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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In the past I have mentioned free audio seminars that Hadley School for The Blind has provided. A recent newsletter (that I am forwarding) that informs us that they will be having a seminar on bookshare. I know many people in in our chapter use or are interested in using bookshare. Here is an opportunity to get a lot of good info about the service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The seminar will be made available a few days after the live presentation in the Hadley seminar archives if you cannot attend the live presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Graham Mehl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>" -- Isaiah 42:16</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><strong> </strong><br> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width=630 style='width:5.25in'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#CCCCCC'>This newsletter is best viewed in H<a href="#2">#2</a>TML format.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/225701/5bac1753310911aeddbece84964bf376/image/jpeg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><blockquote style='margin-left:51.6pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In this issue...</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:51.6pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reminder: Seminars@Hadley Presents: </span></strong><a href="#1"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Inspiring Lifelong Learning with Bookshare</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:51.6pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:51.6pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unified English Braille:</span></strong><a href="#3"> </a><a href="#3"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hadley Transitions to Unified English Braille, Makes Changes to Braille Course Availability</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:51.6pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:51.6pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a name=1></a><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminars@Hadley Presents:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Inspiring Lifelong Learning with Bookshare</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, January 29, 2015</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1:00 PM CST, 19:00 GMT </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are you an educator looking for accessible books and technology for your struggling readers? Are you an individual with a print disability looking for accessible books to use on your digital reader? Bookshare, the world’s largest accessible online library, provides readers with print disabilities access to more than 300,000 ebooks and technology.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley as Kristina King Cohen, senior education program manager at Benetech Global Literacy, discusses how to acquire a Bookshare membership, find and request books, read Bookshare ebooks using a variety of assistive technology and how to connect with the broader community of members.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Doug Anzlovar, dean of educational programs and instruction, will moderate this 60-minutes seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the seminar.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This seminar is an audio presentation. Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=14438960&msgid=763104&act=UB1V&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D261">Register for Inspiring Lifelong Learning with Bookshare on January 29.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><a name=3></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hadley Transitions to Unified English Braille; Makes Changes to Braille Course Availability</span></strong><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are you curious about the transition to Unified English Braille and how it will affect Hadley's curriculum? <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=14438960&msgid=763104&act=UB1V&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FPR_detail.asp%3Ft%3D20150119-Transitions-to-UEB-Braille-Course-Availability">Learn more</a> about the change.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subscribe to Seminars@Hadley Podcasts! 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