2010 MITS Summer Institute
A reminder that the 2010 MITS Summer Institute is scheduled for June 21-22 at the Hagerty Center on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City. The cost of the two-day event is $25.
The institute features a variety of sessions including Universal design for learning (UDL), assistive technology (AT), augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and accessible instructional materials (AIM) focused on improving access and achievement for all students.
Please share this information with others who may have an interest in attending.
Participants are highly encouraged to bring their laptops to the Institute.
June 21 & 22
(Monday & Tuesday - 8:30 A.M - 4 P.M.)
Half-Day Break-Out Sessions
- Apple - Accessibility: iTouch and iPad
- Anna McTigue - Making Middle School Math More Accessible
- Jared Koski - Practical AAC Evaluation
- My Talk Tools - Cool and Affordable Alternative to Traditional AAC Using an iPod
- Statewide AT Stakeholder Panel
- Dave Edyburn - Creating Accessible, Tiered, Talking Web Pages, UDL, Creating Online Reading Quizzes
- Prentke Romich - Language Acquisition Through Motor Planning with Guest AAC User
- Cindy Okolo - Technology Tools and Cognitive Strategies for RTI Literacy Interventions
- Don Johnston - Solo 6 Interrelated Literacy Tools
- Mark Dennis - Bookshare and DAISY Bonanza
- Susan Christensen - Creating AIM in MS Word
- Doug Bouman - Student Neurodevelopment: A Roadmap for Understanding, Implementing and Sustaining Accessible Design(s) for Student Learning
