Pre-Test Introduce Yourself 5 points – Introduce yourself to the group. Upload a profile picture if you like and tell us about yourself. In your introduction please include the following: Your name Where you live Where you work Why you are taking this workshop Lecture Required Reading/Videos by the IRIS Center for Training Enhancements by the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials. Focus on the links on the left, including What are AEM, Who needs AEM, Why provide AEM, and How are decisions made. View the AIM Simply Said video. (3:43) - A fun video from Bookshare, which was created for administrators, educators, parents, students, and anyone else who will benefit from it. How quickly can you guess its subject? (2:31) A new animated video that defines disabled” and explains how – “print Bookshare makes books accessible for students with print disabilities. (2:00) - A Vision for Implementing Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) in a Large Urban School District. Learn how DCPS is working towards improved access of educational materials for students with print disabilities. You will be inspired by their ideas and vision. (4:19) talk about their plans after high school and how Bookshare helped build their reading skills. (2:44) - This short video provides an informative overview of Bookshare. Share it with family, friends, and colleagues! (1:43) - A helpful companion to the "What is Bookshare" video, this short video explains who qualifies for Bookshare. (2:51) ?” This short video demonstrates how schools can sign up for a Bookshare Organizational Membership and then add Members and Sponsors to the membership. (3:15) This video demonstrates how to get students on organizational accounts access to Bookshare at home, as well as how to link students with separate Individual Memberships to an organizational account. Note: This video was created using an older version of the Bookshare website. The information is accurate except for one procedure. Sponsors can no longer download individual membership forms to send home to parents. Sponsors can download instructions, print them, and send them home to parents, but Sponsors cannot download the individual membership form itself. Bookshare is no longer accepting paper forms. If the form cannot be completed online by the parents, they should (3:15) contact Bookshare to learn how to submit a paper form. Power Point slides for Session One.
Pre-Test Introduce Yourself – 5 points Introduce yourself to the group. Upload a profile picture if you like and tell us about yourself. In your introduction please include the following: Your name Where you live Where you work Why you are taking this workshop Lecture Required Reading/Videos by the IRIS Center for Training Enhancements by the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials. Focus on the links on the left, including What are AEM, Who needs AEM, Why provide AEM, and How are decisions made. View the AIM Simply Said video. (3:43) - A fun video from Bookshare, which was created for administrators, educators, parents, students, and anyone else who will benefit from it. How quickly can you guess its subject? (2:31) – A new animated video that defines “print disabled” and explains how Bookshare makes books accessible for students with print disabilities. (2:00) - A Vision for Implementing Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) in a Large Urban School District. Learn how DCPS is working towards improved access of educational materials for students with print disabilities. You will be inspired by their ideas and vision. (4:19) talk about their plans after high school and how Bookshare helped build their reading skills. (2:44) - This short video provides an informative overview of Bookshare. Share it with family, friends, and colleagues! (1:43) - A helpful companion to the "What is Bookshare" video, this short video explains who qualifies for Bookshare. (2:51) ?” This short video demonstrates how schools can sign up for a Bookshare Organizational Membership and then add Members and Sponsors to the membership. (3:15) This video demonstrates how to get students on organizational accounts access to Bookshare at home, as well as how to link students with separate Individual Memberships to an organizational account. Note: This video was created using an older version of the Bookshare website. The information is accurate except for one procedure. Sponsors can no longer download individual membership forms to send home to parents. Sponsors can download instructions, print them, and send them home to parents, but Sponsors cannot download the individual membership form itself. Bookshare is no longer accepting paper forms. If the form cannot be completed online by the parents, they should contact Bookshare to learn how to submit a paper form. (3:15) Power Point slides for Session One.