| Sunday brunch begins at 10 a.m., after the morning session, and will end by 12:00 p.m. The discounted family registration rate is $50. Indicate "family" on the form and names of those requiring badges for workshops.
New Workshops: 110E Powerful Digital Talking Books for Your Classroom Steve Norwood and Kelli Cornejo, Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Translations (CSMT) Friday, February 29, 8 – 9:30 a.m. CSMT presents “Digital Talking Books” (DTB) for students in California. Increase your knowledge and learn the powerful benefits of DTBs for students with disabilities. Find out how to set-up and use Adaptive Multimedia Information System (AMIS), a free software that supports Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) files. Learn modification techniques such as color, contrast, or enlarging print to accommodate a student’s needs. Understand what CSMT’s new Digital Talking Book Reimbursement Program will mean for K-8 users of electronic books. 512T Tactile Graphics Initiative Peggy Schuetz and Bob Walling, Transcribing Mariners Saturday, March 1, 8 – 9:30 a.m. We invite you to a discussion session about tactile graphics production. There is a great need for professionals to provide quality tactile graphics for students who are blind. We need your help to identify solutions to the tactile graphics shortage. This forum is intended to be a learning experience for all who attend. We will cover what skills, materials and time it takes to create tactile graphics for state-adopted books. Workshop Schedule Changes: 502E – Making the Puzzle Pieces Fit: ECC and Core CANCELLED 503E – Learning Through Navigating, presented by Sunggye Hong -moved and renumbered as 210E – Friday, Feb. 29, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
404T – Music Education, presented by Richard Taesch -no time change, but now listed under the Educators strand as 404E
Poster sessions moved:
Introducing Book 3 of the Mangold Braille Reading Program for the SAL2 System -moved from 2 p.m Friday to 10 a.m. Friday
AFB’s New Parent Website -moved from 8 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Friday | |