EASI News August 18 1998 Video on the Web

Contents:
1 EASI begins video on the web
2  Adapt-it online workshop Sept. 14
3 EASI-SEM online workshop begins Sept. 28

1 EASI is inaugurating its use of the web for broadcasting video with
one of its 3 videos developed with a grant from the National Science
Foundation.  It is on the web at http://www.rit.edu/~easi and is also
captioned.  The video is only the first of many videos we will be
archiving on our site along with the audio files already posted.  You
can download the Real Player needed to play it from this site.  There is
a free player available.  The 19 minute video can be viewed either in
whole or by one of its segments in smaller chunks.

   EASI's Guide to Awareness Issues and Laboratory Adaptations, the third
   videotape in the "EASI Street to Science, Engineering and Mathematics"
   trilogy includes both an awareness section on dealing with negative
   attitudes and a section on making science laboratories accessible to
   people with disabilities. This 19-minute videotape demonstrates
   special computerized data acquisition equipment including serial boxes
   that will interface with pH probes, light probes and distance and
   temperature probes. It also features students with disabilities
   talking about their experiences in math and science classes.

2 Starting Sept. 14, ADAPT-IT is a four-week course providing an
overview to the topic of adaptive computing and is ideal for
administrators, teachers, librarians, computer support staff, ADA
compliance officers and service providers. It focuses on how to set up
computing technology and services for individuals with disabilities.
Taught by people who have consulted extensively on adaptive technology
and information access.

   * this workshop has been revised and enhanced in 1998 to include text
   assignments and web assignments. New material related to special
   education and students in K-12 has also been included.

The EASI video on adaptive technology and the text, Information Access
and Adaptive computing comes with the $195 registration fee.  For anyone
wanting continuing education units, these are provided.  For information
contact Richard Banks [log in to unmask] or Norman Coombs
[log in to unmask] or go to the web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops.html

3 ONLINE COURSE ON BUILDING SCIENCE AND MATH FOUNDATIONS IN STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 28

EASI-SEM, an online course on science, engineering and math access for
students with disabilities will begin September 28.  The course, which is
offered through email, focuses on the barriers faced by students with
disabilities and the accommodations  and strategies that will helps students
with disabilities work and study in the technical fields.  The material is
aimed at service providers, teachers, administrators, and it is also helpful
for parents.

Too many students with disabilities reach college without the foundational
background they need in math, science, or adaptive technology.  Without these
basic foundational skills, students often fail in meeting their college core
requirements in science and math, and they don't get the opportunity to decide
if they'd like to major in the technical fields.

LEARN ABOUT:

 *Attitudinal Barriers by Faculty and Employers
 *Laboratory Access Barriers, Inaccessible Workstations and Instruments
 *Difficulties Using Scientific and Mathematical Notation and Graphics.
 *Hardware and Software Solutions
 *Teaching Strategies

FEATURES OF EASI-SEM

 *Offered Through E-mail (all you need is a regular e-mail account).
 *Includes Class Discussion With Colleagues Throughout the Country.
 *One-on-one Contact with Instructor.
 *Material is Designed for Service Providers, Faculty and Students.


Get the latest information on teaching strategies and hardware and software
solutions that can help you or your students get access to the fields of
science, math and technology.  EASI's online course has four weeks long and
offers three continuing education units for.  All materials - including three
videotapes and manuals and the book "Information Access and Adaptive
Technology," are included in the $195 tuition.

The next course begins on September 28, 1998.  For more information, contact:
Carmela Cunningham at:  Phone:  (562) 983-5155 Fax:  (562) 983-5157 or
[log in to unmask]
or check http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops.html