Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j8LEf2G07780; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:41:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:41:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <19133225.1127313440162.JavaMail.root@vms064.mailsrvcs.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barbara Garner <b.garner4@verizon.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1500] LD discussion X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 4018 Lines: 81 There's a discussion on the LD list that may be of interest to many of you. It started on Monday but you could join in today, and read the prior messages on the list archives. Dr. Christopher Lee is the guest speaker on the topic of Assistive Technology and Learning Disabilities. Dr. Christopher M. Lee is a nationally known advocate, author, and speaker. He has a Ph.D. in Psychology and specializes in the field of learning disabilities and adaptive technology. In 1992, he published Faking It: A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner, and in 2001, What About Me? Strategies for Teaching Misunderstood Learners (Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, Boynton and Cook). These books draw on his developmental experiences and his challenges attending the University of Georgia (UGA) to help teachers and parents optimize learning disabled students'performance. Dr. Lee has published an on-line guide, Learning Disabilities and Technology, an Emerging Way to Touch the Future. In 2003, Dr. Lee was highlighted in a Microsoft video and publication, Microsoft Accessible Technology for Everyone: (_http://www.microsoft.com/enable/casestudy/videos.aspx_ (http://www.microsoft.com/enable/casestudy/videos.aspx) ) Currently he services as Director of the Alternative Media Access Center (_http://www.amac.uga.edu_ (http://www.amac.uga.edu) ) ) housed at the University of Georgia, Department of Psychology. He wrote: "I wanted to write and introduce myself prior to the September 19th assistive technology discussions on the NIF-LD Discussion List. I am Dr. Christopher Lee and like some of you I have a long history working with individuals with learning disabilities and other impairments. I believe that one of the unique perspectives I bring to these discussions is that I am a consumer and a service provider all rolled into one. Having been diagnosed dyslexic in the second grade I have had to find creative ways around, through, and over obstacles involving reading, writing, and memory. Hence assistive technology has become an invaluable part of my life. I have become a strong advocate of implementing assistive technology into the daily lives of individuals with disabilities. I have to be up front - taking on a written discussion list like his is not easy for me. However, I am committed to assistive technology and believe that I could share some ideas and resources that could be easily implemented into your classroom environments. I want to let everyone know that in order for me to participate in the on-line discussions I will be using several types of adapted tools. These tools include, but are not limited to programs such as Dragon Naturally Speaking and Wynn and Premier Assistive Technology. I will also incorporate strategies that fit my learning profile. Based on the overwhelming amount of good products on the market I will only have time to highlight a few of them that I have seen work in the ABE arena. In addition to using adaptive technology tools I will also funnel my written responses through a wonderful editor named Melissa Garber and she will make sure that my pronouns are correct and that my syntax is in order. This is one area in which AT has not been as beneficial to me and to others with difficulty in these areas. The focus topics will revolve around Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Adaptive Mainstream Technology (AMT), shareware/freeware, alternative media services and products, and also experience with hands-on assistive technology. I will be incorporating issues of philosophy, funding, training and resources into my responses." To participate,go to the NIFL Discussion Lists page at http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html and subscribe to the list temporarily and then unsubscribe using that same page when you want to. Or if you just want to read the discussion without taking part, you can visit the archives for the LD list at http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-ld/2005/ Barb Garner -
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