March 19-24, 2007
Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN) - http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/
This conference will provide all the latest information about technology, assistive technology, and accessibility issues for people with disabilities, their families and those who serve them.
2007 Conference Keynote Speaker: John Kemp - a well-known and respected advocate in the national disability civil rights movement. The topic of his presentation is "The power and significance of assistive technology.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Contact Info: Center on Disabilities Conference, CSU Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street, BH 110, Northridge, CA 91330-8340
conference@csun.edu
Phone: (818) 677-2578
Fax: (818) 677-4929
Office Hours: M - F 8:00 AM - 4:45PM
Registration: The conference registration process is available at Lets Go Expo,
http://www.letsgoexpo.com/expo/index.cfm?EID=80000065
May 7 and September 3, 2007
Barrier-Free Information Technology
This month-long course will enable institutions to design both onsite and online electronic devices and electronic information to include and empower people with disabilities while using universal design to provide user-friendly tools for everyone.
Contact, registration and syllabus information: http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
May 7 and September 3, 2007
Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content
This course is designed to demonstrate how to create new documents that are more accessible, and convert existing documents into alternate formats such as DAISY, NIMAS, PDF and Word.
Contact, registration and syllabus information: http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
May 16, 2007
WebAIM Webcast: Web Accessibility 2.0?
Web 2.0 is a term used to describe the recent trend in web applications and development. How will the recent trend in web applications and development impact people with disabilities? Will these technologies hold potential for people with disabilities or create new barriers? This web cast will explore and present how these innovative applications are changing the way users interact with web content.
The webcast will be held Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM (EDT) (12:00PM Pacific; 1:00PM Mountain; 2:00PM Central). The webcast will last approximately one hour. It will be captioned simultaneously for the deaf and hard of hearing and is free of charge.
Additional information is available at http://ncdae.org/webcasts/accessibility2.cfm.
June 4 and October 1, 2007
Barrier-Free Web Design
This course is offered quarterly. The course does not teach html, but is designed to demonstrate creation of web pages that are fully accessible to users and visually pleasing.
Contact, registration and syllabus information: http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
July 2 and November 5, 2007
Barrier-Free E-Learning
This month-long course will assist those who design and develop on-line course content using authoring applications they already know to achieve accessibility.
Contact, registration and syllabus information: http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
August 6 and Decmeber 3, 1007
Accessible Internet Multimedia: Podcasts, Vodcasts and Streaming
The multimedia formats are being used increasingly on the internet to deliver content. While multimedia can pose special problems it also provides a unique delivery of content to reach people with disabilities. Step-by-step instruction in how and when to provide synchronized captions and transcripts will be covered in this month-long course.
Contact, registration and syllabus information: http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
August 6 and December 3, 2007
Train the Trainer Course in Adaptive Technologies
This month-long web based course will provide training on adaptive software, hardware technology, operating system accessibility features, and provide hands-on xperiences.
Sponsored by: Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
Registration: Registration is $350 with a $70 discount for students and participants from overseas.
The course is month-long and is entirely taught over the Internet with the use of the web and e-mail. for class sharing. There will also be several modules using multimedia, video, audio, PowerPoint etc.
Contact info: http://easi.cc/workshops/train.htm
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Monthly - EASI Fee-based 4-part Web Conference Series
EASI has created 3 separate but interconnected programs specifically designed to support institutions making their computer and information technology systems accessible to employees, students, staff and instructors with disabilities. EASI is partnering with the University of Southern Maine to provide this certificate in accessible information technology delivered entirely online at any time from any where. For more information or to register visit their site at: http://easi.cc/workshop.htm.
Ongoing - EASI Podcast series.
This Conference Podcast series will bring recorddings of presentations from major conferences dealing with topics such as education, technology as well as disabilities. You can subscribe to the Podcast series at: http://easi.cc/podcasts/
** Also, there are transcriptions available for people who are deaf and you can subscribe to a RSS feed for these transcriptions.
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