BETTER RESULTS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY Accessibility Convenience
BETTER RESULTS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY
“Accessibility” • Convenience • Ease of Access • Ease of Understanding • User-friendly • Ease of use • Openness • Personal Preference
SECTION 681 PURPOSES • “…our national policy of ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities. ” • http: //www. ed. gov/offices/OS ERS/IDEA
Sustaining Effective Practices • • • Assess contextual fit Feedback loop Conceptual and procedural understanding Team-based problem solving Active administrator involvement and leadership George Sugai, Ph. D. , University of Oregon OSEP Leadership 1999
Context—National Policy • IDEA 97 § Section 687 Technology Development, Demonstration, and Utilization, and Media Services § Section 602 Definitions: ATD/ATS § Section 673 Personnel Preparation • Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998: Sections 504 & 508 Electronic & Information Technology • Americans with Disabilities Act • Telecommunications Act of 1996 • Assistive Technology Act of 1998 • School Renovation, IDEA and Technology (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001) • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Context—National Policy • IDEA 97 – Track Medicaid • (20 U. S. C. § 1412 (e)) – Assistance Under Other Federal Programs • (f) – Coordinated Services System – (2) Activities LEA 5% » (A) Improve Effectiveness / Efficiency » (B) Service Coordination Case Management » (C) Interagency Financial Strategies » (D) Interagency Personnel Development
Context—National Policy State Information Technology Access Coalition (SITAC) • National Association of State Information Resource Executives • National Association of State Procurement Officials • Association of Tech Act Projects
Context—Maine Department of Education • Vision(http: //www. janus. state. me. us/education/homepage. htm) § Maine people will be among the best educated in the world • Learning Results § High Expectations and Aspirations • Early Intervention § Child Development Services (Birth-5) § Early Literacy § Child Care
Context—Maine Department of Education • Secondary Education § Promising Futures: A Call to Improve learning for Maine’s Secondary Students • Data Driven § Student Performance § Program Evaluation
Context—Maine Department of Education • Technology Statewide School Plans for Technology (E-Rate) Schools and Libraries ATM Universal Design Curriculum Assessment Adaptive Equipment Loans Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Context—Good Stories • National Education Goals Panel § • Student Performance § § • Graduation Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) 1998 HTTP: //NCES. ED. GOV/TIMMS National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1992, 1996 HTTP: //WWWW. civnet. org/journal/issues 2/jmjpa t. htm Children’s Health Care § § Infant Mortality Rate Childhood Immunization Rate
Context—Continuing Challenges • • Literacy: 1 out of 4 Maine Students Impact of Poor Parenting Aspirations Changing Populations § § Increasing % Multi-Handicapped Medications Technology Dependent/Medically Fragile Children Maine Mobility
Maine State Government Information Technology Accessibility • Information Services Policy Board (ISPB) • Information Services Management Group (ISMG) • Accessibility Sub Committee
Center for Applied Special Technology
The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers to Participation • Multiple Methods for Access Benefit Everyone U. S. Department of Commerce
Factors Influencing the Effective Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning 1) 3) Nine Lessons Learned Leadership is the key ingredient Technology integration is a s-l-o-w process South. East and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium 1999
Learnings • • • Leadership Assess Environment Teaming Quality Assurance / Improvement Success Through Communication
OSEP Leadership: T A (http: //www. ed. gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP • • Identify Technical Assistance Resources Facilitate Networking Promote Leadership Institutes Coordinate Resources § Customer contact § Coordinated staff development § Contract requirements
Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI) • President’s Committee of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States • Federal government increase its investment in research – what actually works • IERI is a federal partnership that includes the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research & Improvement and the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
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