April 27, 2006 - Technologies and Transitioning
When: April 27 - 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Lawson 141
Parking:
Pullium lot
Local contact: Michael Whitney
- DSSsiu@siu.edu
Local contact: Darrell Taylor - 618.456.7704
Your presenter for this event is:
Michael Whitney
Michael Whitney heads adaptive technology and accessible web creation for Disability Support Services at SIUC and is also the coordinator of the Adaptive Computer Technology & Website Design HECA grant project. In addition to his MA in Rehabilitation, Whitney has completed training on designing universally acceptable web resources and an assistive technology applications certificate program offered by the State University of California Northridge. Whitney also serves on Illinois Board of Higher Education Disability Advisory Committee. He will discuss and demonstrate some of the common adaptive technologies utilized by students with disabilities.
Agenda
Expected Topics of Discussion and Presented Technologies
Our April 27, 2006 Michael will discuss with parents, students, and educators the importance of the transiton process and how technologies play an integral role in the success of transitioning students. With a open forum style discussion, it will be a cursory introduction to the technology we employ and the concerns about equal access to information that dictate our work here at SIUC-DSS. Our goals for this presentation are as follows:
- Make the general populace aware of the issues we in the disability support field deal with
- Inform participants about SIUC Transition Camp
- Provide insight into the transitoning process
- Inform people who need to know of our country and state's legislative push towards accessibility of new technologies
- Expose participants to adaptive technology trends
- Expose students with the issues persons with disabilities face in academia
- Expose the students with strategies utilized in the disability support field to enable a person with a disability with the means to overcome barriers
- Expose students to accessibility guidelines
- Expose up and coming professionals to technologies and practices that can enable persons with disabilities
Technologies Covered
- BrailleNote GPS mobility location system
- Dragon Naturally Speaking dictation system
- Kurzweil 3000 scanning system
- JAWS screen reader
- ZoomText Magnifier
- Co Writer writing program
- Microsoft on screen keyboard
- Switch Technologies
- Cyberlink Brainfingers Brain Actuated Technology
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