7/21/2009
Family Center on Technology and Disability Summer Institute
| July 20, 2009 | to | July 31, 2009 |
The Family Center on Technology and Disability is pleased to provide a free, 2-week online summer institute. 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. The Accessible Instructional Materials strand 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. The second strand, Social Media Tools, focuses on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and thousands of blogs, wikis, and related social media tools. When well used, they connect, inform, entertain, and educate.
