TIME

SESSION

2:30 – 5:00

Registration

Vendors

3:30 – 5:00

Karen Brown, Diane Wormsley, Julie Kagy:  Prison Braille:  Coming Soon to NC 

Carol Williams:  Low Tech to High Tech Technology Can Increase Independence 

Rose Motley-Abbott, Bente Casile, Misty Hardy:  Becoming a Math Techie:  Low Tech and High Tech Solutions for Math Instruction 

Lynn Dease, April Furr:  Auditory Scanning:  Access to Communication for Students with Visual Impairment 

6:00 – 8:00

General Session/Dinner:  Ike Presley, Project Manager, Professional Development, American Foundation for the Blind

7:00 – 8:15

Continental Breakfast (Dining Hall) with door prizes

8:30 – 10:00

Ike Presley:  Technology for the Visually Impaired:  What’s New 

William Watkins:  Development and Testing of Tactile Models with Touch Activated Audio 

Gary Ray:  APH Technologies  (Intro: Julie Kagy)

Diane Wormsley, Amy Campbell:  IMABLE:  Using the Functional Approach to Teaching Braille Reading and Writing 

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:30 – 12:00

Cindy Booth:  Using the SETT:  Making Good Technology Choices 

Ike Presley:  Technology for the Visually Impaired:  What’s New (repeat session)

Janet Barlow:  Roundabouts:  What We’ve Learned Since Last Year 

Sue Chase:  Parent Talk 

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch, including the AER Annual Meeting, Small Dining Hall, Open to all

1:15 – 2:45

Cindy Booth:  Using the SETT:  Making Good Technology Choices (repeat session) 

Jeanette Wicker:  APH:  What’s New with Literacy?  Braille Trade Books 

Janet Barlow:  The Technology of Intersections:  What It Means to O & M 

Jack Mitchell:  BrailleNote Apex 

2:45 – 3:00

Break

3:00 – 4:30

NCCU VITP Graduate Students:  Poster Session (Lineberry, 2nd floor) 

Johnna Simmons:  Technology Options for the Visually Impaired Professional Needs and Personal Self-Development 

Diane Wormsley, Amy Campbell:  IMABLE:  Using the Functional Approach to Teaching Braille Reading and Writing (repeat session) 

Jack Mitchell:  The Tiger Embosser:  Making the Most of It