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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Thank
you Robert for sharing your thoughts on some of the sessions you were able to
attend. I’m sure all the sessions were great but you have to pick and
choose. ;) I only wish I could have been there this year… but there is
always next time. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Hopefully,
others will share their views/thoughts on the conference as well. In the
meantime, I’m going to go look for all those sessions materials that
might still be available! </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert
Beach<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] AHG Conference thoughts</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I just wanted to share a couple of thoughts about this
year’s AHG Conference for those who were not able to be there.
Hopefully others will share their thoughts as well.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Firstly, let me say that it was a good conference. I
hope those who were not able to attend can access some of the session
materials. There was a lot of good info. Thanks Howard and crew for
making the materials available for all of us, even after the fact.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I attended several sessions and enjoyed them all. Here
are a couple that really caught my attention though.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Stanford session on captioning videos was great
(Saturday morning at 9:45). Sean and John presented a truly fascinating
model. We are looking at setting up a system here and their presentation
gave me an idea or two. I would definitely class this one as a
“must review” for those who have any interest in captioning videos.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jayme Johnson presented two good sessions, but the one that
I got the most from was “Accessible Math with DAISY” (Saturday
morning at 8:00). It was my first experience using Math Type and DAISY
Pipeline. Even though I can tell the technology has a ways to go, it was
still an impressive session. I certainly intend to play with these toys
some more.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>There were several sessions on the Dolphin Converter
software. I attended the session presented by Julie Balassa. Again,
it was my first time to see the product in action. She did a great job
explaining the components of the program and the process. I like the
concept. However, I still like Publisher better. <grin></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have been having some discussions with other colleges in
our area bout sharing resources for both altermate formatted texts and
assistive technologies. Thus, I found the session, “<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Assistive Technology & Higher
Education: A Collaboration for Provision of E-Text</span></em>,” by
Deanna Arbuckle to be interesting. It just shows that sharing across
boundries can be done.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I won’t review all of the sessions I attended, but
these are some that I would recommend for review by those who could not be at
the conference. Of course, if you have time, I recommend reviewing all of
the sessions. I know I enjoyed all of the sessions I attended. I
wish I could have cloned myself so I could have attended a few more, like
Gaeir’s “DAISY 101” session. I guess I’ll just
have to wait for the DVD and review that one.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Okay, just my two cents worth. Maybe others will have
recommendations on some of the sessions as well.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Robert Lee Beach</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Assistive Technology Specialist</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kansas City Kansas Community College</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>7250 State Avenue</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kansas City, KS 66112</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 913-288-7671</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 913-288-7678</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>E-Mail: rbeach@kckcc.edu</p>
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