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Friday, January 20th, 2012
2012 LATI Summer Institute
ONCE AGAIN IT IS TIME TO START
SNAPPING AND SHOOTING.
The Louisiana Assistive Technology Initiative (LATI) will be sponsoring a photo and video contest in conjunction with the LATI Summer Institute. This year’s Institute will be held on June 6 -8, 2012 in the Lake Charles area at Westlake High School located at 1000 Garden Drive in Westlake, Louisiana.
This year’s theme is “There’s AT for That”.
We want to see students using assistive technology at school, home, at play – in any/all environments. The deadline for submissions is April 13, 2012. All submissions this year need to be MAILED and be postmarked by April 13, 2012 in order to be accepted. No entries will be accepted by email. Anyone can submit an entry as long as contest rules are followed and a photo/video release form is signed and turned in with each entry. Winner does not need to be present.
Visit www.lati3.com/contests.htm for complete rules and entry forms.
For more information on the LATI Summer Institute: http://bb.lati.cpsb.org/
If you have any questions, email Kristie at [email protected].
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
New features in the Bookshare website
Bookshare is excited to announce some new features coming in early 2012. Our team has worked hard on new tools and options to make using Bookshare even better. Here is a preview! We will tell you more about these changes before they go live.
- Audio Book Formats – Bookshare members will soon be able to listen to books on MP3 players or any device that can play MP3; DAISY audio playable on MP3 players and other technologies will follow soon thereafter. In addition, we will provide a file manager that will make downloading, organizing, and transferring your books easy.
- My Downloads – The My Downloads section will make it easier to find or search the books you have downloaded in the past, check the status of books that are still in the process of being prepared, and easily re-download books if you need them.
- Simplified Download Process – You will be able to set global download preferences for book formats. This will make it faster and easier for members or teachers to download books on behalf of students in their preferred format every time. You will also still be able to easily select the format type each time you find a book.
- New functionality that will make the administrative functions much easier for larger accounts, including the ability to filter by school and district and generate the list of the books they have downloaded that includes the student for whom each book was downloaded and the date on which each book was downloaded.
Monday, December 12th, 2011
2012 SI Save the Date Flyer
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Hello to all. Please check out these professional development opportunities….and spread the word to your colleagues. Think about all of the students that you work with for whom these strategies would apply! Functional Vision Assessment and Learning Media Assessment for students with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities.This two day professional development opportunity will be offered in three (3) sites around the state. Day 1 will offer practical ways to appropriately assess students with additional disabilities as to visual functioning and the best way to present materials to individual students, and Day 2 will discuss how to use the resulting data to make appropriate programming decisions. After Day 1 the participants will have the opportunity to practice the assessments with their students and receive technical assistance from Nancy Toelle prior to Day 2. Registration is free and on Coursewhere. The target audience for this event are teachers of the visually impaired, teachers of students with significant disabilities, Occupational Therapists, parents, and administrators.
Participants will receive a copy of the Sensory Learning Kit book.
For additional information contact Joyce Russo at 225-342-0202 or [email protected]
The sessions are from 8:30 – 3:30 each day
Nov. 7 and April 23 at LSDVI in Baton Rouge, LA
Nov. 8 and April 24 at Calcasieu Department of Special Services Building, Westlake, LA
Nov. 9 and April 25 at Bossier Instructional Center, Bossier City, LA
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Participants will be introduced to paper folding methods from various resources. Foldable manipulatives will be created that address curriculum standards and be able to explore digital templates for foldables and online foldable generators. Participants will create various low tech manipulatives using the FREE Pocketmod generator for students to access curriculum content. Participants will be expected to submit a foldable or pocketmod and describe how it was implemented in the classroom within 3 weeks after the training in order to receive CLUs. December 7, 2011 from 3-4:30 at the Region 8 Assistive Techology Center in Farmerville
To Register go to :http://www.solutionwhere.com/ldoe/cw/showcourse.asp?2363
