[BlindMath] Workshop on Accessible Mathematics For Blind High-School and College Students

Laura Lanning llanning at smumn.edu
Tue Jun 29 16:27:57 UTC 2021


I am interested in learning about this workshop also as I support college
students with visual impairments in such areas.  How do we sign up?  Thank
you.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 1:02 PM Sean Loraas via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I am interested in your workshop on Accessible Math. I am the Accessibility
> Technician at the 7th largest Community College in the country and create a
> large volume of accessible math content for a wide variety of math & other
> STEM
> technical notation for college level courses algebra up through Calculus 4,
> developmental math and adult education. I am interested in improving my
> knowledge, tools and workflows to maximize the practical usability of alt
> formats for our students that run the gamut from newer than novice to
> master level in terms of screen reader use, tech savvy, and braille use.
> So
> the more diverse my tool box is the better equipped I am to serve them. I
> would love to share the latest tech tools we use and would be wildly
> interested in what my peers are using, as peers are few and far between in
> our field. I commend you for your creativity in attempting to lure
> accessible math materials specialists out of our dark offices to share the
> crazy tools that support our unconventional skill set. Limitless
> possibilities.
>
> Let me know what I can do to reserve a seat at that table? Thank you for
> developing such a fantastic opportunity and sharing it in this forum. Stay
> safe!
>
> Sean Loraas
>
>  Accessibility Technician
>  Alt. Text & Media
>    Austin Community College
>    Eastview Campus
>     Office: 2140
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