[accessibleimage] Techniques for Creating and ,Instructing with Tactile Graphics

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Techniques for Creating and Instructing with Tactile Graphics

Dates: October 5-7, 2006 Location: Braille Institute of America, Los Angeles, CA Presenters: Lucia Hasty, Chair, BANA Tactile Graphics Technical Committee,
and Ike Presley, National Project Manager, AFB Professional Development
Department

Do you want to know about the latest trends and techniques for producing
tactile graphics? Would you like to share your knowledge with others?

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Professional Development
Department is sponsoring a two-and-a-half-day workshop entitled Techniques
for Creating and Instructing with Tactile Graphics. This workshop is
designed for teachers of adults or youths who are blind or visually
impaired, braille transcribers, and other service providers producing
tactile graphics. The workshop is limited to 25 participants.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn strategies for determining
the form and content of a tactile graphic and gain hands-on experience
with various methods of producing tactile graphics including collage/foil,
capsule paper, computer generated files and various combinations of these
methods. Additional demonstrations and resources will be provided with
special emphasis on determining when and if a tactile graphic should be
used, and which methods are best for specific types of graphically
represented information.

Participants will receive an instructional guide and a copy of Polly
Edman's book, Tactile Graphics. There is no charge for the workshop. 

Participants are eligible for a $200 stipend after completing a follow-up
training. The follow-up assignment requires each participant to conduct a

2-3 hour training with at least five service providers, covering some of
the techniques and strategies from the workshop. (Proof of completion of
the follow-up activity will include an outline of instruction with
objectives, a list of trainees, and assessment of outcomes.)

Applications for the workshop must be received by Friday, September 8,
2006. Accepted applicants will be notified during the week of September
11, 2006.

If you would like to request an application please contact; Shirley
Landrum, American Foundation for the Blind, Professional Development
Department, at <[ mailto:slandrum@xxxxxxx
]mailto:slandrum@xxxxxxx>slandrum@xxxxxxx, or 404-525-2303.

It is imperative that you include your signature when filling out the
application. Your supervisor must also sign the application, indicating
that he or she will support you in conducting the follow-up training.

If you have any questions about the workshop content, contact Ike Presley
at <[ mailto:presley@xxxxxxx ]mailto:presley@xxxxxxx>presley@xxxxxxxx


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