[nfb-talk] Fwd: Reminder - Training the Trainers

[David Andrews]

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>Training the Trainers
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>May 9-11
>Registration closes April 15, spaces are limited!
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>Agenda
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>(subject to change)
>Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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>8:30-9:00 a.m. - Introductory Remarks - Mark 
>Riccobono, Director, Jernigan Institute, &  Dr. 
>Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
>9:00-10:30 a.m. - Using the Duxbury Braille 
>Translator - Jennifer Dunnam, Manager of Braille 
>Programs, Jernigan Institute.  (An overview of 
>how to create well-formatted Braille from many 
>different file formats, including HTML, Word, PDF, and scanned documents)
>10:30-10:50 a.m. - Break
>10:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - The State of Screen 
>Access Software - Josh Boudreaux,  Director of 
>Technology, Louisiana Center for the Blind, & 
>Anne Taylor, Director of Access Technology, 
>Jernigan Institute. (Will discuss major screen 
>access packages and the features each one offers 
>-- including how much support each provides for 
>popular productivity tools like Google Docs and  Microsoft Office)
>12:30-1:30 p.m. – Lunch
>1:30-3:30 p.m.  - An Overview of Tactile 
>Graphics: How to Create the Right Graphic for 
>the Task - Clara Van Gerven, Access Technology 
>Content Specialist, Jernigan Institute & Robert 
>Jaquiss, Access Technology Specialist, Jernigan Institute
>3:30-3:50 p.m. - Break
>3:50-5:00 p.m. - Low Vision Tools - Clara Van Gerven
>Thursday, May 10, 2012
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>8:30-10:00 a.m. – Notetakers - Amy Mason, Access 
>Technology Specialist, Jernigan Institute, & Anne Taylor
>10:00-10:20 a.m. – Break
>10:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - iOS devices and 
>Accessible Peripherals - Amy Mason & Anne Taylor
>12:00-1:00 p.m. – Lunch
>1:00-3:00 p.m. – An Introduction to VoiceOver on 
>the Mac - Earl Harrison, President, HandyTech North America
>3:00-3:30 p.m. – Break
>3:30-4:15 p.m. - OCR options - Amy Mason & Anne Taylor
>4:15-5:00 p.m. – Daisy Creation Software- Making 
>Electronic Text More Navigable - Varju Luceno, 
>Director of Communications, DAISY Consortium
>Friday, May 11, 2012
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>8:00-10:00  a.m. - Low-Cost Screen Readers - 
>Access Technology Team, Jernigan Institute (This 
>session offers an overview of the low-cost 
>solutions available now, what opportunities they 
>provide, and where they fall short of more 
>traditional “full-featured” screen access solutions.)
>10:00-10:20 a.m. - Break
>10:20-11:50 a.m. – Training Techniques: A 
>Discussion of Best Practices - Amy Mason (An 
>opportunity to engage in discussion with 
>colleagues at the event concerning a number of 
>topics pertinent to trainers -- including the 
>place of the Structured Discovery philosophy in 
>technology training, further discussion of what 
>students should be expected to master in a 
>technology training venue, and some unorthodox 
>training aids and ideas for consideration)
>11:50 a.m. – Closing Remarks – Anne Taylor
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>Clara Van Gerven
>Access Technology Content Specialist
>National Federation of the Blind
>200 East Wells Street
>        at Jernigan Place
>Baltimore, MD  21230
>410-659-9314 x-2410
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