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A Pop Quiz! Are YOU Qualified

To Continue in This Session?

1. एक क्रि�या� क्या� है ?Your answer will be used to determine how much you know

And whether you may continue in this session.

A Fair Assessment of your Knowledge?

-What are we intending to measure?

-Of THAT language? … YES!-Of the content? …NO!

DECODING THE CONTENT &

INTERACTING WITH OR RESPONDING TO

THE CONTENT

Are Different Skill Sets!

ALL STUDENTS CAN ACQUIRE SKILLS THAT MOVE THEM TOWARD INDEPENDENCE. IF THEY ARE NOT, IT IS BECAUSE I HAVEN’T BEEN CREATIVE, SKILLFUL, OR DETERMINED ENOUGH WITH THEIR INSTRUCTION.

STUDENTS

INDEPENDENCEI

CREATIVE SKILLFULDETERMINEDINSTRUCTION

ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Are you willing, permitted and able to TEACH DIFFERENTLY,

not just teach with different tools?

SETT

tudent or Self

nvironments

asks

ools

SETT…guidance and organization that helps ensure

purposeful, systematic, collaborative and SUCCESSFUL

implementation of tools with students.

SETT

tudent or Self

nvironments

asks

ools

These 3 are CLOSELY linked, and not necessarily in this order.

THIS one is ALWAYS last!

SETTNot New! …BUT, we have a fairly new problem

that screams for it’s application.

HOW DO YOU KNOW… • If a learning environment is Universally Designed?

• If materials are accessible?

• If/When AT is required to implement AIM?

• If your students even have a need for AIM or AT?

• How & When to make the AIM & AT decisions necessary?

• Where to find accessible materials and AT ?

• How to create accessible materials?

Accessible Instructional Materials

“Accessible instructional materials (AIM) are specialized formats of curricular content that can be used by and with learners who are unable to read or use standard print materials. They include formats such as braille, audio, large print, and digital text.”

From the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materialshttp://aim.cast.org

ALSO, DIGITAL VIDEO, CAPTIONING, TACTILE GRAPHICS & AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS

Relevant AIM Background

• ADA Title II• Rehab. Act. Section 504/508

• IDEA 2004: FAPE, LRE, NIMAS

IDEA 2004 RequirementsAccessible Instructional materials must be provided for students that can't access text in the standard way National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) Initiative

The NIMAC coordinates with State & Local Educational Agencies to ensure that accessible materials are availableThe PATINS Project/ICAM (Indiana Center for Accessible Materials) is Indiana's authorized agency to coordinate with National Instructional Materials Access Center Keep In Mind: Students MUST have access to their general education programming regardless of NIMAS!

“BUT STILL… IT’S NOT FAIR TO THE KIDS WHO HAVE READ IT THEMSELVES!” -THE TEACHER DOWN THE HALL

A Pop Quiz! Are YOU Qualified

To Continue in This Session?

1. एक क्रि�या� क्या� है ?Your answer will be used to determine how much you know

And whether you may continue in this workshop.

A Fair Assessment of your Knowledge?

Accessible Instructional Materials

“Accessible instructional materials (AIM) are specialized formats of curricular content that can be used by and with learners who are unable to read or use standard print materials. They include formats such as braille, audio, large print, and digital text.”

From the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materialshttp://aim.cast.org

ALSO, DIGITAL VIDEO, CAPTIONING, TACTILE GRAPHICS & AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS

Obtaining AIM for Qualified Students In INFormats Available through the ICAM• NIMAS• Braille• Braille Ready Formats • Large Print• Audio• eText• Digital Audio Information System• Accessible PDF• Audio Digital • Learning Ally (formerly RFB&D)• Bookshare

Indiana Center for

Accessible Materials

A Few Places To Obtain eText

• Other State’s NIMAS Delivery System:http://aim.cast.org/learn/policy/state/nimas_nimac_contacts

• www.gutenberg.org• http://tarheelreader.org• Libraries Search Through ICAM:

• http://bit.ly/ICAMLibraries • Apps

• iBooks, Stanza, Learning Ally, Blio, etc.• Not all books from apps are accessible!

