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BETTER RESULTS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY

BETTER RESULTS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY. Convenience Ease of Access Ease of Understanding User-friendly Ease of use Openness. Personal Preference. “Accessibility”. SECTION 681 PURPOSES.

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BETTER RESULTS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY

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  1. BETTER RESULTS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY

  2. Convenience Ease of Access Ease of Understanding User-friendly Ease of use Openness Personal Preference “Accessibility”

  3. SECTION 681 PURPOSES • “…our national policy of ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.” • http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA

  4. Sustaining Effective Practices • Assess contextual fit • Feedback loop • Conceptual and procedural understanding • Team-based problem solving • Active administrator involvement and leadership George Sugai, Ph.D., University of Oregon OSEP Leadership 1999

  5. Context—National Policy • IDEA 97 • Section 687 Technology Development, Demonstration, and Utilization, and Media Services • Section 602 Definitions: ATD/ATS • Section 673 Personnel Preparation • Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998: Sections 504 & 508 Electronic & Information Technology • Americans with Disabilities Act • Telecommunications Act of 1996 • Assistive Technology Act of 1998 • School Renovation, IDEA and Technology (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001) • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

  6. Context—National Policy • IDEA 97 • Track Medicaid • (20 U.S.C. §1412 (e)) – Assistance Under Other Federal Programs • (f) – Coordinated Services System • (2) Activities LEA 5% • (A) Improve Effectiveness / Efficiency • (B) Service Coordination Case Management • (C) Interagency Financial Strategies • (D) Interagency Personnel Development

  7. Context—National Policy State Information Technology Access Coalition (SITAC) • National Association of State Information Resource Executives • National Association of State Procurement Officials • Association of Tech Act Projects

  8. Context—Maine Department of Education • Vision(http://www.janus.state.me.us/education/homepage.htm) • Maine people will be among the best educated in the world • Learning Results • High Expectations and Aspirations • Early Intervention • Child Development Services (Birth-5) • Early Literacy • Child Care

  9. Context—Maine Department of Education • Secondary Education • Promising Futures: A Call to Improve learning for Maine’s Secondary Students • Data Driven • Student Performance • Program Evaluation

  10. Context—Maine Department of Education • Technology Statewide School Plans for Technology (E-Rate) Schools and Libraries ATM Universal Design Curriculum Assessment Adaptive Equipment Loans Maine Learning Technology Initiative

  11. Context—Good Stories • National Education Goals Panel • Graduation • Student Performance • Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) 1998HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/TIMMS • National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1992, 1996 HTTP://WWWW.civnet.org/journal/issues2/jmjpat.htm • Children’s Health Care • Infant Mortality Rate • Childhood Immunization Rate

  12. Context—Continuing Challenges • Literacy: 1 out of 4 Maine Students • Impact of Poor Parenting • Aspirations • Changing Populations • Increasing % Multi-Handicapped • Medications • Technology Dependent/Medically Fragile Children • Maine Mobility

  13. Maine State Government Information Technology Accessibility • Information Services Policy Board (ISPB) • Information Services Management Group (ISMG) • Accessibility Sub Committee

  14. Center for Applied Special Technology

  15. The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers to Participation • Multiple Methods for Access BenefitEveryone U.S. Department of Commerce

  16. Factors Influencing the Effective Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning Nine Lessons Learned 1) Leadership is the key ingredient 3) Technology integration is a s-l-o-w process SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium 1999

  17. Learnings • Leadership • Assess Environment • Teaming • Quality Assurance / Improvement • Success Through Communication

  18. OSEP Leadership: T A (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP • Identify Technical Assistance Resources • Facilitate Networking • Promote Leadership Institutes • Coordinate Resources • Customer contact • Coordinated staff development • Contract requirements

  19. Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI) • President’s Committee of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States • Federal government increase its investment in research – what actually works • IERI is a federal partnership that includes the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research & Improvement and the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

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