Region 7
Assistive Technology Center

Open Lab
Thursday, August 6 & Friday August, 7  8:00-3:00
Open Lab is two days dedicated to the Region 7 Strategists helping you to adapt materials for your students with special needs.  All equipment will be available for demonstration and for you to try for yourself. (Hands-on Lab)

Accessibility Quick Tips for  MS Word/Open Lab
Saturday, August 22                                 9:00-12:00
A condensed version of the complete MS Word training will be offered for the first half of the session followed by time to adapt materials for your classroom to use with students with special needs.

Don’t Break the Bank with AT
Tuesday, August 25                                 3:30-5:30
This 2 hour session will be jam packed with free or relatively inexpensive tools to use with your students to make the curriculum accessible.  (Hands-on Lab)

Accessibility Tips Using MS Word 2007
Thursday, September 17, 2009                  8:00-3:00
MS Word has many features within itself to help teachers make the curriculum accessible to students.  Join us for an in-depth look at parts of this program you might not have known existed.  (Hands-on Lab)

Kurzweil Overview/Open Lab
Saturday, September 19                            9:00-12:00
Kurzweil 3000 can be integrated into every aspect of the curriculum.  Textbooks, trade books, even webpages can be imported and manipulated to give students access to parts of the curriculum that otherwise may not be available. The first part of this session will give you an overview of what great things this program can do to help your students followed by time to work independently on the program or adapt materials for your students with special needs. (Hands-on Lab)

Intellitools and Flat Friends
Tuesday, September 22, 8:30-12:00
Come and learn the basics of Intellitools. The focus will be to showcase templates and activities from Classroom Suite that are accessible to all users.
This event will be held in Caddo parish.

Beginning Boardmaker
Tuesday, September 29                            8:00-3:00
A program developed for AAC use has endless possibilities for multiple populations.  This training will develop your skills at using the program from the very basics.  (Hands-on Lab) 

Animating PhotoStory 3/Open Lab
Saturday, October 3                                9:00-12:00
The first half of this session will be spent exploring the animation features of PowerPoint to create e-books for use with students with special needs followed by time to adapt materials to use in your classroom.  (Hands-on Lab)

Data and Student Tracking
Thursday, October 22                              3:30-5:30
This session will be spent exploring different techniques that can be used to track the progress of your students and collect data on their progress.  (Presentation)

 

Adapting Novels
Tuesday, October 27   Middle Grades        8:00-11:00
Tuesday, October 27   High School Grades 12:00-3:00
Giving students with special needs age appropriate material to read is important.  These sessions will be spent applying different methods of adapting novels being read by their peers.  (Make-n-Take)

Beginning Boardmaker/Open Lab
Saturday, October 31                               9:00-12:00
The session will brief you in the very basics of the Boardmaker program. Implementation ideas and alternate uses of the boards will be discussed.  Time at the end of the session will be given to create/adapt materials for use in your classroom.  (Hands-on Lab)

Boardmaker Make-n-Take
Thursday, November 12                           8:00-3:00
This session will be spent creating activities to use with students with special needs.  An intermediate knowledge of the Boardmaker program is a must to attend this session.  (Make-n-Take)

Access on a Budget-Abbreviated/Open Lab
Saturday, November 14                            9:00-12:00
A variety of free resources will be revealed along with ideas for implementation during the first part of this session to be followed by time to adapt materials for use in your classroom.   (Hands-on Lab)

Intellitools Classroom Suite v.4
Wednesday, November 17                        3:30-5:30
Classroom Suite v.4 incorporates customizable lessons for each student in the areas of Reading, Language Arts, and Math.  Come and explore the ways this program can benefit all of your students.  (Hands-on Lab)

Making PowerPoint Useful in the Classroom
Tuesday, December 8                              8:00-3:00
PowerPoint is more than just a presentation tool.  This program has many capabilities to make the curriculum accessible to every student.  Join us to see how a program you already have access to can be a very useful tool in your classroom.  (Hands-on Lab)

AT Solutions for Reading Success
Thursday, February 11,18 & Bb component         8:00-3:00
In this 3 day train-the-trainer format, participants will focus on assistive technology devices and strategies to support students with reading deficits.

Supporting Writing and Spelling Skills through AT
Thursday, March 11,25 & Bb component            8:00-3:00
In this 3 day train-the-trainer format, participants will focus on assistive technology devices and strategies to support students with writing and spelling deficits.

AT for the Math Classroom
Thursday May 6,13 & Bb component               8:00-3:00
In this 3 day train-the-trainer format, participants will focus on assistive technology devices and strategies to support students with deficits in math.

Region VII AT Boot Camp
Monday May 31—Friday June 4                 12:00-3:00
Spend the week creating materials and discovering innovative ways to adapt materials for your classroom.  Registration available at a later date. (Make-n-Take)