometimes a companion can describe the space or figure to help them imagine it. http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4241&Itemid=512 From fnugg at online.no Sun Apr 11 18:39:09 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:39:09 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Film project Message-ID: <4BC2174D.6030502@online.no> Visually impaired Riki Fritsh touches a camera during the filming of a scene in Jaffa, just south of central Tel Aviv in this February 9, 2010 file photo. Standing at the back is actor Oz Ben David. In a special project organised by the Ramat Gan municipality, a group of blind and visually impaired Israelis film act and direct their first feature. They have written a script based on their own experiences in a world dominated by those who see. The premier is planned to take place in the summer. http://www.2space.net/news/article/268171-1269532816/ From DeeGee.Lester at nashville.gov Sat Apr 24 20:07:21 2010 From: DeeGee.Lester at nashville.gov (Lester, DeeGee (Parks)) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:07:21 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Invitation to Parthenon opening Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In the galleries, interpretative approaches developed by Susan Gwinn and Education Director DeeGee Lester allow such visitors to experience paintings as never before. R.S.V.P. to 615-862-8431 or info at parthenon.org. From fnugg at online.no Tue Apr 27 13:32:06 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:32:06 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] SightCity 2010. Message-ID: <4BD6E756.7010101@online.no> Forwarding This newsletter is not about the professional integration of the blind for a change. Instead, it * Announces the "tactile event" that was initiated in cooperation with the big educational facility Bartimeus from the Netherlands for the SightCity 2010. * Informs about our co-exhibitors. * Lists a few of the prizes that you can get for free at our stand if you are bold and/or beautiful. 1. Tactile event - Cooperation with Dick Lunenborg and his team from Bartimeus For several years we are researching and developing in cooperation with the educational facility Bartimeus from the Netherlands. Dick Lunenborg is the project manager of the project "label your environment" at Bartimeus. He works with blind children and children with multiple disabilities. For example, several tactile learning materials were made to speak using Tag It Guide. These include models of body parts and plants. Dick Lunenborg was the first person to supply content for our talking skeleton "Johnny". Dick Lunenborg travels worldwide from congress to congress and is always one of the first persons to sample new technologies that might be helpful for education or could advance the area of assistive technology. We had the idea to bring schools, companies and private persons together who work in the area of tactile media when we visited the BETT-show in London last year. Our first step towards this goal was to invite interested parties to become a co-exhibitor at our stand and share their products and ideas. If everything works out as planned, we will follow up with a workshop or even an international symposium. Because of the enormous run on the available places this year, we could not secure neighboring stands. You can find Bartimeus at stand F11 and we will occupy the stands F18 to F21 together with the co-exhibitors. Dick Lunenborg will be showing a system based on Tag It Guide that allows to depict building structures, a campus or street maps and the likes in practically no time at all. Just by using a magnetic board and magnetic pieces, he can build these structures and by using RFID labels, he can connect the pieces with audio information. Bartimeus already uses this system to show students how their future school or the university is built. We call this system DL Rapid ProtoTyping and it is for example of interest for the areas of orientation and mobility. Co-exhibitors at Bartimeus include Suzanne van den Bercken, a blind expert for tactile media, Ho?lle Corvest of the science museum in Paris and a few staff members from Bartimeus. Dorine in 't Veldt, who manages for example projects for museums, will be present as well. Our stand will feature: * Jaap Breider (Founder of ALVA) with TactileView. www.tactileview.com * Grenzenlos gGmbH www.grenzenlos-ggmbh.de *Touch from Hamburg www.touch-hh.de 2. Co-exhibitors The company Hantz+Partner from Freiburg will show several CD/DVD-Copysystems. Additionally, they will show professional storage solutions that are necessary for companies, public authorities, associations and so forth. www.hantz.com Dr. Andreas Hub of Stuttgart University will present TANIA - a system that navigates blind people outdoors as well as indoors. www.blindnavigation.org ViewPlus from the USA will show Brailleprinters that print in ink and emboss. They will also show other products as for example IVEO that adds audio information to tactile printouts. www.viewplus.com The company Bones, known for the MileStone, will show PAVIP. Stephan Knecht says: "We would like to show our solution for public transportation, the PAVIP, at the stand of DL Info." It is based on the MileStone 312 that can also be used for Tag It and Tag It Guide. We will also be showing how this works. * Only on Thursday will we have Klaus Knopper at our stand who will show his Knoppix Linux. 3. Prizes, prizes, prizes! We have 5 headphones, 50 MP3-players, 4 GB SD-cards, organic apples and bananas, leather wallets for SD-cards, scissors, pens, chocolates and much more. Who can get that and how? As we said, you should be bold or beautiful - best chances if you are both.:-) However, you can also play our little game with us: You will be standing in front of a kind of vending area that consists of several small drawers. You tell Christine Kirschke what you would like to have. She will enter a search for the item into Tag It. You will receive our "magic wand" which will direct you with simple instructions ("Up", "Down" and so on) to the desired prize. This demonstration can be directly transferred to any kind of warehouse or storage situation and other similar situations. It shows, how new areas of activity can be made accessible for the blind. We invite everyone interested in audio-tactile media and the professional integration of the blind. We are always very excited about your ideas and suggestions. This year, you can find our stand at the end of a long, long corridor past the cafeteria. You will have to make another turn to the right and then you are almost there - very easy to find indeed. Yours sincerely, Hansj?rg Lienert You can find information on the Sight City at: www.sightcity.net Please do not respond to this mail directly. Use the email-address below! If you do not want to receive our newsletter, please follow this link: http://www.dlinfo.de/mailinglist_austragen.php And provide the email address that should not receive any more newsletters. Dr?ger& Lienert Informationsmanagement Stadtwaldstr. 62 D 35037 Marburg Tel: +49 6421 165555 Fax: +49 6421 165556 E-Mail:info at dlinfo.de Web:www.dlinfo.de From fnugg at online.no Wed Apr 28 13:08:58 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:08:58 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Parthenon invitation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4BD8336A.4020707@online.no> Hi, Is it alright if I forward this invitation to other lists that might be interested? Thanks, Lisa On 27.04.2010 15:31, Lester, DeeGee (Parks) wrote: > The Parthenon invites you to attend the opening of > > Touching Art: Expanded Programming for the Blind > > > > Friday, April 30, 2010 > > 5:30-7:30 > > > > How do people who are blind find enjoyment and satisfaction in an art > museum where the art is silent and visitors are not allowed to touch? > Through a generous grant from the Ida F. Cooney Fund for the Arts > through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, the Parthenon > expanded programming for the blind to address this issue. A model of the > entablature by Richard Waters and Alan LeQuire allows visually-impaired > visitors to understand the Parthenon's architecture through touch. In > the galleries, interpretative approaches developed by Susan Gwinn and > Education Director DeeGee Lester allow such visitors to experience > paintings as never before. > > > > R.S.V.P. to 615-862-8431 or info at parthenon.org. > > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/fnugg%40online.no > > > > From DeeGee.Lester at nashville.gov Wed Apr 28 14:16:55 2010 From: DeeGee.Lester at nashville.gov (Lester, DeeGee (Parks)) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:16:55 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Parthenon opening Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Invitation text.doc Type: application/msword Size: 24576 bytes Desc: Invitation text.doc URL: From DeeGee.Lester at nashville.gov Wed Apr 28 14:18:22 2010 From: DeeGee.Lester at nashville.gov (Lester, DeeGee (Parks)) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:18:22 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Parthenon invitation In-Reply-To: <4BD8336A.4020707@online.no> References: <4BD8336A.4020707@online.no> Message-ID: Yes. Thanks. DeeGee -----Original Message----- From: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:09 AM To: Access to Art Museums Subject: Re: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Parthenon invitation Hi, Is it alright if I forward this invitation to other lists that might be interested? Thanks, Lisa On 27.04.2010 15:31, Lester, DeeGee (Parks) wrote: > The Parthenon invites you to attend the opening of > > Touching Art: Expanded Programming for the Blind > > > > Friday, April 30, 2010 > > 5:30-7:30 > > > > How do people who are blind find enjoyment and satisfaction in an art > museum where the art is silent and visitors are not allowed to touch? > Through a generous grant from the Ida F. Cooney Fund for the Arts > through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, the Parthenon > expanded programming for the blind to address this issue. A model of > the entablature by Richard Waters and Alan LeQuire allows > visually-impaired visitors to understand the Parthenon's architecture > through touch. In the galleries, interpretative approaches developed > by Susan Gwinn and Education Director DeeGee Lester allow such > visitors to experience paintings as never before. > > > > R.S.V.P. to 615-862-8431 or info at parthenon.org. > > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.or > g To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info > for Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > /fnugg%40online.no > > > > _______________________________________________ Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Artbeyondsightmuseums: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/d eegee.lester%40nashville.gov From info at michaelhingson.com Thu May 6 00:29:25 2010 From: info at michaelhingson.com (Michael Hingson) Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 19:29:25 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] KNFB Reader Mobile At NFB National Convention Message-ID: Hello everyone, Once again this year the NFB and The Michael Hingson Group, Inc. will be selling the KnfbReader Mobile at our National convention. We want to help you with your purchase should you wish to buy a Reader at the convention. First, we will have plenty of KnfbReader Mobile systems available with either the Nokia N82 or the N86 hardware. Second, all systems will be configured and ready to activate. We will be happy to activate software for you in the exhibit hall when you purchase your KnfbReader Mobile. Third, once again we shall be utilizing the NFB %3 low interest technology loan as a way to help you buy a KnfbReader Mobile should you not wish to use cash or a credit card to make your purchase directly at the convention. Unfortunately, it will be difficult to approve and fund loans at the convention. The chair of the Loan Fund committee has told me that due to time constraints the committee will not be able to meet and approve loans during the convention. If you may be planning on using the loan fund to purchase a KnfbReader at the convention I would like to urge you to complete an application now rather than waiting until July. If your application is approved you can simply order the Reader from us for delivery at the convention which will save shipping charges. A link to the online loan application is available at http://knfbreader.michaelhingson.com near the bottom of the page. In the field asking for the name of your dealer simply enter the words "NFB convention" should you plan to pick up your Reader at the convention. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of completing the application now should you wish to use the loan fund to purchase a KnfbReader Mobile. Curtis Chong, chair of the Loan Fund Committee tells me that any applications completed by late May should be funded by the convention. The sooner you complete the application the faster your loan will be completed. We cannot provide Readers to anyone who has not gone through the entire loan process and had their loan funded. We shall be ready to help anyone complete an application at the convention, but there will be a delay in you receiving your KnfbReader Mobile. Fourth, we will again be ready to answer any support questions of current users as well as helping you with any issues you may have. Representatives of KNFB Technologies will also be on hand to answer your questions. Finally, we are presently working on having a Reader users meeting sometime early in the convention. More details will follow on this when they become available. If anyone has any questions or wishes more information about the Reader please call me at (415) 827-4084 or email me at info at michaelhingson.com. Please tell your friends and anyone you know about how they can see this great technology at the NFB convention. All of us on the KnfbReader team look forward to serving you. Thank you for your support. Best, Michael Hingson The Michael Hingson Group, INC. "Speaking with Vision" Michael Hingson, President (415) 827-4084 info at michaelhingson.com www.michaelhingson.com for info on the new KNFB Reader Mobile, visit: http://knfbreader.michaelhingson.com http://michaelhingson.com/images/knfbReader-michael_hingson.jpg __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5089 (20100505) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com From fnugg at online.no Fri May 21 09:45:29 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 11:45:29 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] APH research and development ideas Message-ID: <4BF65639.1040909@online.no> Hi, Sorry about not posting for awhile. To make up for this am sending some tidbits from APH. 1.Guide to Designing Tactile Illustrations for Children's Books *NEW! *(Free 35-page illustrated guide in multiple file formats) html link: http://www.aph.org/edresearch/illustrations/index.html pdf link: http://www.aph.org/edresearch/illustration.pdf brf link: http://www.aph.org/edresearch/611710097.brf 2. APH Research and Development Report 2005- Huge document with lots of interesting tools, works etc. Have only skimmed it so far - very interesting. http://www.aph.org/edresearch/ar2005/ar2005.html 3. APH Research and Development Report 2009 - files available .doc, html, .txt, brf, .dtb .Great reading. http://www.aph.org/edresearch/ar2009/2009_Annual_Report.htm 4. submit product ideas to APH - The American Printing House for the Blind gives serious consideration to ideas for products that improve the lives of persons who are blind or visually impaired. We are especially interested in product ideas that support Core and/or Expanded Core Curricula, since both are essential to the education of students and clients who are blind or visually impaired. http://www.aph.org/products/prodideas.htm Best, Lisa From fnugg at online.no Fri May 21 11:05:40 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:05:40 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Squid and friends Message-ID: <4BF66904.7090409@online.no> Hi, A bit more from APH that thought might be of interest. Would like to hear from anyone that has used Quick-Draw paper mentioned below. Thanks, Lisa 1. Squid tactile activity magazine issue 1-6 age : 5 and up (sorry about the long link- can instead go to APH and enter Squid in search) https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=11051&krypto=w%2FE%2FZ6s4BbPnGdbWpzEtEkmoAc5%2BgE7aL3qAtrayReDNIoMRG26B%2ByeeRP1fSez72kXfRg8mP7sb%0D%0AXBEb0CptNwQzBv7XhZKg6a0hv%2Fksr1t0fkzWpC479beDwnJg1BuS&ddkey=http:ProductDisplay 2. Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding Kit: Making Tactile Pictures Make Sense This set of tangible items and activities assists young tactile readers in making the transition from the exploration of real objects to the interpretation of two-dimensional representations, both in thermoformed formats and simple raised-line illustrations. A 3-dimensional house model aids with advanced understanding of scale and perspective. http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Setting%20the%20Stage%20for%20Tactile%20Understanding%20Kit:%20Making%20Tactile%20Pictures%20Make%20Sense_1-08853-00P_10001_11051 3. Teaching Touch Kit /Teaching Touch/ helps parents or teachers encourage young children (ages 4 to 7 years) who are blind to become active explorers and readers of tactile graphics. Uses real stories to bring important points to life. Various skills that contribute to exploration and appreciation of tactile graphics are addressed in the included booklet. These include: * tracking * searching * verbal description * use of symbols http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Teaching%20Touch%20Kit_1-08861-00P_10001_11051 4. DRAFTSMAN Tactile Drawing Board A versatile tactile drawing board used in combination with special film and a stylus to create instant raised-line images. Intended for a wide audience, such as students, teachers, parents, and adults with blindness, the DRAFTSMAN can be used for: http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_DRAFTSMAN%20Tactile%20Drawing%20Board_1-08857-00P_10001_11051 5. Quick-Draw Paper Create instant tactile graphics that are useful for a wide variety of art, orientation & mobility, diagramming, and educational activities. Simply draw on paper surface with a water-based marker and the lines will swell instantly and become tactile. Lets children, students, and adults be the creators of their own tactile pictures with immediate feedback. Includes 10 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 inch Quick-Draw^(TM) Paper, instructions in large print, and two water-based markers. 6. Rolling Right Along Construction Kit https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_early%20childhood%20development%20concept%20development%20emergent%20literacy%20family%20books%20storybooks%20Braille%20story%20suggestions_1-08451-00P_10001_11051 // From fnugg at online.no Fri May 21 11:49:35 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:49:35 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] games, photography, art exhibition Chicago Message-ID: <4BF6734F.9020300@online.no> **Entombed is a large dungeon delving RPG game for the blind or visually impaired. It's designed to be exciting and replayable --- A game you can play for months or years.* ***Choose from dozens of races and classes to create the ultimate dungeon crawling group. Make use of powerful warriors, cunning thieves, dastardly necromancers and more! Discover hundreds of unique weapons, armor, and magic spells to help you on your way. Through tragedy or triumph your score will be displayed on Entombed's online score boards for all to admire. http://thebatchannel.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/entombed-an-audio-adventure-for-the-blind/ http://www.blind-games.com/default.aspx* * *article * The image museum The Alinari National Museum of Photography in Florence. The *MNAF* has other interesting sections too: from those dedicated to the *history of cameras and photographic albums* to the fascinating Touch Museum. The *Touch Museum's tour itinerary*, created in collaboration with *Tuscany's "Stamperia Braille"* and the *Italian Association for the Blind*, features a series of relief interpretations of 20 of the photographs in the exhibition, created so that visually disabled visitors can *experience the artworks via touch*. This section is open both to the visually impaired and the sighted, and offers all visitors a *unique sensorial experience*. http://www.italytraveller.com/en/x/art-escapes-2/e/the-image-museum excerpt Blind With Camera: Images from a world that is not seen It's a particularly fascinating idea -- visually impaired taking photographs. Did this idea take you a few seconds to comprehend? This is one of the most wonderful initiatives that have broken the myths about limitation. Blind with Camera, a wing of the Beyond Sight Foundation, is an initiative that has empowered many a visually challenged individuals to use photography as a medium to express their inner self. Through the perception of touch, sound and warmth, we are now welcome to experience the world as the blind experience. http://www.thebetterindia.com/1217/blind-with-camera-images-from-a-world-that-is-not-seen/ excerpt Insight into the visual arts VISION NOT HIS QUEST | Though he's legally blind, Simpson has style like Chagall The first thing you need to know about David Simpson is he's an artist. The second thing is he's visually impaired. Simpson has lost all vision in one eye and has macular degeneration and retinal scarring in the other. But that hasn't stopped him from creating a body of work that has a whimsy and style reminiscent of Marc Chagall. .... Up close in bright lighting with the right amount of magnification, Simpson, who works with acrylics, water colors and pencil, can draw and paint almost normally. But it takes a lot of steps to get him to that point, and he has to stay very organized. "I think of a painting as a grid," he explained. "I look at sections. Then sections within sections." PASSIONATE FOCUS' Through Friday, Gallery 233, 233 W. Huron, Free admission, (312) 236-8569, . /www.guildfortheblind.org/ http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/2288964,CST-FTR-blind19.article From fnugg at online.no Fri May 21 12:04:20 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 14:04:20 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] photography, film, Sight Unseen Message-ID: <4BF676C4.7070004@online.no> TV story - Blind / VI photographers in London wanted view profile vip_uc says: I received the following message today, and thought I'd pass it on to members here, so that anyone in London can respond if they wish. From: "adytorial via Flickr (no-reply)" To: Subject: [Flickr] blind photography for tv story Date: 25 January 2010 15:49 :: blind photography for tv story Hi, I and two colleagues are working on a tv story about blind photography for school project. We need a blind or visually impaired photographer around London as the source who wants to share his/her experience in doing this thing. Can you recommend someone around London? Regards, Ady Nugroho MA in Broadcast Journalism Uni of Westminster http://www.flickr.com/groups/vi-uk/discuss/72157623157392577/ excerpt ?The Eyes of Me? is February's Community Cinema film in the Grand Valley. The film at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Mesa County Central Library, and at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita. ?The Eyes of Me? is both the title of the movie and a rap song composed by Chas, a blind teenage boy channeling his frustration and anger through a musical outlet. Because this movie is about the visually impaired, this documentary will be screened with audio descriptions added for people with visual impairment. In order for the audience to simulate the experience of vision impairment, Jane Newton, one of the Grand Junction panelists, will provide various goggles and glasses so the audience may listen, just listen, and imagine the hurdles which must be overcome by those less fortunate to compete in our world of sight. About the film Enter the world of Chas, Denise, Isaac and Meagan, all teenagers at resident school TSBVI - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. There are more than 9,000 students attending 46 schools addressing the needs of visually impaired individuals. Students, from freshmen to seniors, have come to TSBVI to learn, adapt, and live in a world without the advantages of sight. The problems which confront them might seem slight to those of us with vision, but every issue is compounded by loss of sight. Crossing a street, cooking dinner, living alone in an apartment or preparing for a prom, dealing with boyfriend/girlfriend relationships; these are a few of the many challenges made more complex by visual impairment. Watch this film and discover what happens to Chas, Denise, Isaac and Meagan. http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20100205/ENTERTAINMENT/100209931/1018&parentprofile=1061 pdf link Sight Unseen Mini Exhibition http://www.sightofemotion.org/boletin_prensauk.pdf From vlewis at suffolk.lib.ny.us Mon May 24 13:45:10 2010 From: vlewis at suffolk.lib.ny.us (Valerie Lewis) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 09:45:10 -0400 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Squid and friends In-Reply-To: <4BF66904.7090409@online.no> Message-ID: <00b201cafb47$546586b0$6b63a8c0@suffolknet.org> Good morning, Lisa We have the quick draw paper for demonstration purposes. I am legally blind and was not overly impressed by the tactile effectiveness of this paper. There is some tactile-ness to the paper after you use the marker on it, but not enough to get a really good idea of what you are feeling. I hope this helps. Valerie OBSTACLE "Something that impedes progress or achievement" (Merriam Webster's 11th Edition) Valerie Lewis, Director Long Island Talking Book Library Administrator of Outreach Services Suffolk Cooperative Library System P.O. Box 9000 Bellport, NY 11713-9000 631-286-1600 (voice) vlewis at suffolk.lib.ny.us -----Original Message----- From: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 7:06 AM To: accessibleimage at freelists.org; art_beyond_sight_learning_tools at nfbnet.org; Art Beyond Sight Advocacy; Art Beyond Sight Educators List; Art Beyond Sight Theory and Research; Access to Art Museums Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Squid and friends Hi, A bit more from APH that thought might be of interest. Would like to hear from anyone that has used Quick-Draw paper mentioned below. Thanks, Lisa 1. Squid tactile activity magazine issue 1-6 age : 5 and up (sorry about the long link- can instead go to APH and enter Squid in search) https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001& catalogId=11051&krypto=w%2FE%2FZ6s4BbPnGdbWpzEtEkmoAc5%2BgE7aL3qAtrayReDNIoM RG26B%2ByeeRP1fSez72kXfRg8mP7sb%0D%0AXBEb0CptNwQzBv7XhZKg6a0hv%2Fksr1t0fkzWp C479beDwnJg1BuS&ddkey=http:ProductDisplay 2. Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding Kit: Making Tactile Pictures Make Sense This set of tangible items and activities assists young tactile readers in making the transition from the exploration of real objects to the interpretation of two-dimensional representations, both in thermoformed formats and simple raised-line illustrations. A 3-dimensional house model aids with advanced understanding of scale and perspective. http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Setting%20the%20Stage% 20for%20Tactile%20Understanding%20Kit:%20Making%20Tactile%20Pictures%20Make% 20Sense_1-08853-00P_10001_11051 3. Teaching Touch Kit /Teaching Touch/ helps parents or teachers encourage young children (ages 4 to 7 years) who are blind to become active explorers and readers of tactile graphics. Uses real stories to bring important points to life. Various skills that contribute to exploration and appreciation of tactile graphics are addressed in the included booklet. These include: * tracking * searching * verbal description * use of symbols http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Teaching%20Touch%20Kit _1-08861-00P_10001_11051 4. DRAFTSMAN Tactile Drawing Board A versatile tactile drawing board used in combination with special film and a stylus to create instant raised-line images. Intended for a wide audience, such as students, teachers, parents, and adults with blindness, the DRAFTSMAN can be used for: http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_DRAFTSMAN%20Tactile%20 Drawing%20Board_1-08857-00P_10001_11051 5. Quick-Draw Paper Create instant tactile graphics that are useful for a wide variety of art, orientation & mobility, diagramming, and educational activities. Simply draw on paper surface with a water-based marker and the lines will swell instantly and become tactile. Lets children, students, and adults be the creators of their own tactile pictures with immediate feedback. Includes 10 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 inch Quick-Draw^(TM) Paper, instructions in large print, and two water-based markers. 6. Rolling Right Along Construction Kit https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_early%20childhood%20d evelopment%20concept%20development%20emergent%20literacy%20family%20books%20 storybooks%20Braille%20story%20suggestions_1-08451-00P_10001_11051 // _______________________________________________ Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Artbeyondsightmuseums: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/vlewi s%40suffolk.lib.ny.us From fnugg at online.no Mon May 24 20:00:57 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 22:00:57 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Squid and friends In-Reply-To: <00b201cafb47$546586b0$6b63a8c0@suffolknet.org> References: <00b201cafb47$546586b0$6b63a8c0@suffolknet.org> Message-ID: <4BFADAF9.3080708@online.no> Hi Valerie, Thank you for your answer. It helped a lot. Regards, Lisa On 24.05.2010 15:45, Valerie Lewis wrote: > Good morning, Lisa > > We have the quick draw paper for demonstration purposes. I am legally blind > and was not overly impressed by the tactile effectiveness of this paper. > There is some tactile-ness to the paper after you use the marker on it, but > not enough to get a really good idea of what you are feeling. > > I hope this helps. > > Valerie > > OBSTACLE > > "Something that > impedes > progress or > achievement" > > (Merriam Webster's > 11th Edition) > > > Valerie Lewis, Director > Long Island Talking Book Library > Administrator of Outreach Services > Suffolk Cooperative Library System > P.O. Box 9000 > Bellport, NY 11713-9000 > 631-286-1600 (voice) > vlewis at suffolk.lib.ny.us > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org > [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 7:06 AM > To: accessibleimage at freelists.org; > art_beyond_sight_learning_tools at nfbnet.org; Art Beyond Sight Advocacy; Art > Beyond Sight Educators List; Art Beyond Sight Theory and Research; Access to > Art Museums > Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Squid and friends > > Hi, > > A bit more from APH that thought might be of interest. > Would like to hear from anyone that has used Quick-Draw paper mentioned > below. > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > 1. Squid tactile activity magazine issue 1-6 age : 5 and up > (sorry about the long link- can instead go to APH and enter Squid in > search) > https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001& > catalogId=11051&krypto=w%2FE%2FZ6s4BbPnGdbWpzEtEkmoAc5%2BgE7aL3qAtrayReDNIoM > RG26B%2ByeeRP1fSez72kXfRg8mP7sb%0D%0AXBEb0CptNwQzBv7XhZKg6a0hv%2Fksr1t0fkzWp > C479beDwnJg1BuS&ddkey=http:ProductDisplay > > 2. Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding Kit: Making Tactile > Pictures Make Sense > This set of tangible items and activities assists young tactile readers > in making the transition from the exploration of real objects to the > interpretation of two-dimensional representations, both in thermoformed > formats and simple raised-line illustrations. A 3-dimensional house > model aids with advanced understanding of scale and perspective. > > http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Setting%20the%20Stage% > 20for%20Tactile%20Understanding%20Kit:%20Making%20Tactile%20Pictures%20Make% > 20Sense_1-08853-00P_10001_11051 > > 3. Teaching Touch Kit > > /Teaching Touch/ helps parents or teachers encourage young children > (ages 4 to 7 years) who are blind to become active explorers and readers > of tactile graphics. Uses real stories to bring important points to life. > > Various skills that contribute to exploration and appreciation of > tactile graphics are addressed in the included booklet. These include: > > * > tracking > * > searching > * > verbal description > * > use of symbols > > http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Teaching%20Touch%20Kit > _1-08861-00P_10001_11051 > > 4. DRAFTSMAN Tactile Drawing Board > > A versatile tactile drawing board used in combination with special film > and a stylus to create instant raised-line images. Intended for a wide > audience, such as students, teachers, parents, and adults with > blindness, the DRAFTSMAN can be used for: > > http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_DRAFTSMAN%20Tactile%20 > Drawing%20Board_1-08857-00P_10001_11051 > > 5. Quick-Draw Paper > > Create instant tactile graphics that are useful for a wide variety of > art, orientation& mobility, diagramming, and educational activities. > > Simply draw on paper surface with a water-based marker and the lines > will swell instantly and become tactile. Lets children, students, and > adults be the creators of their own tactile pictures with immediate > feedback. > > Includes 10 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 inch Quick-Draw^(TM) Paper, > instructions in large print, and two water-based markers. > > 6. Rolling Right Along Construction Kit > https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_early%20childhood%20d > evelopment%20concept%20development%20emergent%20literacy%20family%20books%20 > storybooks%20Braille%20story%20suggestions_1-08451-00P_10001_11051 > > > > // > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/vlewi > s%40suffolk.lib.ny.us > > > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/fnugg%40online.no > > > > From braille at nbpcb.org Fri May 28 02:22:20 2010 From: braille at nbpcb.org (Louise Walch) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 21:22:20 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Braille Testing at NFB National Convention Message-ID: A reminder to all: Testing for National Certification in Literary Braille (NCLB). will be held at this year's NFB National Convention in Dallas this July. Date: Sunday and Monday, July 4-5, 2010 Time: 1-5pm on both days Location: Hilton Anatole Hotel 2201 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75207 Cost: $250 (or $75 per single section) Application deadline: Sunday, June 13, 2010 *Unless otherwise notified, candidates must be present for all four sections. Sections one and two will be offered on Sunday, July 4, and sections three and four will be offered on Monday, July 5. Alternative testing may be available on a very limited basis. To apply online go to: https://nbpcb.org/members/login.php?r=/members/er.php?eid=41 For further information please contact Louise Walch, NCLB coordinator at braille at nbpcb.org or call 318-257-4554. Thanks, Louise Louise Walch NCLB Braille Exam Coordinator braille at nbpcb.org www.nbpcb.org Louise G. Walch NBPCB Coordinator braille at nbpcb.org www.nbpcb.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NCLB General Announcement 2010.doc Type: application/msword Size: 25088 bytes Desc: not available URL: From fnugg at online.no Sun May 30 13:07:46 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 15:07:46 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Audio Description Project 2010 CONFERENCE Message-ID: <4C026322.60308@online.no> American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project Forwarding 2010 CONFERENCE -- REGISTER NOW! ATTENTION--ALL AUDIO DESCRIPTION ENTHUSIASTS WORLDWIDE! AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND AUDIO DESCRIPTION PROJECT announces the 2010 SECOND ANNUAL AUDIO DESCRIPTION PROJECT (ADP) CONFERENCE An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) "DESCRIBERS TELL IT LIKE IT IS!" Phoenix Downtown Sheraton Hotel - July 12-14, 2010 Phoenix, Arizona On-line registration for the Conference is now available at: https://acbconvention.org/RegForm.aspx PLEASE NOTE: - We're still accepting nominations for achievement awards in description: Performing Arts, Museums, Media, International, the Dr. Margaret Pfanstiehl Memorial Achievement Award in Audio Description-Research and Development, and the Barry Levine Memorial Award for Career Achievement in Audio Description. Submit nominations at: http://acbadp.wufoo.com/forms/2010-audio-description-project-awards/ - Encourage young people who are blind or have low vision--ages 7-18--to review described video or film and send in their reviews to the Young Described Film Critic Contest! For more information on all awards, go to: http://www.acb.org/adp/docs/AD-ACB-ADP%20Awards%202010.doc (If using Internet Explorer, please check "enable macros," if necessary.) - The ADP Conference is immediately followed by: ACB/ADP AUDIO DESCRIPTION INSTITUTE - July 15-17, 2010, a three-day intensive series of interactive, multi-media sessions focused on the fundamentals of audio description (offering an ACB certificate of completion of Audio Description Training for all successful participants). The need for trained describers is expected to increase with expanded funding and the passage of pending legislation that mandates description for television broadcasts. Register for the Institute (and the ADP Conference) at: https://acbconvention.org/RegForm.aspx WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE CONFERENCE This conference is open to anyone interested in the field of Audio Description for performing arts, museums, media, and myriad applications. AGENDA (partial listing--the latest, detailed agenda is posted on the ADP website: www.acb.org/adp) ? Special Guest Speakers: - Robert David Hall, actor (CSI) and access advocate (invited); - Rose Daly-Rooney, AZ Assistant Attorney General Daly-Rooney's work was critical in the recent victory regarding captions and description for presentations at an AZ chain of movie theaters. - Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (via Internet or video) plus: ? Special reports from description providers and advocates in Australia, Germany, Canada, Spain, the U.K., and others; ? Get the latest information on Congressional action regarding a mandate for description on broadcast television; ? Find out What Works--participate in a panel discussion with description users and description providers on "what works" in the development of description in various formats/genres (performing arts, museums, media, etc.); ? Catch up on the latest from the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) and screen its described educational videos--also hear an update on Listening Is Learning, a joint initiative of the Described and Captioned Media Program and the ADP; ? Learn more about People with Disabilities in the Production of Description - PART TWO--Last year's attendees enjoyed "Part One" of this session, a live audio presentation by Rick Boggs, President, Audio Eyes and The Accessible Planet; Former Director of Described Media, VITAC. This year, Rick joins us in person to demonstrate important description techniques and illustrate the ways in which description production benefits from collaboration with description users; ? Discover the latest on Description for Media and AD in Canada--Entertainment lawyer Dana Walker (formerly Vice President, Business Development and now consultant to DVD distributor Shout Factory; founder of New Media Resources and describedmedia.com) and a representative from Canada's The Accessible Channel (invited), will brief us on their efforts and offer the latest news on description on DVDs and downloads as well as the latest in description throughout Canada; ? Meet Eileen Bagnall of ARTAbility Arizona and VSAarts of Arizona--she'll detail how Arizona describers provide access to the visual image at performances, events and exhibitions throughout the state. During the ACB Convention and Conference, VSAarts of Arizona will provide an audio described tour for ACB members of Phoenix's Heard Museum and a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater; ? Review national guidelines for Audio Description (based on existing standards worldwide); ? Discuss proposed ACB-sponsored Certification for audio describers with a representative of the Registry for Interpreters the Deaf; ? Award the second annual Young Described Film Critic honors in three age ranges to young description users (a program of the ADP/DCMP "Listening Is Learning" Initiative); ? Recognize leading describers and description producing organizations with achievement awards in description-Performing Arts, Museums, Media, International, the Dr. Margaret Pfanstiehl Memorial Achievement Award in Audio Description-Research and Development, and the Barry Levine Memorial Award for Career Achievement in Audio Description REGISTRATION The registration process is open now! The $200 cost ($180 + $20 for ACB Convention and Conference registration) includes: - three days of sessions and screenings beginning at 1:00 pm each day and extending into the evening - Conference luncheon on July 14, 2010 LODGING Contact the Phoenix Downtown Sheraton Hotel Reservations: 800-325-3535 Mention the ACB Convention and ask about the special ACB daily rate of $89.00. http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/index.html TO DO NOW! Visit the ACB website at https://acbconvention.org/RegForm.aspx to register on-line, or send an email to/call Joel Snyder at jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083 for more information. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUDIO DESCRIPTION PROJECT, VISIT: www.acb.org/adp From dandrews at visi.com Mon May 31 23:12:32 2010 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 18:12:32 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] 2010 NFB Convention Agenda Now Available Message-ID: Below is the text of the agenda for the 2010 NFB national convention. You can also download a fully-formatted Word version from the link below. Dave http://www.nfb.org/nfb/National_Convention.asp THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF TEXAS WELCOME YOU TO THE 70th ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND Marc Maurer, President National Federation of the Blind 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Mary Ellen Jernigan Executive Director for Operations and Chairwoman, Convention Organization and Activities Angela Wolf, President National Federation of the Blind of Texas 314 East Highland Mall Blvd., Suite 353 Austin, Texas 78752 Hilton Anatole Hotel 2201 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75207 (214) 748-1200 The 70th annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind is being held in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. As usual, our hotel rates are very good: singles and doubles are $62; triples and quads are $67. In addition to the room rates, there is a fifteen percent occupancy tax. There is no charge for children under sixteen in the room with parents as long as no extra bed is required. Proof of convention registration is necessary, including the showing of an NFB registration badge if requested. Otherwise, regular hotel rates must be paid. The Hilton Anatole is a non-smoking hotel; smoking is permitted only on the Gossip patio and fifteen feet from any outside entrance. HILTON ANATOLE GEOGRAPHY The Hilton Anatole consists of two main sections?the Atrium and the Tower. The Atrium section is further divided into Atrium I and Atrium II. At the lobby and mezzanine levels Atrium I, Atrium II, and the Tower are connected so that you can walk from Atrium I at the far east end of the hotel through Atrium II into the Tower at the far west end of the hotel as if it were one building. During the time of our convention the entire central area of Atrium II at the lobby level will be undergoing substantial renovation. This renovation will not impact our convention operation in any significant way since there will be a well-defined passageway linking Atrium I with the Tower. This passageway will run east and west along the south side of Atrium II at the lobby level. At levels above the mezzanine, Atrium I and Atrium II are contiguous with each other but not with the Tower?that is, to reach the sleeping rooms, you must use either the Atrium elevators or the Tower elevators, depending on which section your room is located in. The Tower sleeping room elevators do not stop at the mezzanine level. The Atrium sleeping room elevators stop at the mezzanine level, and you can reach the mezzanine level meeting rooms above the Atrium I lobby, the Atrium II lobby, and the Tower lobby. However, a flight of six or eight steps links the Atrium II mezzanine and the Tower mezzanine. If these steps are a problem, you can take a separate, single elevator that goes from the Tower lobby to the Tower mezzanine level. This elevator is located just west of the business center in the Tower lobby. At the west end of the Tower mezzanine is a stairway that leads to the Tower lobby. When you come down this stairway, you are facing east, and the Chantilly Ballroom is slightly ahead and on your right. Atrium I is the farthest-east section of the hotel and sits slightly south of Atrium II. Think of the entire hotel as a high-top tennis shoe lying on its side with the sole running along the north side, the toe pointing west, and the open top to the south. The right angle formed where the back of the shoe meets the sole in the hotel?s architecture is actually cut on the diagonal so that, when entering the hotel on that diagonal, you are facing southwest. Atrium I is much shorter in its north-south dimension than are Atrium II and the Tower on the east-west axis. After you step into the main entrance, a left turn takes you towards the check-in desk and Atrium I. If you stand with your back to the check-in desk, you are facing west. Atrium I is on your left, and Atrium II is slightly to your right and