3 FACTS ABOUT AIM

1. All AIM in Indiana is accessible through one place.

2. NIMAS is a federal mandate

3. Offering specialized formats of materials is a modification we fairly easily can offer students

4. PATINS Staff offers follow-up implementation training once you’ve received specialized formats

INDIANA CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE MATERIALS

A web based system designed to provide support to Indiana Local Educational Agencies in meeting the NIMAS regulations of the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act of 2004 regarding

Accessible Instructional Materials

www.icam.k12.in.us

ICAM

AIM RESOURCES @ PATINS-ICAM

• Video Collection: http://bit.ly/patinstv

• ICAM (Filetypes Help): http://www.icam.k12.in.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138&Itemid=127

• Forms, Sample Contract Language, Video Tutorials: http://www.icam.k12.in.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=12&Itemid=7

AIM RESOURCES @ CAST• AIM Simply Said Video: http://youtu.be/6U3uKNKMv7s

• Article on Importance of AIM: http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/digital_equity

• AIM Navigator: http://aim.cast.org/experience/decision-making_tools/aim_navigator

• Tools: http://aim.cast.org/experience/technologies

• PALM Initiative: http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/palm

& INDIANA K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Assistive Tech. Lending Libraries (6-Week Loans)

• Regional Technical Training, Prof. Development, Workshops

• Accessible Technologies Consultation (phone, email, skype, etc.)

• State Conference (Fall) and Tech Expo (Spring)

• District Target Technical Assistance Grant (Statewide)

• Universal Design for Learning Expertise

• Refurbished Computer Program

• NIMAS/ICAM

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NEW Model!

• Staff Specialty Areas of Expertise!• Still Regional Lending Libraries• Still Baseline Tech. Assist. everywhere.• Still Statewide Events

• State Conference• Tech Expo• ?

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GRANT 2014-2015AEMing for Achievement

Direct assistance bringing your district into full compliance with Accessible Instructional Material (AIM)

and data collection for the purpose of increasing student achievement.

APPLY BY NOV. 7http://bit.ly/aem1415

Nov. 18-19, 2014PATINS State Conference 2014

Crown Plaza, Indianapolis, IN Registration includes Breakfast & Lunch

& Many Great AT & AIM Sessions

GREAT Lineup of National Presenters!

REGISTRATION http://bit.ly/stateconf14

Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design is a concept or philosophy for designing and delivering products and services that are usable by people with the widest possible range of functional capabilities, which includes products and services that are directly usable (w/out requiring assistive

technologies) and products/services that are made useable with assistive technologies.

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1998PUBLIC LAW 105-394

Universal Design for Learning

Providing Multiple and Flexible Means of:

• PRESENTING Info to Students• Allowing Students to RESPOND• ENGAGING Students

UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING

Is a framework full of Choice & Flexibility vs. a scripted curriculum.

• Physical Access• Materials, Methods, Tools, Assessment

• Cognitive Access• Materials, Methods, Tools, Assessment

THE ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT

• Recruit Interest (extrinsic)• Information that does not engage learner’s cognition, is in fact, inaccessible.

• Sustain Effort (extrinsic)• Video game motivation factor. Attention & Affect Regulation to Maintain. Levels?

Points? Self-Determined Breaks of physical, visual, auditory nature?

• Self Regulation (intrinsic)• Difference more likely than uniformity. Affect and Motivation might need explicit

instruction.

of UDL

UDL vs. AIM vs. AT

The Tools needed to participate and learn And sometimes to Implement AIM.

The Principles that Address “problems”With the curriculum.

CAN require AT

The Materials that Helpall students access to the content.

CAN require AT forImplementation.

MODIFICATIONS VS. ACCOMMODATIONS

A Modification is when general education curriculum or learning expectation is altered

Accommodations do not modify the content, but allows for some changes to presentation, timing, response, setting, and equipment.

UDL DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7

• Sec. 102. "Universal design" means a concept or philosophy for designing and delivering products and

• services that are usable by people with the widest possible range of functional capabilities, which include

• products and services that are:• (1) directly accessible, without requiring assistive technologies;

and

• (2) interoperable with assistive technologies.

UDL & ASSESSMENT IN ARTICLE 7

• 511 IAC 7-36-10 State and local assessments

State and local assessments must, to the greatest extent possible, be administered using Universal Design Principles.

