Assistive+Technology+Resources

NEGAUNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION [|Michigan's Integrated Technology Supports]

[|UCP Assistive Tech Center] Sara Menzel, Director
 * [|Assistive Tech Forms]

[|Michigan's Assistive Technology Program]

[|National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)] Contract with textbook publisher needs to include NIMAS file format (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard) If we request it in that format, we would have access to that file to use with an unlimited number of students. Student ready NIMAS file (Request from publisher when ordering textbooks)

Make going to publisher's the first step. This way you have permission from the publisher (written), include that you have a purchased copy of the book. Opens the usage up to more than just the small percentage of students that are eligible.

[|Bookshare.org]
 * [|Victor Reader] (download from Bookshare.org) (NOT MAC compatible)
 * [|Read:OutLoud]

[|Learning Through Listening: Classroom Tools for Sound Advice]

[|CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology]
 * [|UDL Book Builder]
 * [|NIMAS at CAST]

[|ReadPlease.com] (not MAC compatible)

[|Universal Access on a MAC] (directly from apple.com)

[|Using iPods in Education]

Blogs [|AT in the UP Blog] [|Assistive Technology for Apple and Mac Users] (ATMac) [|Mr. Mundorf's Class]

Books [|Textbooks and the Students Who Can't Read Them]