straight ahead. The Atrium elevators and stairway and escalators to the mezzanine-level meeting rooms are located just across from the Atrium front desk and main entrance in the general area where the two Atria join. Access to the temporary passageway between Atrium I and the Tower will be located here also. The lobby level of Atrium I and the area south of the temporary Atrium II passageway contains several meeting rooms, a brand new restaurant called the Media Grill & Bar, and the Grand Ballroom, which is located on the south side of Atrium II. The Khmer Pavilion is located roughly above the Grand Ballroom. The point at which the Atrium II lobby joins the Tower lobby is located just beyond the west end of the Grand Ballroom foyer. The exact configuration of this juncture is unknown at the time of this writing because of the renovations in progress. If any steps still remain by the time we arrive, there will be a ramp in place for wheelchair access. HOTEL FOOD SERVICE Breakfast will be available from 6:00 to 11:00 am in three locations: Common Ground in Atrium 1, serving grab-and-go continental breakfasts and ala carte items including hot breakfast sandwiches; The Terrace in Atrium 1 serving full hot breakfasts; and Gossips (beginning at 6:30 am) in the Tower serving specialty coffees and ala carte items. Lunch will be available from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Common Ground serving soups, salads, deli and hot sandwiches, quick grab-and-go bag lunches, and other ala carte items; in The Terrace from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm serving a quick hot ?blue plate? special each day; in Gossips from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm serving deli sandwiches and ala carte items; and in the Media Grill & Bar (located on the south side of Atrium II between the Atrium escalators and the Grand Ballroom) from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm offering a full-scale lunch and dinner menu. Dinner will be available in the Media Grill & Bar until 10:00 pm, with ?deep-night? bar and selected food service continuing until 2:00 am; in the Rathskeller (accessed from the Tower lobby across from the potpourri shop), serving a typical sports bar menu; and in Nana, the five-star restaurant located on the twenty-seventh floor of the Tower, from 6:30 to 10:30 pm. In addition, sushi will be available in Gossips until 2:00 am; a variety of hot and cold lite fare will be available in the bar at Nana from 4:30 pm to 12:30 am; and room service is available on a twenty-four-hour basis. TEXAS-STYLE BARBEQUE AND LIVE MUSIC IN ANATOLE PARK Continue the excitement of convention opening day by enjoying a delicious Texas-style barbeque with family and friends under the stars in Anatole Park. Listen to the great acoustical sounds of one of Texas? top performing singers and songwriters, Brian Burns, with friends Tommy Alverson and Davin James, who bring Texas and American country music back to the heart of the matter. All hosted by the NFB of Texas and all happening on Tuesday, July 6, starting at 6:00 pm. Tickets (while they last) are $45 per person and can be purchased in the registration area. ROOKIE ROUNDUP All first-time convention attendees are cordially invited to attend a reception from 8:00 to 10:00 pm on Saturday, July 3, in the Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium lobby. President Maurer and other Federation leaders will be on hand to welcome you to the convention and preview the week?s activities. Veteran conventioneers should urge all first-timers to attend this special event. Also, first-time rookies are invited to join an informal, fun gathering on Monday, July 5, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm in the Affiliate Action Suite 2372. REGISTRATION & PREREGISTRATION Registration activities take place in the upper Chantilly foyer, Tower lobby beginning at 9:00 am on Sunday, July 4; at 8:30 am on Monday, July 5; and at other times as listed throughout the week. The fee for registration at convention is $20 per person (if you preregistered before May 31, the fee was $15), and all those attending the convention (both local and outoftown people) are asked to register. Convention registration is a requirement for door prize eligibility and a number of other convention activities. We condition rates for hotel rooms on proof of registration, including the showing of an NFB registration badge if requested. Therefore, please register as soon as possible after arrival. EXHIBITS Exhibits (excluding the NFB Independence Market) are on display in the Khmer Pavilion, Atrium third level. Exhibit hall hours are: Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Tuesday Noon to 1:45 pm; Sponsors only from 7:00-10:00 pm Wednesday Noon to 1:45 pm and 7:00 to 10:00 pm There is a special event for sponsor-level exhibitors only on Tuesday, July 6, from 7:00 to 10:00 pm (see ?Special Attention? section and agenda listing for more information). Sign up for NFB-NEWSLINE? at the NEWSLINE table. Any alterations in the general session schedule which may occur during the convention will result in conforming shifts in the exhibit schedule and will be announced in the exhibit areas. A number of affiliated NFB divisions and committees have tables. INDEPENDENCE MARKET & SHOWROOM OF INNOVATION The Independence Market and the Showroom of Innovation will be located in the Grand Ballroom, Atrium lobby. NFB publications, products, devices, canes, Louis Braille commemorative coins, jewelry, and other items will be available. Also in the Showroom of Innovation you can preview the nonvisual interface technology that might empower driving and other advanced applications. Put your hands on the wheel, touch the first generation blind driver challenge vehicle, and glimpse into the future. Be part of the revolution as we Race for Independence. Hours of operation for the Market and the Showroom are: Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Tuesday Noon to 1:45 pm Wednesday Noon to 1:45 pm?Note: Final time slot to visit Independence Market and Showroom of Innovation. MEETINGS General sessions of the convention convene at 9:00 am in the Chantilly Ballroom, Tower lobby on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The convention adjourns promptly at 5:00 pm on Thursday, July 8. Please note that all requests for announcements by Dr. Maurer during general sessions must be submitted in Braille. BANQUET AND BANQUET TICKET EXCHANGE The banquet is being held in the Chantilly Ballroom, Tower lobby at 7:00 pm, Thursday, July 8. Banquet tickets purchased at convention are $45.00 (the cost was $40 if purchased before May 31) and are on sale during registration on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Banquet tickets will not be available for purchase after Tuesday at 2:00 pm. It will be necessary to have your banquet ticket with you to attend the banquet; it will be collected at the banquet table. Arrangements should be made for reserved table assignments by taking the ticket(s) you purchase to the Banquet Exchange Table in the Chantilly lobby area, where you may exchange either an individual ticket or a group of tickets for reserved seating. Banquet tables seat ten people. RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND DEVOTIONS On Sunday, July 4, Fr. Gregory Paul, C.P., will celebrate a Roman Catholic Mass at 6:30 am in the Wedgwood Room, Tower lobby. Also on Sunday at 11:45 am services for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be held in the Wedgwood Room, Tower lobby. Devotional services will be held in the Sapphire Room, Tower lobby at 8:00 am on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Services are nonsectarian and will end at least fifteen minutes prior to morning convention sessions. Coordinated by the National Association of the Blind in Communities of Faith Division; Tom Anderson, President. K-NFB?S BLIO READER MAKING BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! Printed books are becoming digital and accessible. Blio is free e-reader software designed for presentation of digital media. Developed and distributed by K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., shop at the online Blio bookstore with access to over one million free books. Read wherever you are by syncing your digital library to your mobile device. To learn more, visit the demonstration sessions listed in the agenda on Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ? A Federation Information Desk will be in the registration area from Sunday morning, July 4, through Thursday, July 8, if you have questions or need assistance. The Texas affiliate will also maintain a table near the hotel checkin desk in the main lobby to provide assistance and hospitality during much of the convention. ? When you register, you will be given a name badge. Please wear it at all times during the convention. ? The room number for the Presidential Suite is 2572. Someone will be on hand in the Presidential Suite throughout most of the convention to greet you and make appointments for you with the President or anyone else you wish to see. The Presidential Suite will not be open during the business sessions of the convention, the Monday morning Board of Directors meeting, or the Thursday evening banquet. Come to the Presidential Suite. You will be most welcome. ? The room number for Mary Ellen Jernigan, Chairwoman of Convention Organization and Activities, is 2472. Questions concerning hotel rooms, meeting rooms, banquet, scheduling, registration, and other matters dealing with convention arrangements should be referred to the Chairwoman of Convention Organization and Activities. ? Individuals needing to conduct business with the NFB Treasurer may do so by going to the Opal Room, Tower lobby on Tuesday, July 6, between 5:30 and 7:30 pm, or on Wednesday, July 7, between 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm. ? The Texas Suite (Angela Wolf, President) is 2272. ? The Affiliate Action and Rookie Activities Suite (Joanne Wilson and Pam Allen, Coordinators) is 2372. ? Child-care services for children between the ages of six weeks and ten years are available during convention sessions, most meetings, and the banquet. Preregistration and payment by June 15 were required for child-care. Child-care is organized and supervised by Carla McQuillan, the executive director of Main Street Montessori Association. Alison McQuillan serves as the activities and staff coordinator. Please note that child-care provides morning and afternoon snacks, but parents are required to provide lunch for their child(ren) every day. Times listed are the opening and closing times for child-care. A late fee of $10 per quarter-hour per child will be assessed for all late pickups. Child-care hours are: Saturday, 7/3 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5:30 pm Sunday, 7/4 Closed Monday, 7/5 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5:30 pm Tuesday, 7/6 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5:30 pm Wednesday, 7/7 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5:30 pm Thursday, 7/8 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5:30 pm Banquet 7/8 6:30 pm to 30 minutes after banquet ends ? A Special Evening for Sponsor-Level Exhibitors: Again this year, the exhibit hall will reopen from 7:00 to 10:00 pm on Tuesday, July 6, for a very special evening dedicated solely to Sponsor-Level Exhibitors. Come and bring a guest to say ?thank you? to our sponsors and to enjoy their interesting offers and demonstrations. ? The always popular Showcase of Talent is back again at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, July 7, presented by the Performing Arts Division. Admission price is $5.00. If you would like to participate in the Showcase, make sure to sign up early by contacting a Performing Arts Division board member at the convention. ? Raffle tickets will not be sold in the registration area, and no raffles or other such drawings will take place during convention sessions or at the banquet. The single exception to this rule will be that national divisions may (if they request it in advance) conduct such drawings during the convention or at the banquet. The Sapphire Room, Tower lobby will be set aside at 12:00 noon on Thursday, July 8, for all other drawings. Any group or affiliate wishing to conduct drawings at this time (or any person wishing to know the winners) may go at noon on Thursday to the Sapphire Room. AFFILIATED DIVISIONS, COMMITTEES, AND GROUPS The Federation carries on its business through divisions, committees, and groups. The meetings of some of these have been scheduled for particular times and are listed in the agenda. Others have not been formally scheduled but will meet at the call of their chairpersons or presidents. If you have matters that you would like to discuss with any of the following divisions, committees, or groups, you should contact: Divisions: ? Agriculture and Equestrian: Fred Chambers, President; ? Assistive Technology Trainers: Michael Barber, President; ? Classics, Antiques, and Rods or Special Interest Vehicles (CARS): Joseph B. Naulty, President; ? Deaf-Blind: Burnell Brown, President; ? Diabetes Action Network for the Blind: Michael Freeman, President; ? Human Services: David Stayer, President; ? National Association of the Blind in Communities of Faith: Tom Anderson, President; ? National Association of Blind Entrepreneurs: James R. Bonerbo, President; ? National Association of Blind Lawyers: Scott LaBarre, President; ? National Association of Blind Merchants: Kevan Worley, President; ? National Association of Blind Office Professionals: Lisa Hall, President; ? National Association of Blind Piano Technicians: Don Mitchell, President; ? National Association of Blind Rehabilitation Professionals: Melody Lindsey, President; ? National Association of Blind Students: Arielle Silverman, President; ? National Association of Blind Veterans: Dwight Sayer, President; ? National Association of Guide Dog Users: Marion Gwizdala, President; ? National Association to Promote the Use of Braille (NAPUB): Nadine Jacobson, President; Divisions, Continued: ? National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science: Curtis Chong, President; ? National Federation of the Blind Krafters: Joyce Kane, President; ? National Federation of the Blind Seniors: Judy Sanders, President; ? National Organization of Blind Educators: Sheila Koenig, President; ? National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC): Carol Castellano, President; ? Performing Arts: Dennis H.R. Sumlin, President; ? Public Employees: Ivan Weich, President; ? Science and Engineering: John Miller, President; ? Sports and Recreation: Lisamaria Martinez, President; ? Travel and Tourism: Don Gillmore, President; ? Writers: Robert Leslie Newman, President. Committees: ? Ambassadors: Angela Wolf, Chairperson; ? Blind Educator of the Year Award: David Ticchi, Chairperson; ? Committee on Assistive Technology (COAT): Curtis Chong, Chairperson; ? Committee on Automobile and Pedestrian Safety (CAPS): Deborah Kent Stein, Chairperson; ? Committee to Empower Underserved Populations (CEUP): Ron Brown, Chairperson; ? Cultural Exchange and International Program: Diane McGeorge, Chairperson; ? Distinguished Educator of Blind Children Award: Cathy Jackson, Chairperson; ? Employment: Buna Dahal, Chairperson; ? Genetic Education: Barbara Pierce, Chairperson; ? Imagination Fund: Parnell Diggs, Chairperson; ? Jacobus tenBroek Award: Ramona Walhof, Chairperson; ? Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund: Tami Jones, Chairperson; ? Kenneth Jernigan Fund: Allen Harris, Chairperson; ? Library Services: David Hyde, Chairperson; ? Loan Fund: Donald C. Capps, Chairperson; ? Membership: Ron Gardner, Chairperson; ? Newel Perry Award: Allen Harris, Chairperson; ? Newsletter Publications: Norma Crosby, Chairperson; ? NFB-NEWSLINE? Steering: David DeNotaris, Chairperson; ? PAC Plan: Scott LaBarre, Chairperson; ? Planned Giving: John Halverson, Chairperson; ? Promotion, Evaluation, and Advancement of Technology: Gary Wunder, Chairperson; Committees, Continued: ? Public Relations: Christopher Danielsen, Chairperson; ? Research and Development: Curtis Chong, Chairperson; ? Resolutions: Sharon Maneki, Chairperson; ? Scholarship: Anil Lewis, Chairperson; ? Shares Unlimited in NFB (SUN): Sandy Halverson, Chairperson; ? Spanish Translation: Norman Gardner, Chairperson; ? White Cane and Affiliate Finance: Alpidio Rol?n, Chairperson. Groups: ? Blind Musicians: Linda Mentink, Chairperson; ? Blind Parents: Deborah Kent Stein, Chairperson; ? Blind Professional Journalists: Elizabeth Campbell and Bryan Bashin, Co-Chairpersons; ? Educators of Blind Children: Gail Wagner, Chairperson; ? Geordi's Engineers: Lorraine Rovig, Chairperson; ? Legislative Initiatives Discussion: Don Burns, Coordinator; ? Living History: Michael Freholm, Chairperson; ? NFB Ham Radio: D. Curtis Willoughby, Chairperson; ? NFB in Judaism: David Stayer, Chairperson; ? NFB Lions: Ramona Walhof and Milton Ota, Co-Chairpersons; ? Orientation and Mobility: Edward C. Bell, Chairperson; ? Professionals in Blindness Education: Heather Field, Chairperson ? Webmasters: Gary Wunder, Chairperson. CONVENTION AGENDA SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010 7:30 - 8:45 am?HAM RADIO GROUP EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Milan Room, Tower mezzanine Discuss convention frequencies, hotel architectural features, and distributing special FM receivers for the hearing-impaired and Spanish-speaking attendees. D. Curtis Willoughby (ka0vba), Chairperson 7:30 am - 6:30 pm?EDUCATION: TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP Parent, Teacher, Rehabilitation, and Orientation & Mobility Joint Conference for Families and Rehabilitation Professionals (7:30 to 8:45 am?Registration; 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm?NBPCB Awards Luncheon in Morocco Room) Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium lobby NOPBC Fees: Adults $30; Youth (13-18) $20; Children (5-12) $10 NBPCB Fees (includes lunch): Students $75; Professionals $100 Note: Conference admission included with either registration above. Sponsors: National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC); National Blindness Professional Certification Board (NBPCB); National Association of Blind Rehabilitation Professionals (NABRP); and the Professional Development & Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB) at the Louisiana Tech University. Chairpersons: Carol Castellano and Edward Bell 8:30 am?CHILD-CARE (Preregistration by June 15 was required) Batik A & B and Cardinal A & B Rooms, Atrium Mezzanine Please see ?Special Attention? section of agenda for further information. 8:30 - 11:30 am?WHAT?S NEW IN JAWS 11 AND A FIRST LOOK AT JAWS 12?FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC, INC. Senators Lecture Hall, Tower lobby Join Eric Damery, JAWS Product Manager, for an exciting and informative session covering the new details surrounding JAWS development during the past year. In addition to many demonstrations of JAWS 11 with Research It, this will also be the first look at JAWS 12 scheduled for public beta in August 2010. 9:00 am - 12:00 noon?GW MICRO: SENSE NOTETAKER AND BOOKSENSE TRAINING (Registration: $10; refreshments provided) Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine The Braille Sense Plus and other Sense notetakers are exciting devices in Braille notetaker technology. Learn new features, including the GW Sense Navigation GPS. See the BookSense in action; play your books and audio files with ease. Raul Gallegos and Jeremy Curry. To register, call 260-489-3671. SATURDAY, JULY 3, Continued 9:00 am - 5:00 pm?NFB JERNIGAN INSTITUTE?S ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS Governors Lecture Hall, Tower lobby 9:00 - 11:30 am?Apple?s Mac system, iPod series, iPhone, and iPad 1:00 - 2:00 pm?Ebay?s accessibility improvements 2:15 - 3:30 pm?Blackboard Learn, the online platform for education 3:45 - 5:00 pm?Accessing e-Books rapidly expanding market 9:00 am - 5:00 pm?EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE SEMINAR Rosetta Room, Atrium mezzanine 9:00 am?Registration; 9:30 am?Seminar begins Staying on the cutting edge?what does it take? If you are seeking a job or focused on career advancement, don't miss this excellent opportunity to explore the building blocks of evolutionary employment. Buna Dahal, Chairperson 9:30 am - 2:30 pm?SENIORS SEMINAR: INTRO TO BLINDNESS SKILLS Sapphire Room, Tower lobby Please note?attendance is limited to around thirty-five people, so arrive promptly. Blind instructors introduce seniors to basic blindness skills: Braille, use of the long white cane, games, etc. Co-chaired by Ruth Sager and Ramona Walhof; Judy Sanders, President, NFB Seniors Division 10:30 am - 12:00 noon??WHERE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE COME TOGETHER??NFB YOUTH TRACK (AGES 11 TO 18) Wyeth Room, Atrium mezzanine Kick off this year?s Youth Track activities with fun icebreakers and meet new friends. This is also a time for youth to debate the age-old issues of blindness while putting a fresh new spin on them for today. All Youth Track activities are sponsored by the NFB Jernigan Institute; Mary Jo Hartle, Coordinator 12:45 - 1:45 pm?WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? NFB JERNIGAN INSTITUTE DISCUSSIONS?SESSION ONE (Session Two: Sunday at 5:30 pm; Session Three: Monday at 7:30 pm) Wyeth Room, Atrium mezzanine Session One covers research, history, and our literature. Moderated by Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director, NFB Jernigan Institute SATURDAY, JULY 3, Continued 1:00 - 3:00 pm?FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC; OPENBOOK 9 AND PEARL PORTABLE READING SOLUTION Senators Lecture Hall, Tower lobby Have lightning fast OCR with OpenBook in a portable solution that folds up. Connect via a USB port and scan documents. Have them read aloud using Eloquence voices or any of Real Speak Solo Direct human-sounding voices now available on OpenBook. Magnify work, write under the camera, and reformat text. 1:00 - 5:00 pm?HUMANWARE PRODUCT SHOWCASE AND USER GROUPS Obelisk A Room, Atrium mezzanine Sessions: 1:00 Breeze; 2:00 Portable Devices; 3:00 Stream; 4:00 BrailleNote Join HumanWare to learn about recent updates and share product tips. Give us your suggestions or ask questions about your favorite HumanWare product. Door Prizes for every session! 1:00 - 6:00 pm?KRAFTERS DIVISION CRAFT SHOW Topaz Room, Tower lobby If you are interested in crafts and appreciate hand-made items, this is the place to be! Come and meet some very talented Federation crafters and purchase their beautiful items for sale. Joyce Kane, President 1:30 - 2:45 pm?EXPERIENCE THE BLIO READER: MAKING THE WORLD?S BOOKS ENJOYABLE, USABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Presented by James Gashel. 2:00 - 3:00 pm?NOPBC CONCURRENT SESSIONS FOR PARENTS The Conquest of Independence Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine Helpful strategies for raising and working with a young blind child. Instructor: Carla McQuillan The Blind Student in Science Class Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine Tools and techniques to include blind students in all aspects of science. Instructors: Cary Supalo, Dr. Lillian Rankel, Marilyn Winograd, and Dr. Andrew Greenberg SATURDAY, JULY 3, Continued NOPBC CONCURRENT SESSIONS FOR PARENTS, Cont?d. Braille Reading Rates Inverness Room, Atrium mezzanine Your child can become a Braille-reading speed demon! Instructors: Jerry Whittle and Dr. Eric Vasiliauskas Let Your Child Grow Up! Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine When is the right time to begin stepping back as a parent? Instructors: Rosy Carranza and Andrea Beasley 2:00 - 5:00 pm?GOAL BALL; SPORTS & REC DIVISION Gym, Verandah area Lisamaria Martinez, President 2:00 - 5:00 pm?GW MICRO: WINDOW-EYES TRAINING (Registration: $10; refreshments provided) Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine Explore the power of Window-Eyes with advanced scripting support, Office 2010, Windows 7, and much more. Come to see support for the Internet and scripting provided by a screen reader. Presenters: Jeremy Curry and Raul Gallegos. To register, call 260-489-3671. 2:00 - 5:00 pm?YOUTH TRACK CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS Preparing for the Future: Wyeth Room, Atrium mezzanine 2:00 - 3:30 pm?High School Readiness (ages 11-14) 3:30 - 5:00 pm?College Readiness (ages 14-18) Working Out Workouts: Travertine Room, Atrium mezzanine 2:00 - 3:30 pm?For ages 14-18 3:30 - 5:00 pm?For ages 11-14 Looking Good without Looking: Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine 2:00 - 3:30 pm?For ages 14-18 3:30 - 5:00 pm?For ages 11-14 SATURDAY, JULY 3, Continued 3:00 - 4:30 pm?TEACHER RECRUITMENT INITIATIVE Affiliate Action Suite 2372 If you are interested in improving the education of blind students, please join us. Learn how to contact universities in your area, put on recruitment presentations, and spread the word about this rewarding career. Hosted by the NFB Affiliate Action Team 3:00 - 4:45 pm?EXPERIENCE THE BLIO READER: MAKING THE WORLD?S BOOKS ENJOYABLE, USABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Presented by James Gashel. 3:15 - 4:15 pm?NOPBC CONCURRENT SESSIONS FOR PARENTS ABC and 1, 2, 3 Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine Early literacy and number understanding at home and at school. Instructors: Heather Field and Stephanie Kieszak-Holloway I Survived Math Class Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine Tips to ensure your child understands, keeps up with, and even learns to love math. Social Skills Inverness Room, Atrium mezzanine Strategies for fostering the development of age-appropriate social skills. Instructors: Denise Mackenstadt and Angela Frederick Low Vision: Focus on Success Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine Prepare your low vision child for success in school, at home, and in social life. Instructors: Marla Palmer and Mark Riccobono 4:30 - 5:30 pm?NOPBC CONCURRENT SESSIONS FOR PARENTS Get Your Child Going! Inverness Room, Atrium mezzanine Enhance and promote independent movement in the young or delayed child. Instructor: Denise Mackenstadt SATURDAY, JULY 3, Continued NOPBC CONCURRENT SESSIONS FOR PARENTS, Cont?d. Technology Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine Available technology; hear from students on how they employ it. Instructors: Richard Holloway and blind students Behavior: From Control to Support in Five Easy Lessons Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine Steps to turn problem behavior into positive behavior. Instructor: Dr. Jerry Petroff Is Your Child Job Ready? Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine Learn how your child can gain experience and skills. 5:00 - 7:00 pm?SPANISH SEMINAR Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Blindness is blindness, no matter what the language. Meet new and old friends; learn about Federation philosophy and the truth about blindness?in Spanish. Moderator: Alpidio Rol?n 5:00 - 8:00 pm?MIX-AND-MINGLE RECEPTION FOR PARENTS AND REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS Morocco Room, Tower mezzanine 6:00 - 10:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GUIDE DOG USERS (NAGDU) BUSINESS MEETING Emerald Room, Tower lobby 6:00 pm?Registration; 7:00 pm?Meeting begins Find out about legal cases that NAGDU and NFB are involved in; learn about the work and development of affiliate divisions; celebrate the launch of the NAGDU Education and Advocacy Hotline; elect your division leaders. Marion Gwizdala, President SATURDAY, JULY 3, Continued 6:30 - 10:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND OFFICE PROFESSIONALS Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine 6:30 pm?Registration; 7:00 pm?Meeting begins Learn about new technology and how blind telephone operators, receptionists, customer service reps, Braille transcribers and proofreaders, and other office workers solve problems and challenges in the office setting. Lisa Hall, President 7:00 - 8:30 pm?LIVING HISTORY GROUP Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine Dedicated to recording, preserving, and appreciating Federation history. Michael Freholm, Chairperson 7:00 - 9:00 pm?NOPBC FAMILY HOSPITALITY NIGHT Miro Room, Tower mezzanine Relax and chat in an informal atmosphere. This is a great opportunity for new families to meet and connect with others. Veteran parents will be on hand to welcome and provide information. 7:00 - 10:00 pm?INDEPENDENCE SCIENCE, LLC FOCUS GROUP ONE Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine (Preregistration by May 15 was required to attend.) Independence Science LLC, in collaboration with Purdue University researchers, is collecting feedback on a new portable handheld data collection device for blind students to use in high school science laboratories. (Focus Group Two meets Monday at 7:00 pm) 7:30 - 9:00 pm?knfbReader MOBILE USERS MEETING Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine Conducted by Michael Hingson 7:30 - 11:00 pm?SALSA DANCE LESSIONS AND LATIN DANCE PARTY Metropolitan Ballroom, Tower mezzanine Get into the ?rhythm? of the convention?learn the salsa! Group and individual instructions provided at any level of proficiency. Fee of $5.00 benefits the NFB Spanish Translation Committee. Add salsa dancing to your repertoire; people will be impressed. SATURDAY, JULY 3, Continued 8:00 - 9:00 pm?WHITE CANE AND AFFILIATE FINANCE COMMITTEE Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Alpidio Rol?n, Chairperson 8:00 - 10:00 pm?NFB LIONS GROUP Inverness Room, Atrium mezzanine NFB members who would like to join a Lions Club or are already Lions are urged to meet to share ideas and experiences. Please wear your shirts or vests for a photo. Co-Chairpersons: Ramona Walhof and Milton Ota 8:00 - 10:00 pm?ROOKIE ROUNDUP RECEPTION Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium lobby First-time convention attendees?don?t miss this event! President Maurer and former rookies will be on hand to welcome you and answer questions about the week?s activities. Casual dress. Coordinator: Pam Allen, Director of the Louisiana Center for the Blind and President of the NFB of Louisiana 8:00 pm - midnight?KARAOKE NIGHT?? (Admission: $5.00) Peacock Terrace, West Wing Enjoy music, door prizes, and a cash bar; meet BLIND, Incorporated?s students and alumni and share their experiences from training. Here?s your chance to sing like a rock star; Braille song lists are available. Hosted by BLIND, Inc. 9:00 - 10:00 pm?NFB AMBASSADORS COMMITTEE MEETING Lalique Room, Atrium mezzanine Angela Wolf, Chairperson SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 6:30 - 7:30 am?ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS Wedgwood Room, Tower lobby Father Gregory Paul, C.P., Celebrant 9:00 am - 5:00 pm?REGISTRATION ($20); BANQUET AND BARBEQUE TICKET SALES ($45 EACH); Chantilly Foyer Area, Tower lobby 9:00 am - 5:00 pm?INDEPENDENCE MARKET AND SHOWROOM OF INNOVATION?Grand Ballroom, Atrium lobby 9:00 am 5:00 pm?EXHIBITS?Khmer Pavilion, Atrium, third level 11:45 am - 1:15 pm?CHURCH SERVICES FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Wedgwood Room, Tower lobby 1:00 - 2:00 pm?BLIND MUSICIANS GROUP Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine Share ideas and tips and network with other blind musicians. Linda Mentink, Chairperson 1:00 - 5:00 pm?SELF-DEFENSE CLASS; SPORTS & REC DIVISION De Soto A & B Rooms, West Wing Lisamaria Martinez, President 1:00 - 5:00 pm?AUTO SHOW (CLASSICS, ANTIQUES, AND SPECIAL INTEREST VEHICLES) Clock Tower Parking Lot Presented by the NFB CARS Division; Joe Naulty, President 1:00 - 5:00 pm?NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE (NCLB) OFFICIAL EXAMINATION?SECTIONS ONE AND TWO Governors Lecture Hall, Tower lobby Participants must have preregistered. Exam sections three and four are on Monday at 1:00 pm. Sponsored by the National Blindness Professional Certification Board SUNDAY, JULY 4, Continued 1:00 - 6:30 pm?PROFESSIONALS IN BLINDNESS EDUCATION Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine Heather Field, Chairperson 1:30 pm?RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Coronado Ballroom, West Wing Sharon Maneki, Chairperson 1:30 - 2:45 pm?EXPERIENCE THE BLIO READER: MAKING THE WORLD?S BOOKS ENJOYABLE, USABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Presented by James Gashel 2:00 - 4:30 pm?OPEN BRAILLE INITIATIVE Obelisk A Room, Atrium mezzanine To make access to Braille easier, a group of prominent Braille device manufacturers have come together to develop and maintain an Open Standard for communications between screen readers and Braille displays. Do you want to know more? Join us for the OpenBraille initiative presentation. 2:30 - 5:30 pm?TRAVEL AND TOURISM DIVISION Milan Room, Tower mezzanine Don Gillmore, President 3:00 - 4:45 pm?EXPERIENCE THE BLIO READER: MAKING THE WORLD?S BOOKS ENJOYABLE, USABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Presented by James Gashel 3:00 - 5:00 pm?WHAT?S NEW WITH NFB-NEWSLINE? Lalique Room, Atrium mezzanine Learn about the NFB?s free audible newspaper service for the blind and visually impaired. Topics cover Podable News, the new voices, the new on-demand article request feature, and more. Sign up for NFB-NEWSLINE? at its exhibit hall table. 4:00 - 5:30 pm?SLATE MATES?NFB YOUTH TRACK (Ages 11-18) Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine Pair up with members of the NFB Writers Division to learn the tricks of the trade to become a good writer. Bring your questions, and put your interests to work. SUNDAY, JULY 4, Continued 4:00 - 6:00 pm?FEDERATION REGENERATION Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine Learn how to develop quality programs for youth in your state while regenerating your Federation spirit. Presented by the NFB Jernigan Institute Education Team 4:30 - 6:00 pm?THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MOCK TRIAL?National Association of Blind Lawyers; Scott LaBarre, President Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium lobby Admission: $5.00. Federation lawyers are pitted against each other reenacting an old Federation case with the audience serving as the jury. Although the subject matter is very serious, the courtroom portrayers are very entertaining. 5:30 - 6:30 pm?WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? NFB JERNIGAN INSTITUTE DISCUSSIONS?SESSION TWO (Session Three: Monday at 7:30) Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine Session Two covers access technology and product development. Moderated by Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director, NFB Jernigan Institute 5:30 - 8:00 pm?NEWSLETTER PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Inverness Room, Atrium mezzanine Annual meeting and workshop for affiliate newsletter editors. Norma Crosby, Chairperson 6:00 - 8:00 pm?STORY TIME IDOL?NFB WRITERS DIVISION Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine Tell and/or listen to tall and scary stories. Cost is $5.00 at the door and $1.00 to tell a story. Idol winners share in the take! Robert Leslie Newman, President 6:00 - 10:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND STUDENTS (NABS) Wedgwood Room, Tower lobby 6:00 pm?Registration ($5.00); 7:00 pm?Meeting Students, young professionals, parents, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about issues affecting blind students are welcome to attend. Arielle Silverman, President SUNDAY, JULY 4, Continued 6:30 - 8:00 pm?NFB AFFILIATE PRESIDENTS AND TREASURERS SEMINAR Rosetta Room, Atrium mezzanine All affiliate presidents and treasurers are asked to attend this session. Topics include internal controls, state charitable registrations, end-of-year preparations, and discussing individual state issues with facilitators Charlie Brown, Ron Gardner, Bridgid Burke, and Nick Lambright 7:00 - 8:30 pm?MEET THE BLIND MONTH ACTIVITIES AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS SEMINAR: PLANS AND ACTION EQUAL SUCCESS Manchester Room, Tower mezzanine October is ?Meet the Blind Month.? Come and brainstorm with us as we look for fresh ideas for Meet the Blind Month! Learn new fundraising ideas, and get your chapter ready to change public perceptions of blindness. Karen Zakhnini, NFB Jernigan Institute 7:00 - 8:30 pm?PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DIVISION Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine Ivan Weich, President 7:00 - 10:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND VETERANS Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine Discussing plans to increase our division membership in the coming year and holding elections. Dwight Sayer, President 7:30 - 9:30 pm?MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: FINDING, ATTRACTING, AND KEEPING NEW MEMBERS IN OUR CHAPTERS AND AFFILIATES Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine Success only comes before work in the dictionary. Let?s discuss creative ideas to increase our membership. Ron Gardner, Chairperson 7:30 - 9:30 pm?LIBRARY SERVICES COMMITTEE Milan Room, Tower mezzanine David Hyde, Chairperson 7:30 - 9:30 pm?BLIND PARENTS GROUP Travertine Room, Atrium mezzanine Deborah Kent Stein, Chairperson SUNDAY, JULY 4, Continued 8:00 - 9:00 pm?JUDAISM MEETING Lalique Room, Atrium mezzanine David Stayer, Chairperson, NFB in Judaism Group 8:00 - 9:30 pm?WEBMASTERS MEETING Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine A meeting for all NFB affiliate and division Webmasters to discuss the importance of an informative, accessible, and visually attractive Website. Gary Wunder, Chairperson, Webmasters Group 9:00 - 10:00 pm?SPANISH TRANSLATION COMMITTEE Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine Norman Gardner, Chairperson MONDAY, JULY 5, 2010 8:30 am - 5:00 pm?INDEPENDENCE MARKET AND SHOWCASE OF INNOVATION?Grand Ballroom, Atrium lobby 8:30 am 5:00 pm?EXHIBITS?Khmer Pavilion, Atrium, third level 8:30 am - 5:00 pm?REGISTRATION ($20); BANQUET AND BARBEQUE TICKET SALES ($45 EACH); Chantilly Foyer Area, Tower lobby 9:00 11:30 am?NFB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING (Open to all) Chantilly Ballroom, Tower lobby 12:00 noon - 1:15 pm?THE DIVISION FOR ME?NFB YOUTH TRACK Lalique Room, Atrium mezzanine Meet-and-greet with division representatives to discover the NFB?s dynamic and diverse divisions. Chat with knowledgeable reps about what?s happening now in their divisions and what?s in the works for the future. Our divisions are progressive?join up and join in the fun. 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm?FIRST-TIME NFB CONVENTION ATTENDEES Affiliate Action Suite 2372 Is this your first National Federation of the Blind convention? If so, please bring your own lunch and participate in a fun gathering; meet some friendly people and have your convention questions answered by experienced Federationists. 12:30 - 5:00 pm?DIABETES ACTION NETWORK (DAN) SEMINAR Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine 12:30 pm?Registration; 1:00 pm?Meeting begins Learn about research updates on the use of insulin pens by Dr. Ann Williams, strategies to get medical insurance providers to cover diabetes management equipment accessible to the blind, and more. Mike Freeman, President 12:30 - 5:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND LAWYERS (NABL) L?Entrecote Room, Atrium lobby 12:30 pm - Registration; 1:00 pm - Meeting begins Examine laws affecting blind people and others with disabilities; address ongoing struggles to gain equal access to Web sites, employment, legal texts and exams. Scott LaBarre, President MONDAY, JULY 5, Continued 12:30 - 5:00 pm?NFB IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Rosetta Room, Atrium mezzanine 12:30 pm?Registration; 1:00 pm?Meeting begins Some of the topics include: the Macintosh as a productivity tool for the blind; Solona, a CAPTCHA-solving service; Association of Information Technology Professionals presentation; accessibility to Microsoft?s products by its director of accessibility, Rob Sinclair; elections; and much more. Curtis Chong, President 12:30 - 5:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND IN COMMUNITIES OF FAITH Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine 12:30 pm?Registration; 1:00 pm?Meeting begins The theme is ?Meeting Challenges: Gaining Opportunities.? Speakers tell how their faith has helped them face and overcome challenges; also hear representatives from various faith-based libraries and publishing houses describe what their organizations do. Tom Anderson, President 12:30 - 5:00 pm?SPORTS AND RECREATION DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING Coronado Ballroom, West Wing 12:30 pm?Registration; 1:00 pm?Meeting begins Wear your sweats and come ready for hands-on presentations, audible darts, and more! Lisamaria Martinez, President 1:00 3:00 pm?PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING & SEMINAR Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine Don't wait for the media to discover you?come and share ideas and strategies on how to harness the power of the media! Topics: crafting press releases, pitching stories, and giving informative interviews. Chris Danielsen, Chairperson 1:00 - 4:00 pm?PERFORMING ARTS DIVISION Travertine Room, Atrium mezzanine General meeting with elections, an introduction to our new state divisions, and speakers. Dennis H.R. Sumlin, President 1:00 - 4:15 pm?NOPBC DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING: ISSUES AND ADVANCES IN EDUCATION Sapphire Room, Tower lobby Carol Castellano, President MONDAY, JULY 5, Continued 1:00 - 4:30 pm?NOPBC ACTIVITIES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS 1:00 - 2:30 pm?Diggin? Into Science (ages 11-14) Miro Room, Tower mezzanine Hands-on science fun with instant snow, magnets, volcanoes, etc. Instructors: Dr. Lillian A. Rankel and Marilyn Winograd, with assistance from chemists Cary Supalo and Dr. Andrew Greenberg 3:00 - 4:30 pm?Peer-to-Peer Technology (ages 11-18) Milan Room, Tower mezzanine Calling all geeks to expound on technology you love and love to hate. Moderators: Jeremiah Beasley and John Fritz 3:00 - 4:30 pm?The Future Is Here in Science (ages 14-18) Miro Room, Tower mezzanine Hands-on chemistry activities; understanding chemical phenomena. Instructors: Dr. Lillian A. Rankel, Marilyn Winograd, Cary Supalo, and Dr. Andrew Greenberg 1:00 - 4:30 pm?NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLIND EDUCATORS Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine 1:00 pm?Registration; 1:30 pm?Meeting begins Blind teachers discuss techniques they use in their classrooms; participants also meet in groups specific to grade level and content areas of interest to create a network of mentors. If you teach or are considering a career in teaching at any level, please join us. Sheila Koenig, President 1:00 5:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND MERCHANTS REVOLUTIONIZING RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD: CREATING NEW, ROBUST, AND DIVERSE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLIND De La Salle Room, West Wing 1:00 pm?Registration; 1:30 pm?Meeting begins The title says it all. Let?s continue to protect and defend the Randolph-Sheppard Program. The need to expand business opportunities and to develop new business initiatives for the blind of America is pressing. At Your Service, Kevan Worley, President MONDAY, JULY 5, Continued 1:00 - 5:00 pm?NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE (NCLB) OFFICIAL EXAMINATION?SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR Governors Lecture Hall, Tower lobby Participants must have preregistered. Sponsored by the National Blindness Professional Certification Board 1:00 - 5:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS Madrid Room, Tower mezzanine 1:00 pm?Registration; 2:00 pm?Meeting begins Network, share mutual interests, find placement strategies, and examine and discuss concerns and current issues. Melody Lindsey, President 1:00 - 5:00 pm??SENIORS IN CHARGE??NFB SENIORS DIVISION MEETING AND (SOMEWHAT) SILENT AUCTION Obelisk A Room, Atrium mezzanine Join us to hear enthusiastic seniors share ideas about what they are doing; find out ways to spread our message of hope to seniors who have recently become blind. And then, of course, we are also having our very popular not-so-silent auction. Judy Sanders, President 1:00 - 6:00 pm?HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION Inverness Room, Atrium mezzanine 1:00?Registration; 2:00?Meeting begins; 5:00?Mingle and network Psychologists; social workers; counselors; and music, art, or dance therapists meet to discuss topics and network. David Stayer, President 1:30 3:00 pm?CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Lalique Room, Atrium mezzanine Diane McGeorge, Chairperson 1:30 - 4:30 pm?WRITERS DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Update members on division business, announce the 2010 winners of the youth and adult writing contests, visit with a published author and member of the NFB, and plan for the future. Robert Leslie Newman, President MONDAY, JULY 5, Continued 3:00 - 5:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND PIANO TECHNICIANS Wedgwood Room, Tower lobby Piano tuning has long been considered one of the stereotypical career choices for the blind. Is this true? What can we do about it? Don Mitchell, President 5:00 - 6:30 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND LAWYERS (NABL) RECEPTION L?Entrecote Room, Atrium lobby For NABL members and seminar participants only to promote networking and fellowship within our membership. Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar available. Scott LaBarre, President 5:00 - 7:00 pm?BRAILLE BOOK FLEA MARKET De Soto A & B Rooms, West Wing A book lover?s dream! Browse tables of new and used Braille and print/Braille books. UPS volunteers will ship the books to your home free of charge. Donations requested to support the Braille Readers are Leaders program. Cosponsored by NOPBC and NAPUB. Coordinator: Peggy Chong 5:30 - 7:00 pm?KURZWEIL 1000 USERS? CONTINGENT Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine Join the Kurzweil 1000 Users? Contingent! Meet with Steve Baum, Vice President of Engineering, and share some Kurzweil 1000 experiences. Kurzweil 1000 is our state-of-the-art, text-to-speech and life navigation software for blind and visually impaired readers. 