Expanding Access to Computing: Teaching & Design for All Abilities

"Expanding Access to Computing: Teaching & Design for All Abilities"

A Capacity-Building Institute
sponsored by the Commonwealth Alliance for
Information Technology Education
and AccessComputing

The Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) and AccessComputing are sponsoring a capacity-building institute Monday, October 19, 8.30 am - 3.30 pm at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge, MA.

Who should attend?

Teams from 2- and 4-year colleges in Massachusetts are encouraged to attend.

• Faculty (computer science & information technology) at colleges & universities in Massachusetts
• College and university diversity and disability services directors and staff members
• College and university computer science & IT department heads and deans

Institute Goals :

• Increase capacity of Massachusetts higher education institutions' computer science and information technology programs to fully include individuals with disabilities in the field of computing
• Increase the number of students with disabilities in the educational and career pipeline for computing and IT

Featuring :

• Steven Fadden, Vice President, Landmark College
• Terrill Thompson, Technology Accessibility Specialist, University of Washington
• Overview of Issues with Disabilities and Computing
• Perspectives from students, disability services staff, faculty
• Effective Practices & Assistive Technology
• Teaching Computing and IT for All Abilities

This institute is free and lunch, breaks and materials will be provided. Pre-registration is required by September 28. Space is limited.

LODGING: For lodging, contact the Sturbridge Host Hotel (toll-free reservation number: 1-800-582-3232). A limited number of wheelchair-accessible rooms may be available. No block reservations have been made for this event.

ACCESSIBILITY: The Sturbridge Host Hotel meeting facilities are all on one level and are all wheelchair-accessible with accessible bathrooms located nearby. There are no sound enhancement devices on hand, but we will make every effort to provide accommodations that are requested by the 9/28 registration deadline.

For more information: info@caite.cs.umass.edu  or  413.545.2013.

Monday, October 19, 2009 from 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (ET)

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Sturbridge Host Hotel
366 Main Street
Sturbridge, MA 01566

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Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology

CAITE works to broaden participation in IT education in Massachusetts. Funded by the National Science Foundation, CAITE is led by UMass Amherst in partnership with BATEC, CITI, UMass Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell as well as Bristol, Bunker Hill, Cape Cod, Greenfield, Holyoke, Middlesex, Northern Essex, Roxbury and Springfield Technical community colleges and Bridgewater and Worcester state colleges. For more information on CAITE see www.caite.info

AccessComputing

The Alliance for Access to Computing Careers (AccessComputing) has a goal to increase the participation of people with disabilities in computing fields. AccessComputing is led by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and DO-IT at the University of Washington.  It is funded by the National Science Foundation as part of the Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program of the Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering (CISE) (grant #CNS-0540615 and CNS-0837508).

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF-0634412 and NSF-0837739. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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