| Tuesday, February 20,
2007 |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Conference registration and
coffee |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
KEYNOTE
Randy
Marsden - Advancing Accessibility: A Global
Perspective |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Short break/Vendor Viewing
|
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
SESSIONS
- Charles
Silverman - Creating Inclusive Online Communities
for Educators, Parents and Kids
- Donna McNear
- PDAs For
Students with Visual Impairments and Additional Learning Challenges
- Scott Marfilius -
Like Math? AT Supports in the Math Curriculum
- Renee Miller
and Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools ATL
Team - Learning with Technology: Incressing Access
to the Curriculum for ALL Students
- Lisa
Boone - Using Clicker 5 to offer a True UDL Lerning
Experience
- Pauline Auld -
Advancing Literacy: A Multi-Jurisdictional Text-to-Speech
Research project
|
| 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH provided on site /Vendor Viewing
|
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
SESSIONS
- Kelly
Fonner - Using the SETT Framework and Participation
Model to Make Effective AT Decisions [Part 1]
- Donna
McNear - Accessing the Curriculum with Low-High Technology Tools for Beginning Braille Readers
- Tom Sheridan - AT
software and Hardware Strategies: Tips and Tricks
- Lisa
Boone - Dedicated Word Processors - What does
what?
- Joyce Tschmier -
Using Boardmaker software
- Ross Ehalt
- Using Clicker 5 with students with severe impairment
|
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Short break/Vendor Viewing
|
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
SESSIONS
- Donna
McNear - Braille Technology to Improve Student
Access to the General Education Curriculum
- Kelly
Fonner - Using the SETT Framework and
Participation Model to Make Effective AT Decisions [Part 2]
- Eleanor Craighead and Joyce
Tschmier
- Intellitools in the Elementary Classroom
- Maureen Doherty and Jennifer Ray
- Using Teachers Tools in Read&Write Gold
- Christine Beliveau - Funding for Speech Generating Communication Devices
- Rick Stuible -
Introduction to WordQ SpeakQ software
|
| Wednesday, February 21,
2007 |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Coffee |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
KEYNOTE
Dave
Edyburn - Technology Learning Performance Failure and Success:
Is there a Relationship? |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Short break/Vendor Viewing
|
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
SESSIONS
- Charles Silverman
- High School Meets Universal
Design
- Scott Marfilius -
Dynamic Duo for Literacy - Read Write
Gold and Microsoft Word [Part 1]
- Kelly Fonner - Symbols to Text Processors:
Writing for All Learners
- Carrie Anton
- Low Vision and Blindness Tools in
the Classroom
- Judy Moore and Susan Moisey - Everybody's @the Library: The Role of Assistive Technology in Creating Inclusive Public Libraries
- Dan Leskiw - Customizing Resources: The New Science 20 Resource
|
| 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH provided on site /Vendor Viewing
|
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
SESSIONS
- Dave Edyburn - Assistive Technology and Students with Mild Disabilities
- Scott Marfilius - Dynamic
Duo for Literacy - Read Write Gold and Microsoft
Word [Part 2]
- Edna Dach and Lin Zurawell -
Beep Me Up Scotty - AT and VC
- Becky Pretli - Sharon Friesen -
Inside an Accessible Classroom
- Ross Ehalt and Joyce
Tschmier
- Using Clicker 5 to Support Early Literacy
- Joan Coy - Assistive Technology
for Learning Meets Online Learning
|
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Short break/Vendor Viewing
|
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
PANEL
AT Teams: Many Ways to do
it Right!
This panel
session will include AT team members from Elk Island Public Schools,
Calgary Public Schools, Wetaskiwin Public Schools and Greater St.
Albert Catholic Schools. Panel participants will discuss how
their districts are working to support effective delivery of
Assistive Technology for Learning to their students. The panel
will touch on:
- Best successes so far
- Biggest challenges so
far
- Most important learnings
- Next steps in their ATL implementation
plan.
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