Transcript AIM Center Advisory 2

January 26, 2010
Tuesday (day 2)
AIM CENTER ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MEETING
National Center on AIM at CAST Inc. | 40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3 | Wakefield, MA 01880-3233
VOICE: (781) 245-2212 | TTY: (781) 245-9320 | FAX: (781) 245-5212 | Web: http:aim.cast.org
Welcome Back
• Welcome, Chuck Hitchcock
• Meeting Resources (repeated), Chuck
• Handouts
• Print
• Braille
• Digital (emailed and on thumbdrives)
• PowerPoint Slides
• iLink Slides and VOIP
• CART (will be posted as is and in condensed form)
• Meeting Agenda
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AIM Consortium Update
• Progress and Products
• Joy Zabala
• Director of TA, National Center on Accessible
Instructional Materials (NCAIM), CAST
• Jeff Diedrich
• Director, Michigan Integrated Technology Supports
(MITS)
• Thoughts about sharing the AIM Consortium
Knowledge and Products with others - chat
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What Else is Happening?
• Vicki Hershman
• State Project Director, PATINS Project, Indiana
• John Eisenberg
• Director of Instructional Support and Related
Services, Virginia Department of Education
• Charles Mayo
• Manager, Distribution, Accessibility & Finance,
Instructional Materials & Educational Technology,
Texas Education Agency
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NIMAS Standards Board Update
• Skip Stahl
• Director, NIMAS Center
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BREAK
15 minutes
NIMAC Update
• Nicole Gaines
• NIMAC Manager, American Printing House for
the Blind (APH)
• Julia Myers
• Director of Resource Services & NIMAC,
American Printing House for the Blind
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Educational Publisher Perspectives
• Jay Diskey
• Executive Director, School Division, Association
of American Publishers (AAP)
• Tom Starbranch
• Chair, Association of American Publishers,
Serving Students with Disabilities Committee,
Accessibility and Compliance Manager, Pearson
Curriculum Group
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AIM Center Partner Updates
• Paul Schroeder
• Vice President of Programs and Policy,
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
• Ruth Ziolkowsky
• Assistive Technology Industry Association
(ATIA) Representative; President, Don
Johnston, Inc.
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Group Discussion
• Suggested Approaches for:
• AIM Center Technical Assistance
• AIM Center Dissemination
• After lunch: Public Comment Period
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Lunch and Collaboration
For AIM Center Advisory Committee and the NIMAS Board
1 Hour
Public Comments
Accessible Media Producer Updates
• APH, Nicole Gaines and/or Julia Myers
• Bookshare (B4E), Betsy Beaumon
• Vice President and General Manager, Benetech Literacy
Program (B4E)
• RFB&D, Mike Kurdziel
• Chief Program Officer, Recording for the Blind and
Dyslexic (RFB&D)
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The Emerging Landscape
• Instructional Materials / Learning Resources
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Textbooks and supplementals (print, html, etc.)
Open Source textbooks (CK12, Curriki, etc.)
Digital eBook Readers (Kindle, Sony Reader, etc.)
Web-based eLearning environments
Web-based education content
Smart phones (iPhone, Droid, etc.)
Others ??
• Opportunities
• Challenges
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Selecting Ten Key States for TA
• Purpose for this discussion
• Tentative approaches
• Lottery
• Referrals by 3rd parties
• Evaluation based on a predetermined criteria
• Criteria for selection (discussion)
• Leadership
• Readiness
• Etc.
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Open Discussion on a Selected Topic
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Review list from last year then update the list, categorize and prioritize
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Quality of XML
Current Status ??
Market model
1. No longer an issue
Eligibility/qualification of student populations
2. Improvement noted
Diversity of implementation, policy and practice
3. Larger issue now
4. Much larger issue now
Need for LEA awareness, knowledge, resources
Large-scale implementation
Tactile graphics/images
Helping teachers match hardware, software, and alternate-format outputs
Braille transcriber training
Economic issues
Administrative leadership
Including general education counterparts
Importance of collaboration/cooperation
Authorized Users/policy change
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Group Discussion
• Suggested Approaches for
• Leadership and coordination
• Reference doc: AIM Center Basics
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Adjourn
• Closing comments
• Thank you
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