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Assistive Technologies in Education

April 23, 2002

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Location : The College of New Jersey , Brower Student Center Directions
Parking: Enter the campus from Route 31 and proceed to Lots# 3-8.

The Assistive Technologies Conference is cosponsored by

This full day seminar is dedicated to developing an awareness of the need to make technologically-mediated information accessible to those with a variety of disabilities and offering attendees a few solutions that they can implement on their campus

Schedule

8:45 - 9:30 Registration (Pre registration via the web is required)

9:30 - 9:45 Welcome

9:45 - 10:45 Keynote : "Achieving Pervasive Web Accessibility" by Mike Paciello, WebABLE

11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Session A: Promising Technology Applications for Students Who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Barbara Strassman and 'Your Telecommunications Network: Is It Supportive of Assistive Technologies?' with Barbara Keefe
Concurrent Session B: Providing Access to Computer & the Internet for Students with Physical Disabilities with Deborah Newton
Hands-on 1: Interactive Seminar with Mike Paciello (registrations closed)

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:00
Concurrent Session C: Technology Tools for Students Who are Blind/Visually Impaired with Jean Balutanski, Seham Mohamed, & Ellen Specht
Concurrent Session D: Making Informed Software Purchasing Decisions with Patricia Hendriks
Hands-on II: Reading and Writing Tools to Support Students with Learning Disabilities in High School and College with Amy Dell & Anne Disdier

3:00 - 3:45 Closing Session: Providing Assistive Technical Services on Campus: Making It Happen with Jean Balutanski, Seham Mohamed, & Wolf Shipon