SYMPOSIUM WEB SITE

All Symposium information can be found at the Symposium Web Site. From the Web Site you will be able to:

• Review the general schedule of events.
• Read each session abstract.
• Submit a Session Evaluation Form for each session you attend.
• Access an Adobe Acrobat file of the Paper submitted by each presenter.
• Read the verbatim text file of the captions from each Plenary and Concurrent Session.
• Visit the Web Cam, originating from the NTID LBJ Building Street area.
• View photographs taken each day of the Symposium.
• Submit an electronic version of the "Recommendations Input Form."
• Complete an "Overall Symposium Evaluation."

All Symposium participants can access the Symposium Web Site by using the computers in the NTID Learning Center, located on the second floor at the top of the central stairs from the NTID Street area.

USING THE PROGRAM

In order to make the best use of your time, you are encouraged to use this program to plan a daily schedule before the start of the Symposium. This guide contains a complete listing of plenary, concurrent, and poster sessions, including the names of presenters, dates of presentations, times, and locations. Abstracts describing all the formal and poster presentations may be found in your Abstract Booklet and on the Symposium Web Site.

Any changes or additions to the schedule found in the program will be posted on the Symposium Web Site and on the message board next to the Registration/ Information desk.

LOCATIONS OF PRESENTATIONS

The opening and closing ceremonies and the plenary sessions will take place in the NTID Panara Theatre.

Concurrent sessions will take place in rooms 1510, 2590, 3237, and Panara Theatre of the LBJ Building unless otherwise specified. 1510, 2590 and 3237 have seating capacity of approximately 55 people; the Panara Theater can accommodate 400 individuals. We have scheduled "overflow rooms" adjacent to the primary rooms, where participants will be able to view large television or projected television and sound from the main presentation room. If a presentation room fills to capacity, the Facilitator will announce the overflow room and its limitations regarding interpreter support and will ask for volunteers to quickly move to the overflow room. All poster sessions will be held in the LBJ Building Street area.

Coffee and breads will be provided Monday and Wednesday morning. Tuesday morning, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the LBJ Street area there will be a breakfast reception sponsored by the American School for the Deaf. This will occur at the same time as the Tuesday morning Poster Sessions. Get a bite to eat, browse, and enjoy the Posters!

All registered participants will receive lunch coupons worth up to $6 that can be used at the NTID Dining Commons on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the Symposium. The NTID Dinning Commons will offer a wide variety of cafeteria- style lunch choices from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. each day. Sandwiches, coffee and snacks are available from 8:30-6 p.m. Participants are responsible for any costs above $6 at each lunch.

NTID will host an hors d’oeuvres reception, for all Symposium participants in the LBJ Street Area from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, June 25^th .

The American School for the Deaf will host a breakfast reception on Tuesday morning, June 26^th from 8:30-10 a.m. in the NTID Street area.

Rochester School for the Deaf will host a wine and cheese reception at the school's Learning Resource Center on Tuesday, June 26th from 5 to 7 p.m. as a part of the Instructional Technology Symposium. There will be a special presentation by several RSD students describing and demonstrating their ROBOTICS project that they worked on in their Math course. There will also be an opportunity to hear about the ways RSD has integrated the use of technology into their programs and to see RSD's Elementary Science Lab (with Smart Board), their new T.V. production studio, and one of the school's computer labs. Buses will be used to transport participants to and from RSD. Check at the Registration/Information desk for details. Buses will depart NTID promptly at 4:30 p.m. Return buses will depart RSD at 7 p.m.

NTID Learning Center

The NTID Learning Center (NLC) Lab, LBJ 2450, will be available as a technology resource room for all Symposium participants. The room is equipped with 32 Apple Macintosh and 32 PC computers. The NLC will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. everyday of the Symposium for your use. These computers can be used to check the Symposium Web Site, schedule, enter feedback for presenters, check your email or access the Internet.

Room 1, within the NLC, is available for presenters to familiarize themselves with the hardware that will be used in the concurrent session rooms. The exact computer configuration and projection system will be available for practice.

Presenters who need assistance with handouts, PowerPoint presentations or other simple presentation or poster session needs should visit the Media Services Window (directly across the stairs from the NLC) to call x5-6015.

 SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING AND

The following interpreting and communication services will be provided:

• Each Concurrent Session Room will have a Facilitator who will make introductions and generally assist with any questions related to communication services.
• There will be a team of Interpreters at all presentations. There will also be Interpreters at both Poster Sessions.
• Real-Time Graphic Display (RTGD) will be provided for all concurrent sessions.
• The Assistive Listening Device (ALD) signal provided in concurrent session rooms LBJ-1510, LBJ-2590, & LBJ-3237 will be infrared. Infrared ALD receivers will be provided as resources allow. Receivers will be loaned to registrants for the duration of the Symposium. Those wishing to use an infrared receiver should go to the Media Services Window area, LBJ-2525. Only registered participants will be allowed to borrow a receiver. The window area will be open 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on June 25^th, 26^th & 27^th.
• The ALD signal provided in the Robert Panara Theater (where plenary and some concurrent sessions will be held) will be induction loop. Induction loop receivers will be available on a table located in the main entry aisle of the Robert Panara Theatre. We ask that participants take the receivers as needed and then return them to the table as they leave the theatre.

