TVI Tidbits - Volume 2, No. 7
March 22, 2010
19th Annual Upstate TVI Conference Notes!
Recruit, Recruit, RECRUIT!
Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)
TVI Opening on Long Island
Experimental Audio-Tactile Pen
Braille Version of the Princeton Review's "Cracking
the SAT 2008 Edition"
Announcing C-Desk 1.5 from AdaptiveVoice
NYSAER Space Camp and Braille Challenge
Scholarships!
The following information is for your information and not an endorsement of any product or service:
1) 19th Annual Upstate TVI Conference Notes!
View notes 
from
the March 19th, Upstate TVI conference in Syracuse. Thanks to
Trudy Zecher, Betsy Bixler, Maria Delgado, and the OCM BOCES TVIs for
another GREAT conference! If anyone notices any errors or omissions,
please let me know! - Judi
2) Recruit, Recruit, RECRUIT!
View the TVI Recruitment
brochure that
I created years ago. I wish it could be updated with real photos
and snazzy graphics. Just the same, here it is, along with the
following link:
https://www.emsc.nysed.gov/specialed/nyssb/rc/careers.html for
other information about the Intensive Teacher Institute in
New York State that provides tuition assistance for teachers certified
in other areas who wish to add TVI certification, as well as
the NYSAER scholarships in our field. Thanks for recruiting!
3) Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)
Here is the link I promised at the 19th Annual TVI Conference in Syracuse last Friday: https://www.emsc.nysed.gov/specialed/aim/
Please familiarize yourself with the wealth of information available, and SHARE this link with administrators!
This link details the responsibilities and processes required in the IDEA to provide timely access to textbooks and other core instructional materials in accessible formats (braille, large print, audio and digital) for students with print disabilities. I will also be happy to send a new Power Point presentation on AIM upon request. - Judi
There is an opening for a full-time itinerant position in 2 Nassau County
school districts (Oyster Bay and Manhasset). Oyster Bay is the employer,
and Manhasset contracts with them for the services. Starting salary for
a Masters degree is around $60K. If you know of anyone who might be interested,
please contact the current TVI, Mackenzie Savaiano, at
msavaiano@obenschools.org
or phone (516-527-9658). They can also send a resume to:
Debi Kienke, Director of Special Services
Oyster Bay High School
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
5) Experimental Audio-Tactile Pen
Following is a video clip demonstrating the use of the Livescribe Pulse
Smart Pen with an audio-tactile periodic table and other STEM
materials being developed by Dr. Josh Meile at the Smith Kettlewell
Eye Research Institute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOtHT_flaoY
6) Braille Version of the Princeton Review's "Cracking the SAT 2008 Edition"
To order:
gh Braille
Purdue Research Park
1305 Cumberland Ave.
West Lafayette IN. 47906
(765) 775-4601 Tel.
www.gh-accessibility.com
7) Announcing C-Desk 1.5 from AdaptiveVoice
C-Desk 1.5 provides large print/high contrast, speech-enabled, and shortcut accessible computer applications to all users, regardless of their level of sight.
- A simple, competitive and low-cost solution for low-vision, developmentally
disabled, and blind PC users.
- Speech-enabled, and Large Print, High Contrast Text throughout the system.
- Email, Contacts List, Internet, Word Processor, Skype Audio/Video
Integration, and OCR Scanning and Reading.
- A Free and Fully Functional DEMO is available
- For more information, visit
www.adaptivevoice.com.
Get your free download at: http://www.adaptivevoice.com/downloads/CDesk-Setup.msi
8) NYSAER Space Camp and Braille Challenge Scholarships!
If you have a student who is interested in attending Space
Camp in 2010, please view the following documents:
NYSAER
Space Camp announcement
NYSAER
Space Camp Application
If
you have a student who has been notified as being eligible
to compete at the national level for Braille Challenge,
please use the following document to apply for scholarship funding
from NYSAER:
NYSAER Braille Challenge scholarships
are available for students who are interested in attending one of these events.
(Thanks to Ann Adams!)