[MLTI-MS] Updated Professional Development Offerings

[Juanita Dickson]

MLTI has updated our Professional Development Offerings!

2008/09 Content Trainings
Due to sessions quickly filling to capacity, we have added the  
following sessions to York/Cumberland Regions.  We are still working  
to re-schedule the Washington region trainings for Spring 2009.  As  
other sessions fill up, we'll do our best to schedule a second.
January 12: Podcasting, Gorham Middle School
January 16: NoteShare, Saco Middle School
January 23: EcoScience, Gorham Middle School

For complete session descriptions and online registration, please  
visit: http://www.maine.gov/mlti/events/content


AIM for ALL Kids from Kittery to Fort Kent (Accessible Instructional  
Materials)
With support from their local school districts and the Maine Learning  
Technology Initiative (MLTI), increasing numbers of Maine educators  
are learning how to use technology to differentiate learning  
opportunities.

The more ways that students can independently access the curriculum,  
the more likely they are to be fully engaged and successful learners.  
Yet most instructional materials used in classrooms remain text-based  
and in print format, making them inaccessible to some students.  
Providing accessible instructional materials (AIM) means that all  
students have equitable access to learning.

This MLTI content meeting presents a framework for guiding and  
supporting the acquisition of AIM in a timely manner.  Skills include:
     * acquiring instructional materials in digital text and audio  
formats from free Web-based libraries
     * using Bookshare.org as a free source of accessible digital text  
versions of copyright books and periodicals for students with print  
disabilities
     * understanding Maine’s workflow for acquiring textbooks and core  
instructional materials in specialized formats from the National  
Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) (http://nimac.us)
     * scanning existing print materials with OCR software
     * converting digital text materials to audio format
     * considering a student’s need for AIM in the IEP process
     * understanding the role of assistive technology in students’  
uses of AIM

For more information, a schedule of sessions and online registration,  
please visit: http://www.maine.gov/mlti/events/aim





Juanita Dickson (Deschambault)
M.L.T.I.
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta Maine 04333
(P) 207-499-7142 (7:30am - 4:00pm)
Visit MLTI on the web at http://www.mlti.org






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