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What’s Your AIM? E-books as Accessible Instructional Materials Saturday and Sunday, April 16-17, 2011. Richard Jackson Michelle Perkins. A Personal Perspective on UDL. Accessing the text. Large Print. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
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What’s Your AIM? E-books as Accessible Instructional MaterialsSaturday and Sunday, April 16-17, 2011 Richard Jackson Michelle Perkins
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) The Library of Congress
Comprehension Fluency Sight Word Recognition Decoding Letter-Sound Correspondence Phonological Awareness Early Childhood and Elementary Education First Steps on the Ladder to Literacy (Jenkins & O’Conner, 2002)
Teaching and Reaching Every Student in the 21st Century • One Curriculum for ALL • National Standards • Response to Intervention (RtI) • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) • Universal Design for Learning (UDL
Responsive Education for ALL • Starts with the curriculum • Need for Accommodations? • Need for Specially Designed Instruction? • Need for Modifications?
Instructional Practices • Whole Class • Workshop • Flexible Grouping • Pull-in, pull-out, consultation, co-teaching
Blending the Curriculum • Core Academic Curriculum • Special Curriculum • Technology Curriculum • UD and AT Curriculum
3 Waves of Technology Planning • Use • Integration • Transformation
Building Local Capacity • Improvement planning • Technology Planning • DCAP and NIMAS
Grade Level Expectations for TechnologyGlencoe School District, Glencoe, IL.
Grade Level Technology StandardsChittenden South Supervisory Union, Chittenden, VT
Eighth Grade Technology StandardsNorthern Ozaukee School District, WI
IDEA and Assistive Technology(IDEA, 2004) • “Almost 30 years of research and experience has demonstrated that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by…supporting the development and use of technology, including assistive technology devices and assistive technology services, to maximize accessibility for children with disabilities...(IDEA funds) must be used to support the use of technology, including technology with universal design principles and assistive technology devices, to maximize accessibility to the general education curriculum for children with disabilities.”
Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology (QIAT) QIATconsortium.org
NIMAS guides the production and electronic distribution ofdigital versions of textbooks and other instructional materialsso they can be more easily converted into accessible formats http://nimas.cast.org/center/index.html
What is NIMAS? • An XML source file (a subset of the ANSI/NISO z39.86 2002 standard; alternatively known as DAISY 3) • A Package File (provides descriptive information about all files in the package) • PDF files with embedded images
"The world's largest source for adapted educational and daily living products - since 1858." http://www.aph.org/
National Instructional Materials Access Center President George W. Bush signed into law the new Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) at the end of 2004. Several changes will be implemented through this reauthorized legislation that will have a positive impact on how and when blind and other print disabled students throughout the country receive their textbooks in the accessible formats they need, including braille and large print. http://www.nimac.us/