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<h1><b>Training the Trainers</b></h1><br><br>
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May 9-11<br>
Registration closes April 15, spaces are limited!<br>
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<h2><b>Agenda</b></h2><br><br>
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(subject to change)<br>
Wednesday, May 9, 2012<br>
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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<br>
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)<br>
10:30-10:50 a.m. - Break<br>
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)<br>
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Lunch<br>
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<br>
3:30-3:50 p.m. - Break<br>
3:50-5:00 p.m. - Low Vision Tools - Clara Van Gerven<br>
Thursday, May 10, 2012<br>
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8:30-10:00 a.m. – Notetakers - Amy Mason, Access Technology Specialist,
Jernigan Institute, & Anne Taylor<br>
10:00-10:20 a.m. – Break<br>
10:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - iOS devices and Accessible Peripherals - Amy
Mason & Anne Taylor<br>
12:00-1:00 p.m. – Lunch<br>
1:00-3:00 p.m. – An Introduction to VoiceOver on the Mac - Earl Harrison,
President, HandyTech North America<br>
3:00-3:30 p.m. – Break<br>
3:30-4:15 p.m. - OCR options - Amy Mason & Anne Taylor<br>
4:15-5:00 p.m. – Daisy Creation Software- Making Electronic Text More
Navigable - Varju Luceno, Director of Communications, DAISY
Consortium<br>
Friday, May 11, 2012<br>
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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.)<br>
10:00-10:20 a.m. - Break<br>
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) <br>
11:50 a.m. – Closing Remarks – Anne Taylor<br>
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Clara Van Gerven<br>
Access Technology Content Specialist<br>
National Federation of the Blind<br>
200 East Wells Street <br>
<i>at Jernigan Place</i><br>
Baltimore, MD 21230<br>
410-659-9314 x-2410<br>
<a href="mailto:cvangerven@nfb.org">cvangerven@nfb.org</a><br>
<a href="http://nfb.org/nfb/access_technology_blog.asp">The Access
Technology Blog</a><br>
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