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Updated and Newly Released from the AIM Center
"Accessible Textbooks in the K-12 Classroom - An Educator's Guide" (2010). Offers educators-administrators, teachers,
and paraprofessionals- with an easy-to-use resource for the latest accurate solutions
for acquiring and using accessible, alternate format versions of print
instructional materials in the classroom. Covers existing solutions and
uncovers emerging trends in the market.
"Accessible Textbooks in the K-12 Classroom II - Selecting Specialized Formats" (2010). Updated guidelines for determining which alternate
formats are best suited to a given student's print-related challenges-with a
special focus on the acquisition and use of digital text. Reviews the various
types of digital text, multiple options for output from digital text, and
provides an overview of recommended digital text formats for students with
specific learning disabilities.
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Making it Easier to Find the Resources You Need...
AIM and NIMAS tools and resources are now segmented and
easier to find in the "Experience" section of the website.
Teaching and Training Resources - including webinars,
conference presentations, AIM online courses, AIM Implementation Guide, and
more.
Decision-Making Tools and Resources - interactive tools including the AIM
Navigator, AIM Explorer, AIM Product Tutorials, and AIM Guide to AMPs.
Technologies for AIM and NIMAS - resources for the production and use of AIM, including the
NIMAS Technical Specification and NIMAS Conversion Tool.
Tell us what you think! aim@cast.org
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New...Highlights from the Field
Do you find it nearly impossible to stay abreast of the
latest news and trends in e-books, accessibility issues in education, digital
technology, and the publishing industry?
The
AIM Center staff is culling through the myriad of news sources and pulling out
the very best and most insightful ones and sharing them in a feed on our homepage, updated daily.
Don't
have time to check our website every day? The highlights are archived in Diigo,
a social bookmarking site, so you can catch-up anytime it's convenient
for you!
You can also follow us on Twitter to receive not only highlights from the field but also
information on AIM webinars and updates to the AIM website.
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Meet the AIM Center Team
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  Skip Stahl, AIM Center
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A nationally recognized expert in accessible digital materials and
Universal Design for Learning, Skip has extensive experience
in the development of technical standards related to accessible
instructional materials, technical assistance to states, and professional
development for educators.
He is the director of the federally-funded NIMAS Center, where
he leads a national initiative implementing the transformation of K-12
textbooks into specialized accessible formats for students with print disabilities.
In addition to his leadership of the NIMAS Center, Skip works with
education and instructional materials policy advocates to assure that
instructional materials are accessible, appropriate and readily available to
all students.
We can thank Skip for updating the "Accessible Textbooks in the K-12 Classroom" articles, featured in this month's newsletter!
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TA Tips
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The
2010-2011 conference season is about to take off!
In
October, you will find us at Closing the Gap in Minneapolis, and at ATIA
Chicago in Schaumberg, IL. Find the topics and times of AIM-related topics that will be presented by
visiting the list of presentations on the AIM Center website and the websites
of the conferences at Closing the Gap and ATIA.
If you're attending, please come up
and introduce yourselves!
Joy Zabala
Director of Technical Assistance
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