6:00 - 9:00 pm?INDOOR ROWING; SPORTS & REC DIVISION Coronado Ballroom, West Wing Lisamaria Martinez, President 6:00 - 10:00 pm?BACK TO BASICS: FOUNDATIONS IN MEMBERSHIP AND CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT Sapphire Room, Tower lobby Topics: running a purposeful chapter meeting, building membership, community projects and chapter fundraising, working with youth, and weaving Federation philosophy into local meetings. Presented by the NFB Affiliate Action Team MONDAY, JULY 5, Continued 6:00 - 10:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GUIDE DOG USERS (NAGDU) SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND SEMINAR Emerald Room, Tower lobby 6:00 pm?Registration; 7:00 pm?Seminar begins Join us in celebrating twenty-five years of education and advocacy on behalf of guide dog users, recognize our founders and past leaders, initiate future projects, and ?test drive? a guide dog! Marion Gwizdala, President 6:30 - 9:30 pm?SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION Wyeth Room, Atrium mezzanine 6:30 pm?Registration; 7:00 pm?Meeting begins John Miller, President 6:30 - 10:00 pm?ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINERS DIVISION Manchester Room, Tower mezzanine 6:30 pm?Registration; 7:00 pm?Meeting begins Topics: determining the right note taker for your student; plunging without fear into Windows 7 with Cathyanne Murtha of Access Technology Institute; Jsay Pro; and teaching the Mac. Michael Barber, President 7:00 - 8:30 pm??BROKEN-HEARTED RIVER TO FREEDOM? a play by Jerry Whittle (Admission: $5.00; Second Performance is at 9:00 pm) Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium lobby A man loses his sight during the Civil War, returns home, and learns to deal with his blindness and family. The play is performed by the Louisiana Center for the Blind Players; proceeds go to the Louisiana Center for the Blind?s summer training program for blind children. 7:00 - 9:00 pm?CLASSICS, ANTIQUES, AND RODS (CARS) DIVISION SEMINAR AND BUSINESS MEETING Obelisk B Room, Atrium mezzanine Come and hear speakers from automobile clubs talk about their activities and participate in the division business meeting. Joseph B. Naulty, President 7:00 - 9:00 pm?COMMITTEE TO EMPOWER UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS Obelisk A Room, Atrium mezzanine Ron Brown, Chairperson MONDAY, JULY 5, Continued 7:00 - 9:00 pm?NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE USE OF BRAILLE (NAPUB) SEMINAR Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine Hear about the remaining commemorative Louis Braille silver dollars and how to get one, NFB Share Braille Website, and more. Nadine Jacobson, President 7:00 - 10:00 pm?INDEPENDENCE SCIENCE FOCUS GROUP TWO Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine (Preregistration by May 15 was required to attend.) Independence Science LLC, in collaboration with Purdue University researchers, is collecting feedback on a new portable handheld data collection device for blind students to use in high school science laboratories. 7:30 - 8:30 pm?ME AND THE GOSSIP GIRLS?NFB YOUTH TRACK Dardenelles Room, Atrium mezzanine?Ages 11-14 Inverness Room, Atrium mezzanine?Ages 14-18 Girls?bring your questions and thoughts about makeup, dating, or how to get more involved in your school. Discussions will be led by blind mentors. Parents, please respect this is for teens only! 7:30 - 8:30 pm? ME AND THE GUYS?NFB YOUTH TRACK Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine?Ages 11-14 Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine?Ages 14-18 Guys?talk about cars, dating, school, or how to nail that perfect job to make a little extra money. Discussions will be led by blind mentors. Parents, please respect this is for teens only! 7:30 - 8:45 pm?WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? NFB JERNIGAN INSTITUTE DISCUSSIONS?SESSION THREE Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine Session Three covers education programs. Moderated by Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director, NFB Jernigan Institute 7:30 - 10:00 pm?COMMITTEE FOR THE PROMOTION, EVALUATION, AND ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY Travertine Room, Atrium mezzanine Hear exhibitors explain briefly what they are exhibiting and where they are located in the exhibit hall. We will also evaluate the effectiveness of what our Committee is doing now and consider programs for the coming year. Gary Wunder, Chairperson MONDAY, JULY 5, Continued 8:00 - 9:00 pm?FRIENDS OF RECOVERY MEETING Library Room, Tower mezzanine All convention delegates involved in or interested in twelve-step recovery programs are invited to attend. A second Friends of Recovery meeting will be on Wednesday at 8:00 pm. Coordinator: Gary Ray 9:00 - 10:30 pm??BROKEN-HEARTED RIVER TO FREEDOM? a play by Jerry Whittle (Admission: $5.00) Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium lobby A man loses his sight during the Civil War, returns home, and learns to deal with his blindness and family. The play is performed by the Louisiana Center for the Blind Players; proceeds go to the Louisiana Center for the Blind?s summer training program for blind children. TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010 8:00 - 8:45 am?DEVOTIONS Sapphire Room, Tower lobby 8:15 8:45 am?REGISTRATION ($20); BANQUET AND BARBEQUE TICKET SALES ($45 EACH)?Chantilly Foyer Area, Tower lobby OPENING GENERAL SESSION 9:00 am INVOCATION 9:35 am WELCOMING CEREMONIES 9:55 am CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM: VETERANS RECOGNIZED Dwight Sayer, President, National Association of Blind Veterans, National Federation of the Blind; Winter Gardens, Florida 10:05 am A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PRIORITY FOR BLIND WOUNDED WARRIORS Colonel Donald Gagliano, M.D., Executive Director, Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Vision Center of Excellence; Washington, D.C. 10:20 am ROLL CALL OF STATES AND APPOINTMENT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE 11:45 am REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS 12:00 pm ADJOURN 12:00 noon 12:30 pm and 1:30 - 2:00 pm?REGISTRATION ($20); FINAL BANQUET TICKET SALES ($45)?Chantilly Foyer Area, Tower lobby 12:00 noon - 1:45 pm?INDEPENDENCE MARKET AND SHOWROOM OF INNOVATION?Grand Ballroom, Atrium lobby TUESDAY, JULY 6, Continued 12:00 noon 1:45 pm?EXHIBITS?Khmer Pavilion, Atrium, third level 12:15 - 1:45 pm?LOUISIANA CENTER FOR THE BLIND ALUMNI LUNCHEON; Pam Allen, Director Peacock Terrace, West Wing GENERAL SESSION 2:00 pm CALL TO ORDER 2:05 pm PRESIDENTIAL REPORT, Marc Maurer 3:00 pm THE FEDERATION IN THE WORLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BLIND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND SENATOR IN THAILAND Monthian Buntan, Senator; Bangkok, Thailand 3:20 pm THE BLIND DRIVER OPERATING A VEHICLE AT SPEED: CREATING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT PUTS THE CONTROLS UNDER OUR HANDS Parnell Diggs, Esq., Coordinator, Race for Independence; President, National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina; Garden City, South Carolina 3:35 pm SWEP AND THE BARS OF OUR PRISON Scott LaBarre, Esq., LaBarre Law Offices; President, National Federation of the Blind of Colorado; Denver, Colorado 3:50 pm THE XAVIER SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: SERVING THE BLIND SINCE 1900 Father John R. Sheehan, S.J., Chairman, Board of Directors, Xavier Society for the Blind; New York, New York 4:05 pm ONE MILLION BOOKS FOR THE PRINT DISABLED AND MORE TO COME Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian; San Francisco, California TUESDAY, JULY 6, Continued 4:20 pm NOT JUST SURVIVING THE DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 11 BUT PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN A DEADLY EMERGENCY Michael Hingson, President, Michael Hingson Group; Novato, California 4:35 pm REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS 5:00 pm ADJOURN 5:30 - 6:30 pm?NOMINATING COMMITTEE De La Salle Room, West Wing 5:30 - 6:30 pm?NFB-LINK, OUR ONLINE MENTORING PROGRAM Affiliate Action Suite 2372 Come help us honor the over 250 mentors that are a part of NFB-LINK and learn how you can become a mentor, too. NFB-LINK is our online mentoring program, and by becoming a mentor, you will see how a little time on the computer can make a huge difference. Current and future mentors, please attend! 6:00 pm?NFB OF TEXAS BARBEQUE AND LIVE MUSIC Anatole Park Enjoy eating a delicious Texas-style barbeque with all of the trimmings while listening to the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Brian Burns, with friends Tommy Alverson and Davin James. 6:00 - 8:00 pm?AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INTRODUCES AccessWorld EVERY MONTH AND NEW ONLINE COMMUNITY RESOURCES Peacock Terrace, West Wing You are invited to our informational reception. Announcing AFB AccessWorld, every month?more authors, more information, more often. CareerConnect, FamilyConnect, and SeniorSite offer newly-expanded opportunities. Network with families, seniors, and successful mentors. We look forward to meeting you. TUESDAY, JULY 6, Continued 6:00 - 9:00 pm?DEAFBLIND DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING & ELECTIONS Obelisk B Room, Atrium mezzanine 6:00 pm?Registration; 7:00 pm?Meeting begins Burnell Brown, President 6:30 - 8:00 pm?MUSIC TECH WORKSHOP Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine Conducted by Cameron Strife; presented by the NFB Performing Arts Division 6:30 - 9:00 pm?COLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND OPEN HOUSE Topaz Room, Tower lobby Discover how good training can change your life. Julie Deden, Director 7:00 - 8:00 pm?ASTRONOMY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS (Ages 6-14) Morocco Room, Tower mezzanine Fun-filled astronomy-related activities in an out-of-this-world workshop! Instructor: Noreen Grice 7:00 - 8:30 pm?BOOKSHARE AT NFB MEMBER PARTY Lalique Room, Atrium mezzanine Enjoy snacks and refreshments while meeting the Bookshare staff. This is your opportunity to talk with us and share your ideas; we?re here to listen. Plan to have fun with contests, drawings, and interacting with your fellow members. We look forward to seeing you. 7:00 - 8:30 pm?NOPBC CONCURRENT SESSIONS FOR PARENTS IEP Workshop for Beginners Madrid Room, Tower mezzanine Focusing on evaluations, goals, strategies, and the law. Instructor: Carlton Walker Getting to Yes Manchester Room, Tower mezzanine Getting the team to work together so that it benefits your child. Instructor: Dan Frye Tactile Maps and the Development of Spatial Awareness Milan Room, Tower mezzanine Exploring ways to promote the development of spatial awareness. Instructor: Debbie Kent Stein TUESDAY, JULY 6, Continued 7:00 - 9:00 pm?NFB KRAFTERS DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING Fleur-de-lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine Unveiling new craft initiatives, including discussion on classes available via telephone conference and information on our Monday night nationwide chats. We are seeking teachers and students for crafting classes. Joyce Kane, President 7:00 - 9:00 pm?LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES SEMINAR: MOVING LEGISLATION ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL Obelisk A Room, Atrium mezzanine Each affiliate should send one representative. Learn the best methods of increasing support for our legislative priorities. Changing lives through laws is our business. Led by Jesse Hartle, Lauren McLarney, and Ronza Othman 7:00 - 10:00 pm?A SPECIAL EVENING FOR SPONSOR-LEVEL EXHIBITORS Khmer Pavilion, Atrium, Third Level The exhibit hall reopens for an evening dedicated solely to sponsor-level exhibitors. Come and bring a guest to say ?thank you? to our sponsors and to enjoy their interesting offers and demonstrations. Our convention sponsors are: Title: Deque Systems, Inc.; Platinum: HumanWare and UPS; Gold: Freedom Scientific and Oracle; Silver: Adobe; Bronze: National Industries for the Blind (NIB); and Exhibit Hall: En-Vision America, GW Micro, Inc., Independence Science, LLC, Independent Living Aids (ILA), Intel Corporation, Olympus, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), Sendero Group, and Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 7:00 - 10:00 pm?THE BEST THROWBACK PARTY AND DANCE EVER! NFB YOUTH TRACK (Ages 14-18) Metropolitan Ballroom, Tower mezzanine Choose your favorite decade and come dressed in your best digs. Compete in hula hoop contests, learn the ?YMCA,? or show us your best moon walk while dressed as the late Michael Jackson in the 80?s. Prizes will be given to the best-dressed or most creative throwback participants. 8:00 - 9:00 pm?BEP: U.S. CURRENCY IDENTIFICATION FOCUS GROUP Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine Representatives of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury?s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the Office of Product Development provide an update on BEP?s progress to provide blind individuals with access to U.S. currency and discuss concepts it is currently testing. (Session Two: Wednesday at 7:00 pm.) TUESDAY, JULY 6, Continued 8:00 - 9:00 pm?PERFORMING ARTS DIVISION SEMINAR Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine A seminar on division development; discuss the future of the Performing Arts Division and ways to make it even better. Conducted by division board member, Jordy Stringer. Dennis H.R. Sumlin, President 8:30 - 9:30 pm?HOW TO HOLD A VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN SIX EASY STEPS Edelweiss Room, Atrium mezzanine Learn how to plan and host a voter registration drive that will attract new members to your chapter and serve your local community. Coordinator: Lou Ann Blake, NFB Jernigan Institute 8:30 - 10:00 pm?NOPBC CONCURRENT SESSIONS FOR PARENTS IEP Workshop for Veteran Parents Madrid Room, Tower mezzanine Instructor: Carlton Walker Testing and Accommodations Manchester Room, Tower mezzanine Instructors: Barbara Mathews and a representative of the College Board Adapting and Creating Useable Materials for Students Milan Room, Tower mezzanine Instructor: Pat Renfranz WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010 8:00 - 8:45 am?DEVOTIONS Sapphire Room, Tower lobby 8:15 8:45 am?REGISTRATION ($20)?Chantilly Foyer Area, Tower lobby GENERAL SESSION 9:00 am INVOCATION 9:05 am ELECTIONS 9:50 am THE APEX AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AT HUMANWARE Gilles Pepin, Chief Executive Officer, HumanWare; Drummondville, Canada 10:10 am THE FAILURE OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE BLIND MARK RICCOBONO, Moderator; Executive Director, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute; Baltimore, Maryland SHEILA AMATO, Ed.D., University Teacher Trainer; Massapequa Park, New York NOREEN GRICE, Founder and President of You Can Do Astronomy, LLC; New Britain, Connecticut LAURA WEBBER, Secretary, National Organization of Parents of Blind Children; Houston, Texas ERIC VASILIAUSKAS, M.D., parent and advocate; Los Angeles, California 11:10 am ASSURING INTERNET ACCESSIBILITY Preety Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Deque Systems, Inc.; Reston, Virginia WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, Continued 11:30 am REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS 12:00 pm ADJOURN 12:00 noon 12:30 pm and 1:30 - 2:00 pm?REGISTRATION ($20) Chantilly Foyer Area, Tower lobby 12:00 noon - 1:45 pm?INDEPENDENCE MARKET AND SHOWROOM OF INNOVATION (Final time period to be open)?Grand Ballroom, Atrium lobby 12:00 noon 1:45 pm?EXHIBITS?Khmer Pavilion, Atrium, third level GENERAL SESSION 2:00 pm CALL TO ORDER 2:05 pm FINANCIAL REPORT 3:05 pm STRATEGIC INITIATIVES REPORT John Par?, Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives, National Federation of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland Jesse Hartle, Governmental Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland Lauren McLarney, Governmental Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland 3:35 pm REPORTS, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER BUSINESS 5:00 pm ADJOURN WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, Continued 7:00 - 8:00 pm?BEP: U.S. CURRENCY IDENTIFICATION FOCUS GROUP Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine Representatives of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury?s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the Office of Product Development provide an update on BEP?s progress to provide blind individuals with access to U.S. currency and discuss concepts it is currently testing. 