Summer 2009 Events
August 6 - Annual Americans with Disabilities Act Celebration at the Snow Goose
August 5-7 - Midnight Sun Assistive Technology Conference
Online trainings through EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
UAA DSS maintains a membership with EASI. Please call or email us to get the login information for any of the fee based workshops (our membership covers the cost of participating) or to register directly for any of the free webinars listed on their website at: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm ARCHIVES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE EASI WEBINARS
May 26 at 10am: Understanding ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)
June 24 at 10am: Accessible Tables in Word and Ranges in Excel
August 26 at 10am: Accessible Tables in PDF and HTML
2008-2009 Events
May 20-21 - Web Accessibility Training - collaboration with State of Alaska
June 6 - Workshop on Scan and Read Options
June 17 - Workshop on Voice Recorders
July 10 - Workshop on Accessibility Features of Office 2007
July 28 - Workshop on Voice Recognition
August 5 - Web Accessibility Basics
August 7 - Annual ADA Celebration
September 11 - EASI Webinar on Web Accessibility Initiative
September 16 - Low Cost/No Cost Access Technologies Workshop
September 4 part series - Virtual Conference on Accessible Distance Education
October 4 part series - Accessible and Usable PDF Documents
October Celebration of Disability Employment Awareness Month
October 24 - Low Cost/No Cost Access Technologies Workshop
November 4 part series - Microsoft Accessibility
November 14 - Low Cost/No Cost Access Technologies Workshop
November 20 - Captioning Educational Material
January 13 - EASI webinar on accessible forms
January 27 - CSC workshop on Web Accessibility
January 27 - EASI webinar on cascading style sheets
February 6 - Low Cost/No Cost Access Technologies Workshop
February 13 - Workforce Recruitment Program Interviews
February - EASI four part series on DAISY books
March - EASI four part series on managing AT
March 20-21 - Reel Eyes Showcase of Films
March 25 - Low Cost/No Cost Access Technologies Workshop
March 27 - Transition Event for Anchorage High School Students
April 13 - Low Cost/No Cost Access Technologies Workshop
2007-2008 Events
August 6 - 17th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act
August 7-9 Midnight Sun Assistive Technology Conference
August 28 - Road to Freedom exhibit at Out North
September 7 – Workshop on Voice Recorders
September 11 – Workshop on Text-to-Audio
September 14 - CAFE Session "Teaching Students with Disabilities: What Faculty Need to Know"
September 21 – Workshop on Making the Most of PDF
October 3 – Workshop on Voice Recognition
Nov EASI Workshop Series on PowerPoint
Dec/Jan EASI Workshop Series on E-Learning
January 29 – Workshop on Voice Recorders
February 8 – Workshop on Text-to-Audio
February 13 – Workshop on Making the Most of PDF
February 22 – Workshop on Voice Recognition
March Reel Eyes Showcase of Films
April 10 - Transition Event for Anchorage High School Students
2006-2007 Events
August 15 - Tablet Technology
September 13 - Voice Recognition
October 5, 12, 19, and 26 - 4 part series on Learning Disabilities
January 11 - Operating System Adjustments
January 19 - Deadline for Spring 07 DSS Tuition Waiver
February 2 - Workforce Recruitment Program Visit
February 6, 13, 20 and 27 - 4 part series on PDF Accessibility
March - Reel Eyes Showcase of Films by and About People with Disabilities
April 3, 10, 17, and 24 - 4 part series on DAISY Format
April 14 - Transition Event for Anchorage High School Students
Notetaking Strategies - Use of Alphasmarts, tablet laptops, digital recorders, or the new Livescribe system can offer alternatives to the traditional pen and paper approach to notetaking. 
Reading Options - A lot of people benefit from being able to listen rather than just read visually. There are computer programs that can read text out loud, highlighting each word along the way. Some of these programs can also turn text into MP3 recordings.
Writing Supports - Many individuals have difficulty translating their thoughts into written form. Approaches such as dictation, whereby spoken language is converted to typed text, or word prediction, whereby fewer keystrokes are required to input words can be helpful. It can also be useful to get a jumpstart on the writing process by using an outline generation tool such as Inspiration which allows users to brainstorm in a concept map mode. Finally, proofreading written work by listening to it out loud can help writers to catch mistakes.