The Arkansas Department of Education, Special Education Unit, the Arkansas Special Education Resource Center, and the Easter Seals Outreach Program, will conduct training on using the classroom computer to enhance functional curriculum. The training will be offered regionally during the 2003-2004 school year, and the maximum capacity for each training is 40 participants. The training will take place on two consecutive days. Each participant will have the opportunity to work in the computer lab one day and in a meeting room the other day. During the course of the two-day training, the following topics will be discussed:
Meeting Room Sessions will include the following:
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT
MODIFICATIONS/ACCOMMODATIONS
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION
Computer Lab Sessions will include the following:
UTILIZING WORD PROCESSING
POWERPOINT, USE OF WEB-BASED TOOLS & SIMPLE MULTIMEDIA
MODIFICATIONS USING TECHNOLOGY TO CONSTRUCT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
UNIVERSAL DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY IDEAS
Please see the attached schedule for locations and dates for the training. Registration is required to attend this training. To register, please contact:
Rene Whittenburg
Easter Seals Outreach Program
3920 Woodland Heights
Little Rock, AR 72120
(501) 227-3770
E-mail: rwhittenburg@ar.easter-seals.org