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Accessible Information Technology Technical
Bulletin: July 2006
The Northeast ADA & IT Center at Cornell University provides training, technical assistance and materials on the ADA and accessible information technology throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This monthly technical bulletin is part of our dissemination efforts and if you do not want to receive this document or would like others from your organization added to our list, please call 1-800-949-4232 or reply to this message. Thank you Seminar on Accessible Books for Readers with Print Disabilities Register now for this full day seminar on Friday, July 28, 2006 hosted by the Association of American Publishers Rights and Permissions Advisory Committee, Higher Education Critical Issues Task Force and School Division. Date: July 28, 2006 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center at New York University, 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 Sessions include: * End User Perspectives * K-12 Textbooks: IDEA and the National Instructional Materials Access Center * Accessible Instructional Materials at the Postsecondary Level * State E-Text Laws * California Perspectives * National Higher Ed Initiatives * Trade Books * National Service Organizations For more information and to register, visit: http://www.publishers.org/conference/eventdetail.cfm?EventID=78 Web Design & Development Curriculum for students in grades 9-12 Register for this Webcast demonstration of the free AccessIT Web Design & Development I Curriculum Presenter: Terry Thompson Date: July 21, 2006 Time: 2 pm ET The AccessIT Web Design & Development I curriculum is an introduction to the design, creation, and maintenance of web pages and websites and was developed for use in secondary schools, grades 9-12. Students learn how to critically evaluate website quality; learn how to create and maintain quality web pages; learn about web design standards and why they're important; and learn to create and manipulate images. The course progresses from introductory work on web design to the capstone projects that demonstrate mastery of the information technology (IT) skills standards of the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET). During this Live Meeting event, Terry Thompson will demonstrate this FREE AccessIT curriculum. If you would like to register for this webcast, contact us at 800-949-4232 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Prepare for the Greatest Workforce Shortage in American History Tap into underutilized, highly-qualified job applicants and advancers that include people with disabilities, seniors and others. July 18, 2006 at 2 p.m. EST (RSVP required) A must-attend, no-cost, sixty-minute online Webinar event targeted exclusively to human resources, employee development, and corporate training decision makers. Your organization is experiencing, or preparing for, the greatest workforce shortage in American history. Boomers are retiring and the pool of skilled, experienced workers is shrinking. And yet, a large number of qualified candidates are often overlooked and underutilized. Such candidates, be they existing or potential employees, include those with disabilities (amounting to one in five Americans) and seniors, people able to work and who often exhibit higher than normal levels of productivity and employee loyalty. Join this special online Webinar event during which attorney John D. Kemp, a leading expert on issues relating to disability rights, will:
Designing an ergonomically correct computing work area Cornell University has recently posted information for creating an ergonomically correct computing work area. Visit the CU Ergo website ( http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/CUEHinfo.html) for more detailed information on the following topics: Workstation Guidelines
New Technology: Handheld device will help people who are blind convert print to audio Source: AP via Yahoo News A whole new world opened up for Tommy Craig as he tested a new handheld device for the blind that converts print to audio. Craig was able to "read" everything from menus to cooking directions by positioning the reader over print and taking a picture. In seconds, the device's synthetic voice read the printed message to him. Read about this new technology at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060626/ap_on_re_us/blind_reader_3 201 ILR Extension Building Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 1-800-949-4232 (TTY and voice) NY, NJ, PR, USVI www.northeastada.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] MissLiz
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