Some of you may find the below interesting. -----Original Message----- From: Distribution list for EASI Web Conferences, Podcasts and News [mailto:itd-...@listserv.icors.org] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:25 PM To: itd-...@listserv.icors.org Subject: How can students with disabilities succeed in STEM disciplines??? an EASI Webinar
Webinar 4-part Fee-based Series: Accessible STEM Made Easier Dates: Tuesday June 4, 11, 18, and 25 Times: 11 Pacific Noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern This series is extremely important if students with disabilities are to have an opportunity to succeed in today's skilled professions all of which require familiarity with one or more of the science, Technology, engineering and technology disciplines. We want to make this widely accessible. Instead of charging a fee for the series, we are providing it free to everyone. In this series, you have the opportunity to hear from nationally recognized professionals who are pioneers in making STEM disciplines accessible to people with disciplines. Even if you are not interested in Stem topics, you need to be familiar with what is happening so you can enlighten faculty and encourage students. I am not a scientist although as an adult I have a growing interest in it. My reason for organizing this series is that STEM content provides some of the toughest accessibility hurddles. I have watched dedicated leaders struggle to transcend the problems. Now, real progress is happening, and at the same time authors can provide accessible content with better and easier tools than ever. Week 1: June 4. Access to complex graphics using IVEO Presenters: John Gardner and John Taylor John Gardner and John Taylor will demonstrate conversion of graphical information to accessible SVG (Scalable vector Graphics) using IVEO authoring software. The resulting SVG file is then easily accessible by blind users using the IVEO audio-tactile access method. Week 2 Progress towards accessible analytics and data visualization Presenter: Ed Summers, Sr Manager, Accessibility and Applied Assistive Technology, SAS Institute, Inc. Numeracy and fluency with data are skills that are required for success in the 21st century knowledge economy. Join Ed Summers, Senior Manager of Accessibility at SAS Institute, for a review of recent advances towards accessible analytics and data visualization at SAS. Week 3: June 18. LEAN Math Presenter: John Gardner John Gardner will demonstrate the new LEAN Math editor interface to MS Word/MathType. LEAN provides both compact audio and Braille access to MathType equations in Word. MathType equations can be edited, and new equations created in the LEAN editor. In addition to reading and composing math, the editor includes a number of powerful efficient navigation and processing features such as ability to copy a fraction with a single keystroke and then invert it when pasting with another keystroke; cutting out the denominator of a fraction and pasting it into the opposite side of the equation, etc. Week 4: we are in the process of scheduling a topic on lab access Specifics will be here in a few days. To register, go to <file:///http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#june>http://easi.cc/clinic.htm/#june . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs norm.coo...@gmail.com Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html ----------------------- Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi Online Courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm To sign off this list send e-mail to lists...@listserv.icors.org saying signoff itd-jnl Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