7:00 - 8:15 pm?EXPERIENCE THE BLIO READER: MAKING THE WORLD?S BOOKS ENJOYABLE, USABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Presented by James Gashel 7:00 - 8:30 pm?NFB IMAGINATION FUND GRANT-WRITING SEMINAR Fleur-de-Lis B Room, Atrium mezzanine Each affiliate should send at least one representative to this seminar. Learn to plan, write, and submit a strong grant application; discover key points and strategies about how to identify appropriate funders and submit a winning proposal. Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director, NFB Jernigan Institute 7:00 - 9:00 pm?WHAT?S NEW WITH NFB-NEWSLINE? Lalique Room, Atrium mezzanine Learn about the NFB?s free audible newspaper service for the blind and visually impaired. Topics cover Podable News, the new voices, the new on-demand article request feature, and more. Sign up for NFB-NEWSLINE? at its exhibit hall table. 7:00 9:00 pm??SOCIAL SECURITY AND SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME: WHAT APPLICANTS, ADVOCATES, AND RECIPIENTS SHOULD KNOW? SEMINAR Sapphire Room, Tower lobby Topics: Social Security and SSI benefits, including eligibility criteria, the application process, reporting obligations, and appeals process. Also get information on the Medicare prescription drug benefit income subsidy program. Presenter: Ronza Othman WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, Continued 7:00 10:00 pm?EXHIBITS?Khmer Pavilion, Atrium third level 7:00 - 11:00 pm?TENTH ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF TALENT?Fee: $5.00 Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium lobby Register early by contacting Performing Arts Division leaders at the convention by Tuesday. Proceeds benefit the division?s scholarship program and other programs. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Division; Dennis H.R. Sumlin, President 7:00 - 11:00 pm?NON 24-HOUR SLEEP WAKE DISORDER SEMINAR Obelisk A Room, Atrium mezzanine Circadian rhythm sleep disorders in totally blind people. Total loss of light perception prevents synchronization of circadian body clock rhythms to the 24-hour day, leading to cyclic insomnia and daytime napping. The causes of this sleep disorder and possible treatment options will be presented and discussed. 7:30 - 9:00 pm?INTRODUCTION TO ORACLE SIEBEL CALL CENTER Obelisk B Room, Atrium mezzanine Don Mauck, Accessibility Evangelist at Oracle, will demonstrate the accessibility features built into the Oracle Siebel Call Center. Oracle CRM products are used by more than 4,000 enterprises and more than 4.6 million business users; these enterprises represent potential employment opportunities for the blind. 8:00 - 9:00 pm?FRIENDS OF RECOVERY MEETING Library Room, Tower mezzanine All convention delegates involved in or interested in twelve-step recovery programs are invited to attend. Gary Ray, Coordinator 8:00 - 10:00 pm?COMMITTEE ON AUTOMOBILE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY (CAPS); Deborah Kent Stein, Chairperson Fleur-de-Lis A Room, Atrium mezzanine 8:00 - 10:00 pm?COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Rosetta Room, Atrium mezzanine For the most part, technological developments tend to exclude blind people. Developers must change the ways future technologies are designed. Join us?perhaps you can suggest a technology or approach that nobody else has considered. Curtis Chong, Chairperson WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, Continued 8:00 - 11:30 pm?MONTE CARLO NIGHT Metropolitan Ballroom, Tower mezzanine Try your luck at any of the usual card games found on a casino floor. Sponsored by the National Association of Blind Students 8:30 - 9:45 pm?EXPERIENCE THE BLIO READER: MAKING THE WORLD?S BOOKS ENJOYABLE, USABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! Peridot Room, Atrium mezzanine Presented by James Gashel THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010 8:00 - 8:45 am?DEVOTIONS Sapphire Room, Tower lobby 8:15 8:45 am?REGISTRATION ($20)?Final opportunity to register. Chantilly Foyer Area, Tower lobby GENERAL SESSION 9:00 am INVOCATION 9:05 am BUYING AND SELLING ONLINE: EBAY BUILDS ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE BLIND INTO ITS PLATFORM Dane Glasgow, Vice President, Buyer Experience Product Management, Ebay, Inc.; San Jose, California 9:20 am BRAILLE IS LITERACY Deane Blazie, Inventor; Hobe Sound, Florida 9:35 am EIGHTY-FOUR LANGUAGES AND GROWING Frank Kurt Cylke, Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress; Washington, D.C. David Fernandez-Barrial, Foreign Language Librarian, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress; Washington, D.C. 9:55 am QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION 10:00 am EDUCATING BLIND CHILDREN: CHANGING THE PARADIGM Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D.; Research Professor; San Diego State University; Vienna, Virginia 10:20 am TOWARD FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR BLIND AMERICANS Lynnae Ruttledge, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, United States Department of Education; Washington, D.C. THURSDAY, JULY 8, Continued 10:35 am ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION FOR ALL, INCLUDING THE BLIND: MEETING THE STANDARD Jessica Finnefrock, Senior Vice President, Product Development, Blackboard; Washington, D.C. 10:50 am ACCESSIBLE DESIGN, A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE Steve Eastman, President, Target.com; Minneapolis, Minnesota 11:05 am LOCATION-BASED SERVICES USING BUS STOP AND GEOCODED MEDIA CONTENT Mike May, Chief Executive Officer, Sendero Group; Davis, California 11:20 am BLIND CAR BUILDER? WE?RE HERE TO TELL YOU! Marcus Simmons, Chief Executive Officer, Simmons BOSS CREATIONS; Southfield, Michigan 11:35 am REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS 12:00 pm ADJOURN 12:00 noon - 1:45 pm?HAM RADIO GROUP BUSINESS MEETING Milan Room, Tower mezzanine D. Curtis Willoughby (ka0vba), Chairperson 12:00 noon - 1:45 pm?RAFFLES AND DRAWINGS Sapphire Room, Tower lobby 12:15 - 1:45 pm?EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NLS Obelisk A Room, Atrium mezzanine A question-and-answer session with Frank Kurt Cylke, Director, and staff of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. THURSDAY, JULY 8, Continued GENERAL SESSION 2:00 pm CALL TO ORDER 2:05 pm COPYRIGHT AND THE RIGHT TO READ Marybeth Peters, Esq., Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Copyright Office; Washington, D.C. 2:20 pm THE FUTURE OF BOOKS AND BEYOND Ray Kurzweil, President and Chief Executive Officer, K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.; Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 2:40 pm CALLING ALL DRIVERS: ADVANCING LEADERSHIP, COLLECTIVE ACTION, AND THE BOUNDARIES OF INDEPENDENCE Mark Riccobono, Executive Director, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute; Baltimore, Maryland 3:00 pm THE INTERFACE THAT TOUCHES THE MIND: ADVANCING BEYOND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Dennis Hong, Ph.D., Director, Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Blacksburg, Virginia 3:15 pm A PRACTICING BLIND PHYSICIAN Timothy Cordes M.D./Ph.D., Resident in Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Madison, Wisconsin 3:30 pm DR. JACOB BOLOTIN AWARD Gary Wunder, Chairperson, Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee, and Secretary, National Federation of the Blind; Columbia, Missouri 4:10 pm DISABILITY POLICY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President on Disability Policy; Washington, D.C. 4:25 pm REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS THURSDAY, JULY 8, Continued 5:00 pm ADJOURN 7:00 pm?BANQUET Chantilly Ballroom, Tower lobby INVOCATION MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Fredric K. Schroeder INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS BANQUET ADDRESS: Marc Maurer SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 11:00 pm?SCIENCE FICTION MEETING All persons interested in science fiction and fantasy are welcome to join in an open discussion. Please contact Ed Meskys for room location. Thank You... The National Federation of the Blind acknowledges with gratitude our Title, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Exhibit Hall Convention Sponsors below. Their messages follow. Title Sponsor: Deque Systems, Inc. Platinum Sponsors: HumanWare UPS Gold Sponsors: Freedom Scientific Oracle Silver Sponsor: Adobe Bronze Sponsor: National Industries for the Blind (NIB) Exhibit Hall Sponsors: En-Vision America GW Micro, Inc. Independence Science, LLC Independent Living Aids (ILA) Intel Corporation Olympus Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) Sendero Group Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. David Andrews: dandrews at visi.com Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dandrews920 From fnugg at online.no Tue Jun 15 08:33:48 2010 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:33:48 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Touch and Go, TouchColor Message-ID: <4C173AEC.7090803@online.no> Hi, A couple of products, Touch and Go and TouchColor, that seem like a really good idea. Think they are still prototypes, but pretty neat. Regards, Lisa Touch & Go: An Autonomous For Visually Impaired June 8, 2010 "Touch and Go" is an instrument made as a navigation system for the visually impaired. It is designed by Russian designer Natalia Ponomareva. The combination between a hand gadget and earpiece, make "Touch and Go" can be worn in hand, like other fashionable accessory. As it features, a tactile display that will show the direction as relief map has been added on it. The navigator has 1:1000 scale that will give plump the center image of the user position. When the user move to another place an arrow will indicate it position. An audio feature also has been included via telephone. Tactile Activities Tactile activities stimulate the senses of the participants, particularly the sense of touch. The activities work well for children, especially kids with tactile defensiveness. The condition causes a strong negative reaction to touch stimulation, according to La Leche League. The child is able to explore various textures and tactile experiences on her own terms through the tactile activities. product/article 'Touch Colour' is a revolutionary painting tool for the blind. It uses special technology that associates different colours with different temperatures in order to properly identify them. The 'Touch Colour' is a tablet that a blind person uses as the canvas. They simply scroll through the colour wheel (which is not only temperature identifiable but also braille as well) to select their colour of choice and then place the wheel onto the tablet and begin drawing. The user can also keep track of their outlining, shading and any other aspects of the drawing by simply feeling the constant warm of cooler colours on the tablet. The 'Touch Colour' is a beautiful advancement as far as technology for the blind is concerned. Kudos! http://www.yun-li.com/index.php?/project/touch-color/ Touch Color is the combination of a Thermal digital tablet and a Rainbow Color picking ring that allows a blind person to paint colorful pictures with his fingers on the tablet. The 24 colors on the ring are differentiated by Braille dots and varied temperature generated by the embedded LED bulbs. Artistically inclined or not, this concept of "Blind Color Painting" sure sounds like technology is heading in the right direction. http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/08/04/no-longer-color-blind/ TouchColor designer website with video, shows how it works http://www.tuvie.com/touch-color-helps-blind-people-to-draw/ Sensory Table A sensory table is a common center in preschool classrooms, but it also works well at home or with older kids. The child-sized table features a shallow tub as the top. The sensory table is often filled with sand or water, with toys, scoops and other items for the kids to use. Other items also work well in the sensory table. Change the contents to the fit the them or to match your child's interests. Options include dirt, leaves, shredded paper, uncooked rice, uncooked pasta or shaving cream. The kids use their hands, as well as the sensory table tools, to manipulate the contents of the table. http://www.livestrong.com/article/139319-tactile-activities/ product The patterns and width of the Wavy Tactile Path are designed to offer the most suitable tactile sensory intensity for children as well as a realistic "nature" experience. The boards can be arranged into curvy or linear patterns. There is no directional uncertainty; the change in angle is natural for humans. The slight slopes on the 4 sides of the boards offer balance control for front and back and also left and right. The Wavy Tactile Paths help enhance muscle development and provide tactile stimulation. They improve vestibular balance, movement coordination and the sense of balance. They help children cultivate spatial concepts and planning through arranging and constructing the Wavy Tactile Path pieces. The set includes 8 pieces that nest conveniently nest together in a handy carry bag. The maximum length of each board is 26.85", the maximum height is 4.28" and the width is 6.82". Ages: 3 years & up. Available in blue (EQ2175) and green (EQ2176). http://funandfunction.com/wavy-tactile-path-p-897.html product Mike Ayres Tactile Panels https://www.sensoryplus.co.uk/tactile/tactile_activities/mike_ayres_tactile_panels excerpModifications for Visually Impaired Students in Physical Education Classest Gym mats are an excellent tool for boundaries or bases. Set up ropes along running courses. Provide rules composed in Braille or provide a tactile map of the playing field. http://www.ehow.com/list_6524910_modifications-students-physical-education-classes.html excerpt Braille tattoos are a new innovation that allow the blind to enjoy body modifications too. Klara Jirkova, a student at the University of Arts in Berlin, came up with an innovation to modify the body to allow the blind feel those artistic statements through their sense of touch. Braille tattoos now let the entire world experience the eclectic pieces of art you may choose to put in your skin. The raised bumps that make up these braille tattoos consist of implants under the skin, and could include individual beads or a small tablet of embossed text. The beads can be relatively small, but not as small as standard braille text as the body's muscles would absorb them too deep to touch ( http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/braille-tattoo-blind