2010 ATIA Webinar Series

Leaving No AT Professional Development Need Behind!

Thursday, July 29: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Brian Wojcik, Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center Coordinator
Kirk Behnke, Senior Education Specialist, Special Education Services - Region 4 Education Service Center

Description:
Excited about the Assistive Technology (AT) that has been purchased with the stimulus monies? Wondering how to provide sufficient quality trainings to promote the effective use of the AT? Then this session is for you! Participants will learn about a framework for constructing professional development and training activities. Participants will also learn how to use free, readily available and fee-based commercial technologies to produce and provide effective AT training and support experiences for students, education professionals and families. 

Learning Outcomes:
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. demonstrate an understanding of a framework (TPCK) for constructing AT professional development and training activities.
2. identify at least 5 free tools that can be used to create learning objects for use in AT professional development and trainings.
3. discuss strategies, tools, and techniques for providing AT professional development and trainings online or at a distance.

 

Additional Information: http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3847


CEUs
This activity has been reviewed by AAC Institute and is offered for 0.1 CEUs (1.0 hour of instruction).

To register for CEUs, click on the link below to download the Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form, complete the form, and save the file using this file name model:

2010-ATIA-Webinar-LeavingNoNeedBehind-Lastname-Firstname.rtf.

Then send the file as an email attachment to ceus@aacinstitute.org. If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format. In the body of the email, include:

Name
Assistive Technology Role (SLP, OT, family, etc.)
State (if USA), Province (if Canada), or other country

Download Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form now.


Certificates are sent as .pdf email attachments.