[Md-sligo] FW: Saturday Technology Training Session, 1:00PM to 4:00PM, April 21st, 2012: Adaptive Access: Computer Classes at DCPL and ByteBack

[Brown, Debbie]

From: Timony, James (DCPL) [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 4:38 PM
To: Timony, James (DCPL)
Subject: Saturday Technology Training Session, 1:00PM to 4:00PM, April 21st, 2012: Adaptive Access: Computer Classes at DCPL and ByteBack

You are invited to the:

Saturday Technology Training Session,
1:00PM to 4:00PM,
April 21st, 2012
Room 215, Adaptive Services
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street NW

ASL Interpreted!

The topic of our next event is: Adaptive Access: Computer Classes at DCPL and ByteBack
Computer Classes taught in American Sign Language
Computer Classes on using the JAWS screenreader

Do you need free computer training?  Do you need a free computer and computer access?  You can have it all through the DC Public Library and our partners like Byte Back.  Come to the library on Saturday for presentations on free Adaptive Computer Training.

DC Public Library partners with Byte Back to sponsor Computer Classes taught in American Sign Language.  The DC Public Library Adaptive Services Division sponsors Computer Classes on the JAWS screenreader and MAGic Screen Magnifier.

The Saturday Session will be a report and information session on Byte Back's ASL Computer Classes and the Adaptive Services Division's JAWS and MAGic classes featuring presentations by Joeseph K. Lewis of Byte Back and Christopher Corrigan of the Adaptive Services Division.

This is an opportunity to showcase both programs and get feedback from the community.

More information about both programs is below. Both programs are free and have beginner and advanced levels.


The Byte Back ASL classes are taught at the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library and include:

PC FOR BEGINNERS, which teaches basic computer skills including typing, how to use the mouse and how to use the computer and internet to manage your health and budget and to communicate  with friends, family and your community, and

OFFICE TRACK, in which students learn Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Outlook and  PowerPoint), as well as job readiness skills.

Computer training classes are only offered to the deaf or hard-of-hearing and are taught in American Sign Language without voiced English instruction.


The Adaptive Services JAWS and MAGic classes are taught at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and include

Basic level use of a computer with a screen reader and/or magnifier

1. The World Wide Web
2. Email (Gmail)
3. MS Word

Advanced level with Internet searching, use of forms and web publishing.

The Advanced level JAWS class will be writing the Wikipedia article on a book by George Pelecanos on the morning of Saturday, April 21, before the Saturday Session. The Session will include a pannel of folks involved in the JAWS classes, including students from the University of Maryland's ISchool, Adaptive Services' volunteers, volunteers from the Wikimedia foundation and the students themselves, who will report and ask for feedback on this activity and on the class as a whole.


IN order to qualify for the free computers through Byte Back you must be a DC resident and be within income restrictions.

To register for Byte Back ASL computer classes contact Joseph Monday through Friday (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.) at 202-529-3395 or by viedophone at 202-540-8802 or e-mail jlewis at byteback.org<mailto:jlewis at byteback.org>

To register for Adaptive Services JAWS classes contact Chris at (202) 727-2143 or christopher.corrigan at dc.gov<mailto:christopher.corrigan at dc.gov>


These Adaptive Technology user group meetings are on the first and third Saturday of each month in room 215, Adaptive Services Division of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.  They focus on the topic of adaptive technology as it relates to employment for people with disabilities.  The library is located at 901 G Street, NW Washington DC 20001, diagonally across the street from the 9th street exit of the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro stop, or two blocks from the 11th and G exit of Metro Center.  There is no public parking at the MLK Library.

The Adaptive Technology (AT) Program provides AT workstations for library customers who need them.  The workstations are located in the Adaptive Services Division, Room 215.  Customers can call ahead and reserve two-hour sessions.  Introductory training on Adaptive Technologies is available through our Adaptive Technology trainer, Chris Corrigan.  Please contact him at Christopher.Corrigan at dc.gov<mailto:Christopher.Corrigan at dc.gov> .

The STTS blog is here: http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/
The Adaptive Services home page is here: http://www.dclibrary.org/services/adaptiveservices
STTSs are archived here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show

Accommodation

If you have questions about physical access, need handouts in alternate format, or require American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation or other reasonable accommodation, please contact Venetia V. Demson, Chief, Adaptive Services, by e-mail: lbph.dcpl at dc.gov<mailto:lbph.dcpl at dc.gov> or telephone: 202-727-2142, or Janice Rosen by videophone: 202-559-5368 or Sorenson video relay service 1-866-570-7364; Monday -Tuesday, Noon to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Please request accommodation as early as possible, but at least seven days in advance of the meeting.

Patrick
James Patrick Timony
Adaptive Technology Librarian
DC Public Library
202-727-1335


Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Emancipation Day!
"Commemorating the Struggle for Freedom, Justice and Equality"
Monday, April 16, 2012 - District of Columbia Official Holiday - Parade, Festival, Fireworks
Learn more at www.emancipation.dc.gov<http://www.emancipation.dc.gov>


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