Disability Awareness Day 2007

"Accessible Learning through Technology"  

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Sacramento State

 

 

This year, Disability Awareness Day will focus on accessible technology and will include multiple events of interest to the campus and community. Activities are designed to create dialogue in the campus community about:

• accessible technology

• universal design for learning

• the accessibility of education for all students

This event is a collaborative effort between Services to Students with Disabilities, TRIO Student Support Services Program, Center for Teaching and Learning, Academic Technology and Creative Services, and the University Library at Sacramento State. Partial funding for this event comes from a University Enterprises, Inc. Project Activity Grant.

9:00-11:00 am: High Tech Center Tour - AIRC 2010

The activities for the day will begin with demonstrations of assistive technology and a Tour of the SSWD High Tech Center in the Academic Information Resource Center. SSWD staff will demonstrate assistive technologies such as screen readers, braille embossers, voice recognition, and realtime captioning. Vendors from the Sendero Group will demonstrate a cutting-edge Braille-integrated GPS travel system for accessible location information.  Open to all.

12:00 - 1:15 pm: Faculty Strategies Workshop on Universal Design - LIBRARY 4026

The Center for Teaching and Learning will host a Faculty Teaching Strategies Workshop: Brown Bag Discussion on "Universal Design of Instruction." Participants will learn how to apply principles of universal design to make teaching and learning more accessible to all students, including those with varying abilities and disabilities and students whose first language is not English.  Open to Faculty.

1:30 - 2:30 pm: Student Panel Discussion - UNIVERSITY UNION LOBBY SUITE

A Student Panel will share their experiences in the college classroom and provide an opportunity to discuss what is required to support both students and faculty in creating a more accessible and inclusive learning environment for all.   Open to all.

3:00 - 4:00 pm: Faculty/Staff Resource Center - AIRC 3008

The Faculty Staff Resource Center and staff from Academic Technology and Creative Services (ATCS) will host a presentation on resources available to assist Sacramento State faculty and staff in the use of technology, including strategies for supporting accessibility. Open to Faculty/Staff.

4:00 - 5:00 pm: Freedom Machines Screening - LIBRARY 1522

The University Library will screen a movie from its Film Collection, Freedom Machines, (57 minutes closed captioned)  in Library Media Center Room 1522.  Freedom Machines profiles four individuals with disabilities whose lives are being transformed by the utilization of assistive technology. Open to all.

For more information about the event, or to request accommodations, contact SSWD at (916)278-6955 or sswd@csus.edu.

For a map of locations on campus, please see http://itweb.csus.edu/map/.

A printable flyer (PDF) of the event is available. To listen to the flyer out loud, open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader and go to View > Read out loud. Adobe Reader will act as a screen reader and read the file out loud. This document is also available in alternate format upon request.