[rehab] FW: [FCTD] Summer Institute 2009

[Hanse, Buffa (OFB-LV)]

I don't know much about this--but the topics look good and it's free!!
So read and pass this on to teachers, parents etc.
 

Buffa Hanse 
Braille/Audio equip. Teacher 
Charles W. McDowell Center 
8412 Westport Road 
Louisville, Ky 40242 
phone: 502-429-4460 (page) 
Email buffa.hanse at ky.gov 
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From: Forrester, Chase (OFB-LV) 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:26 PM
To: WFD DFB Users
Subject: FW: [FCTD] Summer Institute 2009


FYI

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From: Family Center on Technology and Disability
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Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:54 PM
To: FCTD at LISTSERV.AED.ORG
Subject: [FCTD] Summer Institute 2009



The Family Center on Technology and Disability is pleased to provide a
free, 2-week online summer institute, July 20-31, 2009.  The Family
Center's summer institutes have been extremely popular, connecting
educators, disability professionals and parents throughout the country
with leading national experts in assistive and instructional
technologies.   This year's institute will have two learning strands:
Accessible Instructional Materials and Social Media Tools.  Participants
can register for continuing education units (CEU's).   More information
on each strand is provided below, or you can register directly at:
http://www.fctd.info/registration_types/1/registrations/new
<http://www.fctd.info/registration_types/1/registrations/new>  

If you have additional questions, please email fctd at aed.org
<mailto:fctd at aed.org>  or call Jackie Hess at (202) 884-8217 or Ana
Maria Gutierrez at (202) 884-8068.  

Accessible Instructional Materials

WMA, DAISY, BRF...  Do you find digital media options bewildering?  You
aren't alone.  Navigating the world of accessible instructional
materials can be confusing.  From file formats to players to digital
conversion and play-back, how does one make sense of it all? This strand
of the FCTD's online summer institute will explain and explore the world
of accessible media, including the laws designed to get instructional
materials into the hands of students with print disabilities.
Participants will learn about digital formats, how to find and access
digital books, and about software and hardware suitable for classroom,
home, and therapeutic environments.   

Social Media Tools 

They're growing like topsy - Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and thousands
of blogs, wikis, and related social media tools.  When well used, they
connect, inform, entertain, and educate.  Whether you love them, hate
them, or just can't be bothered, social media tools have changed the way
Americans meet, communicate and collaborate.   Educators and disability
professionals have joined the fray, creating forums specific to their
interests, including assistive and instructional technologies.  If
you're an experienced user of social media, we invite you to share your
insights and resources.  If you're quietly guarding the secret that you
really have no idea what a wiki is, and Twittering....well, really;
then this is the place to learn, in educator/parent/disability
professional friendly language.  

Register for the Family Center on Technology and Disability's 2009
Summer Institute today! 

http://www.fctd.info/registration_types/1/registrations/new
<http://www.fctd.info/registration_types/1/registrations/new>