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Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf 
Supporting Learners, K — College
June 25-27, 2001 ~ Symposium http://www.rit.edu/ntid/vp/techsym/
Registration Booklet The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) will host an international symposium entitled "Instructional Technology and Deaf Education: Supporting Learners, K — College" June 25-29, 2001 on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. The objective of the Symposium is to provide a forum for educators supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing learners to disseminate information relative to current and future innovations and developments in the use of educational media and technology in the teaching/learning process. It will disseminate information relative to the state-of-the-art practices and research for educators of the deaf, in K-12 and postsecondary settings. It is expected that leaders in the field of instructional technology and deaf education will attend this important meeting. For those unable to attend the symposium in Rochester, please refer to online opportunities later in this brochure. Who should attend? The International Symposium is intended for teachers, media/technical staff members and administrators serving persons with hearing loss at all educational levels. Educational institutions are encouraged to send teams of all three. English is the language of the Symposium; professional sign language interpreting will be provided. Sponsorship The 2001 International Symposium is sponsored and funded by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education. Co-sponsors include the Rochester School for the Deaf, the American School for the Deaf, the Northeast Technical Assistance Center, and the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf. Program The program will feature plenary speakers, concurrent formal presentation sessions, poster sessions, and participant discussion groups to help formulate recommendations on future directions of instructional technology and deaf education. The program committee is currently reviewing proposals for presentations and poster sessions. A complete program will be available after April 15, 2001 at http://www.rit.edu/ntid/vp/techsym/. Conference topics will be divided into four strands:
Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf Events The International Symposium will feature plenary speakers, concurrent presentation sessions, poster sessions, and participant discussion groups. All will be related to one or more of the four program topics. Included in the registration fee are:
Host Institution The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is the world’s largest technological college for deaf students. Created by Congress, NTID represents the world’s first effort to educate a large number of deaf students within a college campus planned principally for hearing students. It is also a leader in the application of instructional technologies in support of learners who are deaf or hard of hearing. Support Services Provided at the Symposium Efforts are being made to serve the needs of a diverse group of registrants. Sign language interpreting will be provided for all keynote, plenary, and formal presentation sessions. Real-time captioning will be provided for the opening, all plenary, and closing sessions. Real-Time Graphic Display will be provided for all concurrent sessions. Assistive Listening Devices will be provided in all Symposium sessions. The type of ALD provided in the Robert Panara Theater (where plenary sessions will be held) will be induction loop. The type of ALD provided in all other sessions will be infrared. Infrared ALD receivers and induction loop receivers will be provided as resources allow. Receivers will be checked out to registrants for the duration of their attendance. Please convey your needs to the symposium office by using the "Interpreter and Other Special Needs" section of the registration form. All Conference Material on the WWW Use the Technology Symposium Web site (www.rit.edu../) to learn more about the Symposium and to obtain copies of the Call for Papers and Registration materials. Contact the Symposium Coordinator if you have any questions regarding the Symposium. Online Opportunities We will make available key aspects of the symposium to those who are not able to travel to Rochester.
If you are interested in exploring online options for receiving information from the symposium, complete the "Online Opportunities", form at the end of this document. Contribute to the Symposium Recommendation Report One of the primary goals of the Symposium is to generate a Recommendations Report regarding instructional technology that will detail specific recommendations to governmental, educational, commercial and non-profit organizations serving deaf students. The Report will contain the collective recommendations contributed by symposium participants. Those who use the WWW may offer suggestions remotely. Symposium Registration and Accommodations Symposium Registration Registration for the Symposium includes admission to all Symposium events on June 25-27, 2001; lunch at the NTID Dinning Commons, as well as morning and afternoon breaks and receptions at NTID and RSD. Registration is $125; Early Registration (before May 11, 2001) is $100 and Student Registration is $50. Workshop Registration Each full day workshop costs $125, early registration (before May 11, 2001) is $100. You are asked to indicate your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices for the workshops. Workshops will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Until May 21, 2001, workshop registration is limited to those individuals who have registered for the Symposium. After May 21, registration for the workshops will be open to all interested persons. Three Easy Ways to Register Registration fees can be paid by check or credit card.
Housing Accommodations Arrangements have been made with the Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport to accommodate symposium participants during their stay. The following rates are offered: Single occupancy $ 99.00 All prices are per room per night. Tax for guest rooms is 14%. Complimentary airport transportation is provided. Contact the Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport directly to make your reservations. If you make your reservation by telephone, please reference your participation in the "RIT Technology Symposium Workshop" to get the proper discounted rate. You are also welcome to fax or post the enclosed reservation form directly to the hotel. Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport: (716) 475-1910 (716) 475-9366 (Fax) Radisson Central Reservations: 1-800-333-3333 All reservations must be received at the hotel by May 21, 2001, for guaranteed availability at the special convention rate. After that time, reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Please inform the hotel of any special needs or services you will require at the time you place your hotel reservations. US Airways Group Travel Rate We are pleased to partner with US Airways for discount travel to the Technology Symposium. To obtain discounted rates, call the US Airways’ Group and Meeting Reservation Office toll free at (877) 874-7687, 8 AM —9:30PM Eastern Time. Refer to Gold File Number 13611846.
Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf
Supporting Learners, K — College
June 25-27, 2001 ~ Symposium http://www.rit.edu/ntid/vp/techsym/
Post-Conference Workshops Thursday, June 28, 2001 WS1 This workshop will expose participants to a variety of technologies and associated strategies that facilitate or improve access to information communicated in individual and group situations. Technologies covered will include those used to translate voice to text, to enhance the visual presentation of print, to transmit digital messages, and to provide visual feedback regarding communicative endeavors. Technologies will be demonstrated so that participants can view their use in meaningful contexts. Participants will also engage in hands-on activities that will enable them to experiment with the technologies and see how they function in instructional situations. Paula Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chairperson, Speech and Language Dept, NTID/RIT, will be workshop coordinator. Paula has been on the faculty at NTID since 1974. Her primary interests are in assessing and facilitating discourse comprehension and production in face-to-face interaction and in print. WS2 In this day of e-learning, it is helpful to have a working knowledge of some of the resources available to teachers. More and more educational settings (K-college) are offering courses via distance: videoconferencing a Physics lessons for high school seniors who have completed courses offered at their home residential school; distance workshops for working interpreters who need to upgrade specific skills; web-based courses so college students can take Deaf Studies courses and transfer the credits back to their own institution. The possibilities for Deaf and HH students are as vast as they are for their hearing counterparts. In this all-day workshop, we will explore the possibilities and see if some can be applied to our own individual settings. Approximately 75% of workshop time will be hands-on. The goals of this workshop are:
Christine Monikowski, Ph.D., CSC, ASLTA Professional. Christine is an Assistant Professor in NTID’s Department of ASL and Interpreting Education. Her areas of interest include second language acquisition, educational interpreting, and e-learning (with which she has been involved for the past seven years). She presents local and national workshops on these topics. Camille Aidala is an Instructional Developer in the Department of Educational Resources at NTID. For the past seven years, she has designed and implemented educational videoconferences through her work with faculty, staff and students in the K-12 and college environments. Camille received her M.A. in Computing and Education from Columbia University, Teachers College, and has been an instructional technology specialist for the past 17 years. Denise Hazelwood is the Distance Learning/Videoconferencing Coordinator and Virtual High School site coordinator at the Texas School for the Deaf. A doctoral student, Denise plans to complete her "residency" requirement by teaching her TSD courses on line. Denise designed the Rosie's Walk CD-ROM, and designed and programmed the other three CD-ROMs produced by TSD. WS3 This workshop provides hands-on training in digital image acquisition and processing. It will include the essential issues that effect and determine the quality of digital images including resolution, color space, and basic color and sharpness controls. Resolution will be demystified (dpi, ppi, lpi, megapixel). Learn the differences between and appropriate use of file formats (BMP, PCT(PICT), GIF, JPG(JEPG), PING, TIF(TIFF)). Participants will experience acquiring and processing images from a variety of sources including: a digital camera; a scanner; a Kodak Picture CD; a Kodak Photo CD; a stock photo source on CD; an internet download and a clip art library. WS4 Digital video enables teachers and students to utilize cutting edge technology in an educational setting. Today's deaf students, like their hearing counterparts, have grown-up using computers and already have the skills to take advantage of this technology. Approximately 60-75% of the workshop will be hands-on. This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn to use digital video to: enhance their school's curricula; turn their classroom/computer room into a video editing suite; encourage teamwork, communication skills and organization; enhance student projects and community interaction. In this workshop participants will learn: how to shoot effective interesting video using a digital camcorder; how to connect a digital camera to an iMac or G4 computer; how to edit video using iMovie. Rick Simpsonhas been teaching at the Rochester School for the Deaf for 13 years. He is currently the Visual/Electronic Media teacher in the newly installed TV studio at RSD. He taught English and Reading for six years prior to accepting his current position. Rick took video production and studio production courses at Rochester's public access station two years ago and has been utilizing skills learned there in his classes since. He graduated from the Joint Educational Specialist Program at the University of Rochester/NTID in 1985. WS5 In this workshop, participants will learn intermediate features of Word 2000 (PC) or Word 98 (Mac), including formatting, tables, mail merge, templates, graphic images and effects, clip-art and page layout capabilities. A series of 8-10 projects have been designed for this workshop based on forms, stationary, worksheets, and other documents common to classroom management, classroom instruction, and interoffice communication. Approximately 70% of the workshop time will be hands-on. Deborah J. Poeattended several mainstreamed schools in the Chicago area. In 1982, she graduated with a B.T. in Computer Systems from the College of Applied Science and Technology at RIT. Debbie worked at Eastman Kodak for three years as Programmer/EDP Systems Analyst. Currently and for the past 11 years, she is home schooling her three Deaf sons. Debbie has been an adjunct faculty member for NTID’s Applied Computer Technology Department since the fall of 1998, teaching Microsoft Office applications. WS6 This workshop is an introduction to creating web sites. It will be taught in a Microsoft Windows computer laboratory (established by a grant from the National Science Foundation) using FrontPage 2000, a popular, powerful web-creation tool also from Microsoft. At the end of the day attendees will have created and published a small web site using the following features: links, a navigation bar, text formatting, themes, graphics, and tables. The day will be divided equally between demonstration by the workshop leader and individual hands-on practice by the attendees, each of whom will be provided with a computer for the day. Samples of web sites designed for classroom and student use will be presented. Each participant will receive a workbook with sample files that will be used to guide the instruction. Attendees should be familiar with the Internet and web browsers, with word processing, and with Microsoft Windows. No prior knowledge of FrontPage is necessary. Don Beil is a professor in the Applied Computer Technology Department of NTID/RIT where he has worked for over 25 years. He has 31 years of computer experience and has been working intensely with the Internet for the last five years. http://www.rit.edu/~dhbndp/
Post-Conference Workshops Friday, June 29, 2001 WS7 In this workshop, participants will learn how to create more effective presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint by using intermediate level tools and features. Topics will include planning the presentation, basic layout and design, creating and importing graphic elements and digital images, templates, and incorporating motion graphics such as QuickTime video. Attendees will also learn how to effectively utilize PowerPoint drawing tools, slide master, slide animation, slide transition, and timing. If time permits, the use of hyperlinks and exporting PowerPoint to the web will be introduced. The day will be divided between demonstrations and individual hands-on experience. Attendees should be familiar with PowerPoint at a basic level and be able to create simple PowerPoint presentations. David Hazelwoodis an Assistant Professor in the Digital Imaging and Publishing Technology Department at NTID/RIT. He has been a faculty member at NTID for 20 years and his areas of interest and expertise are in traditional imaging, digital imaging, presentation media, and web page development. WS8 Repeat of WS3. WS9 In this workshop, participants will learn how to incorporate technology in their classroom instruction for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Participants will examine the tools, techniques, and materials used for teaching in a "smart classroom." After introducing participants to the technology in the classroom, participants will examine ways in which teaching and learning English can be enhanced within this environment. Attendees will have opportunities to experience the instructional process from "both sides of the console." The workshop will include use of the Internet for English education and for optical physics laboratory experiments. Participants will learn how digital cameras and video are used in science education for the delivery of instruction and in student work; particular attention will be paid to simple editing and image manipulation. The workshop is equally divided between demonstrations and individual hands-on practice. Attendees do not need prior experience with technology. Kathleen Eilers-crandall and John Panara are faculty in the NTID English Department; Robert Menchel, Victoria Robinson, and David Templeton are faculty in the NTID Science and Mathematics Department. Collectively, they have almost 100 years of teaching experience and have extensive experience with using technology for instruction. WS10 The World Wide Web (WWW or Web) has become an important resource that can assist us on a daily basis in our jobs, in the classroom, and at home. You can access corporate, commercial, special interest, educational or personal Web sites. You can view up-to-the-minute news, weather, stock prices, and views from web cameras. The Web also offers us access tools such as search engines, meta search engines, and directories that are used to navigate, search, and locate specific web-based resources. Workshop attendees will gain experience in using a variety of search engines, learn successful web search strategies, learn about and practice using educational web resources and reference sites, and practice strategies for evaluating web resources. Forty percent of workshop time will be spent on hands-on activities. Jonathan Millis is an Electronic Resource Librarian with the Department of Educational Resources at NTID/RIT, having previously worked as a software specialist in RIT's Wallace Library. With degrees in education, computer science, and library science, Jonathan has been supporting RIT's electronic library resources for the last sixteen years. WS11 Repeat of WS6 CEUs Certificates documenting workshop participation will be awarded. These certificates can be used in applying for continuing education credits (CEUs) as granted by your professional organization or school district.
Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf
Supporting Learners, K — College
June 25-27, 2001 ~ Symposium http://www.rit.edu/ntid/vp/techsym/
Symposium Registration Form Please copy and mail or fax this completed form to: E. William Clymer, Symposium Coordinator, NTID/RIT, 52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604
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Registration fees can be paid by check or credit card. Make checks payable to Rochester Institute of Technology. To qualify for the Early Registration fees, your registration materials must be received by May 11, 2001.
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Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf
Supporting Learners, K — College
June 25-27, 2001 ~ Symposium http://www.rit.edu/ntid/vp/techsym/
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Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf
Supporting Learners, K — College
June 25-27, 2001 ~ Symposium http://www.rit.edu/ntid/vp/techsym/
Online Opportunities Please copy and mail this completed form to: Christine Monikowski, Technology Symposium Online Coordinator, NTID/RIT, 52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623 716 475-6539; cemnss@rit.edu
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