SOME UDL STRATEGIES/METHODS• All

• Choices in location and seating

• Varied writing utensils and paper

• Handwriting alternatives (typed, speech to text)

• Project options/choices

• Advanced background information

• Post lesson enhancement

• Information presented auditorily, visually, kinesthetically, and available outside of classroom

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SOME UDL TOOLS• All

• Keyboard

• text to speech

• Drawing tools

• iPad (presentation & response)

• Wikipedia Tools

• Highlighters (digital and conventional)

• Most

• Organizational apps

• Word Prediction software

• Sound Field Systems

• Some

• AAC Devices

• iAuthor

• Virtual Reality

• Augmented Reality

• iMovie / Moviemaker (apps or computer based)

UDL MATERIALS • AIM

• Specialized Formats

• Braille

• Large Print

• Digital Text

• Audio

• Captions

• Video

• Tactile Graphics

• Audio Descriptions

www.icam.k12.in.us

Some Initial Questions:

• Why is this on paper?

• Is the content relevant?

• Is it accessible? • Why?/Why

Not?

175 VS 5

175 VS 5 • UDL and accommodations in the testing

is important.

• The real value for improved student achievement lies in UDL tools and strategies implemented throughout the year.

So…Can you implement a Universally Designed Learning

environment without:-AT

-AIM

MORE CONSIDERATIONS…EXCUSES• “It’s not FAIR!” “All students don’t have one.”

• It’s a tool, not a reward. All kids don’t have eye glasses or wheelchairs either.

• “They’re too young for computers.”

• Why? Let’s Talk.

• After 2nd Grade may be too late to catch up in reading

• “I’m not enough of an expert yet.”

• Empower your students by learning with them.

• “It’s just not enough like a real computer.”

• Exactly. It’s more portable and socially valid.

• What’s the reason it needs to be a true computer?

• “They’re too expensive.”

• They are a real cost, true.

• So, let’s not add this to what we’re already doing, let’s replace something.

“Textbook” Defintion in IndianaSOURCE: IC 20-18-2-23; (11)HE1429.1.2. --> SECTION 2. IC 20-18-2-23, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 23

"Textbook" means systematically organized material designed to provide a specific level of instruction in a subject matter category, including:(1) books;(2) hardware that will be consumed, accessed, or used by a single student during a semester or school year;(3) computer software; and(4) digital content.

Purchasing AIM Considerations• Digital ≠ Accessible! (Can it be highlighted/copied/pasted)

• NIMAS only applies to printed NOT digital materials• Policies (both SEA & LEA) may not address

accessibility of online or digital materials• Publishers are not required to produce accessible

content. • Most current AT and accommodations used are not

effective when used with online learning content. • Online Course required to graduate in 5 states currently.

IN was very close! Others likely to follow• Host Site may be accessible when content is not• Definition of Textbook Changing

“OK, but our textbook is online”

CAST’s PALM Initiative & Documents

• Why_Buy_Accessible.pdf

• What_are_Accessible_Learning_Materials.pdf

• PALMmemo.pdf

• Guidance_for_Purchasers.pdf

• AIM_Center_E-Book_Market_Brief.pdf

Great Resources, but still Voluntary

It’s super easy…

Select the DAISY, NIMAS, or Bookshare file and choose a location where you’d like to save the converted file

Click convert

Transfer the file to your device(s).

Don Johnston’s

UDL vs. AIM vs. AT

The Tools needed to participate and learn And sometimes to Implement AIM.

The Principles that Address “problems”With the curriculum.

CAN require AT

The Materials that Helpall students access to the content.

CAN require AT forImplementation.

GRANT 2014-2015AEMing for Achievement

Direct assistance bringing your district into full compliance with Accessible Instructional Material (AIM)

and data collection for the purpose of increasing student achievement.

APPLY BY NOV. 7http://bit.ly/aem1415

Nov. 18-19, 2014PATINS State Conference 2014

Crown Plaza, Indianapolis, IN Registration includes Breakfast & Lunch

& Many Great AT & AIM Sessions

GREAT Lineup of National Presenters!

REGISTRATION http://bit.ly/stateconf14

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