Please report any problems with Assistive Listening Devices to the Media Service Window area, LBJ-2525.

Cell phone users are asked to refrain from using their equipment during Symposium sessions.

RECOMMENDATION REPORT

One of the primary goals of the Symposium is to generate an instructional technology Recommendation Report to governmental, educational, commercial and non-profit organizations serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The issues identified by this process will also guide the planning of future Instructional Technology Symposia. The Report will contain the collective recommendations contributed by symposium participants and summarized at the closing session of the Symposium on June 27, 2001.

During the Symposium, three participants, representing the perspectives of "post-secondary," "K-12 education" and "instructional technology," have been asked to attend as many diverse sessions as possible and keep track of their impressions (through the eyes of their respective specialties).

At the "Recommendations" session, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Panara Theater on Wednesday, June 27, 2001, Dr. Jeffrey Porter will ask each of these individuals to provide a brief overview of their impressions as to the most significant challenges and opportunities facing the application of instructional technology in support of deaf and hard-of-hearing learners. After these three reviews are complete, there will be an open discussion of the issues, with the goal of providing direction for the final form and substance of the Recommendations Report. Dr. Porter will then summarize the significant issues addressed during this discussion and the resultant general themes likely to characterize the Recommendation Report.

We invite you to add your views and insights to this discussion by completing a Recommendation Input Form. You may submit as many Forms as you wish. However, for your comments to be included in the summary of recommendations session at the Symposium, you must submit them by Tuesday, June 26, 2001

at 4 p.m. You can submit a paper version of the form to the Registration/ Information desk or complete the form online at ../. Additional comments will be included in the final report, if submitted by July 14, 2001.

The areas of interest for the Recommendation Report are:

• Using Technology to Support Learning (K-12, postsecondary, general).
• Assessing the Impact of Technology in the Teaching/Learning Process (K-12, postsecondary, general)
• Using Technology to Support Student Transition to the Workplace (K-12, postsecondary, general)
• Using Online and Distance Learning Technologies (K-12, postsecondary, general)
• Other topics raised during the "Recommendations" session

PROCEEDINGS

All presenters have been asked to submit a paper that will be available on the World Wide Web. In addition, the verbatim text captioning from each presentation will be posted on the web.

The Symposium organizers have decided not to make arrangements with publishers for a traditional, journal based "proceedings". Instead we are leaving such publication possibilities to individual presenters and journal editors. Presenters are free to discuss publication of a paper, based on the topic they presented at the symposium, with any publisher they choose.

ONLINE RESOURCES

At the conclusion of the Symposium, the papers submitted by each presenter will be added to the Symposium Web Site. These papers will provide a permanent record of the information addressed during presentations or poster sessions. As an additional resource, a verbatim text file generated by the Real-Time Graphic Display (RTGD) service from each session will be posted on the Symposium website.

We plan to use several distance learning activities as a means of bringing information presented at the Symposium to those who are not able to travel to Rochester. After the Symposium, an evaluation of the success of the distance learning efforts will be conducted to determine if such applications should be used in future meetings. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

Selected presentations will be simultaneously sent to a group at the American School for the Deaf via ISDN video conference technology. If a presentation is to be disseminated in this manner, it will not have any impact on the presentation format.

A Web Cam, originating from the NTID LBJ Building Street area, will show images (no sound or captions) of the poster session and reception area, for those who wish to see what is happening "live" at the Symposium.

POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

A total of 8, full-day, hands-on Technology "Teacher Studio" Workshops will be offered on June 28 and 29, 2001. They will be taught by NTID faculty/staff or by K-12 partners from co- sponsoring schools and supported by NTID Faculty and Professional Staff. See page 28 for a complete listing of these workshops.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Registration/Information Desk will be open:

• 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday, June 25^th
• 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday, June 26^th
• 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 27^th
• 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 28^th
• 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Friday, June 29^th

The message board, located near the Registration/Information desk, is available for participants to post and exchange messages. Since no paging system will be available during the Symposium, please check the message board regularly. For those trying to contact Symposium participants, they can call (716) 475-6867 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and leave a message, which will then be posted on the message board.

Please report items lost or found during the Symposium to the Registration/ Information desk.

Admission to all plenary sessions, formal presentations, poster sessions, and other Symposium activities is open only to those wearing valid registration badges.

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