FDLRS ATEN REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTERS The following power point describes our plan for the...

FDLRS ATEN REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTERS

The following power point describes our plan for the provision of accessible textbooks and curriculum materials.

FLORIDA PLAN GOALS

FLDLRS ATEN Regional Centers will assist in locating, providing, creating, distributing, and archiving digital materials.

FDLRS ATEN Regional Centers will assist in teaching digital literacy skills to ESE Stakeholders, including teachers, therapists, Assistive Technology providers, students, and families in the State of Florida

FDLRS ATENRegional Technology Centers

ATEN Region 1 Technology Center Tallahassee, Florida http://sharepoint.leon.k12.fl.us/fdlrsaten Rena Carney  carneyr@mail.leon.k12.fl.us ATEN Region 2 Technology Center Palatka, Floridawww.region2library.com Frank Crosby crosbyf@nefec.org ATEN Region 3 Technology Center Daytona Beach, FloridaJanet Good jdgood@volusia.k12.fl.us

 ATEN Region 4 Technology Center Tampa, Floridawww.fimcvi.org/index_ATEN.htm Lenore Remley lenore.remley@sdhc.k12.fl.us   ATEN Region 5 Technology Center Fort Lauderdale, Floridawww.broward.k12.fl.us/studentsupport/sratenBeth Saunders beth.saunders@browardschools.com

CURRENT STATUS

1. Regional Centers are networking through a series of working meetings with Florida agencies to develop a plan for the provision of digital materials through existing resources:

FIMCVI, APH, Louis RFB&D Bookshare Market Model Others

CURRENT STATUS

2. Regional Centers are developing Forms & Policies for eligibility, distribution, and archiving of digital materials (under DOE Review).

CURRENT STATUS

3. Regional Centers are developing Digital Literacy Trainings.

4. Regional Centers are developing Demonstration sites for teaching ‘how to’ prepare digital materials.

GOAL 1

FLDLRS ATEN Regional Centers will assist in locating, providing, creating, distributing, and archiving digital materials.

Networking Provision through existing resources

Bookshare Learning through Listening Project/RFB & D Florida Instructional Materials Center for the

Visually Impaired FDLRS ATEN Regional Centers Market Model NIMAC (not yet)https://ecarney.wikispaces.com

Regional Centers as Digital Text ProvidersDeveloping Florida Forms & Policies

Florida Digital Text Sharing Agreement Florida Local District Policy on Accessible

Curriculum Materials Florida Digital Rights Manager Agreement Florida Student Eligibility Florida Student/Parent Accessible Materials

Agreement

Regional CentersDemonstration Sites being prepared

Regional Centers currently support scanning and digital text through: Kurzweil, Read and Write Gold, SOLO, ADOBE

and various free screen readers

Regional Centers developing demonstration sites to model Textbook preparation and distribution Scanning/ABBYY PDF/Digital literacy imbedded MP3 files Audacity and others

GOAL 2

FDLRS ATEN Regional Centers will assist in teaching digital literacy skills to ESE Stakeholders, including teachers, therapists, Assistive Technology providers, students, and families in the State of Florida.

Digital Literacy: 11 Types of Supported Text

Presentational Supports Navigational Supports Translational Supports Explanatory Supports Illustrative Supports Summarizing Supports Enrichment Supports Instructional Supports Notational Supports Collaborative Supports Evaluative Supports

Digital Literacy / Supported Text

https://ecarney.wikispaces.com

DISCUSSION

ESE/Gen Ed Services? What are the levels of

membership? File Management: How do you

maintain records?

DISCUSSION

What is your average process timeline?

Eligibility: What is your process for determining eligibility?

How do you provide support?