BETTER RESULTS THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY OF

TECHNOLOGY

“Accessibility”• Convenience• Ease of Access• Ease of

Understanding• User-friendly• Ease of use• Openness

•Personal Preference

SECTION 681 PURPOSES• “…our national policy of

ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.”

• http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA

Sustaining Effective Practices

• Assess contextual fit• Feedback loop• Conceptual and procedural understanding• Team-based problem solving• Active administrator involvement and

leadership

George Sugai, Ph.D., University of Oregon OSEP Leadership 1999

Context—National Policy• IDEA 97

Section 687 Technology Development, Demonstration, and Utilization, and Media Services

Section 602 Definitions: ATD/ATS Section 673 Personnel Preparation

• Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998: Sections 504 & 508 Electronic & Information Technology

• Americans with Disabilities Act • Telecommunications Act of 1996• Assistive Technology Act of 1998• School Renovation, IDEA and Technology (Consolidated

Appropriations Act of 2001)

• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Context—National Policy• IDEA 97

– Track Medicaid• (20 U.S.C. §1412 (e)) – Assistance Under

Other Federal Programs • (f) – Coordinated Services System

– (2) Activities LEA 5%» (A) Improve Effectiveness / Efficiency» (B) Service Coordination Case Management » (C) Interagency Financial Strategies» (D) Interagency Personnel Development

Context—National PolicyState Information Technology Access

Coalition (SITAC)• National Association of State Information

Resource Executives• National Association of State Procurement

Officials• Association of Tech Act Projects

• Vision(http://www.janus.state.me.us/education/homepage.htm) Maine people will be among the best educated in the world

• Learning Results High Expectations and Aspirations

• Early Intervention Child Development Services (Birth-5) Early Literacy Child Care

Context—Maine Department of Education

Context—Maine Department of Education

• Secondary Education Promising Futures: A Call to Improve learning for Maine’s Secondary Students

• Data Driven Student Performance Program Evaluation

Context—Maine Department of Education• Technology

Statewide School Plans for Technology (E-Rate)

Schools and LibrariesATMUniversal DesignCurriculumAssessmentAdaptive Equipment LoansMaine Learning Technology Initiative

Context—Good Stories• National Education Goals Panel

Graduation• Student Performance

Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) 1998HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/TIMMS

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1992, 1996 HTTP://WWWW.civnet.org/journal/issues2/jmjpat.htm

• Children’s Health Care Infant Mortality Rate Childhood Immunization Rate

Context—Continuing Challenges

• Literacy: 1 out of 4 Maine Students• Impact of Poor Parenting • Aspirations• Changing Populations

Increasing % Multi-Handicapped Medications Technology Dependent/Medically Fragile

Children Maine Mobility

Maine State Government Information Technology

Accessibility• Information Services Policy Board

(ISPB)• Information Services Management

Group (ISMG)• Accessibility Sub Committee

Center for Applied Special Technology

The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with

Disabilities:

Overcoming Barriers to Participation•Multiple Methods for Access

Benefit

EveryoneU.S. Department of Commerce

Factors Influencing the Effective Use of

Technology for Teaching and LearningNine Lessons Learned

1) Leadership is the key ingredient

3) Technology integration is a s-l-o-w process

SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium 1999

Learnings• Leadership• Assess Environment• Teaming• Quality Assurance /

Improvement• Success Through

Communication

OSEP Leadership: T A (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/O

SEP• Identify Technical Assistance

Resources• Facilitate Networking • Promote Leadership Institutes• Coordinate Resources

Customer contact Coordinated staff development Contract requirements

Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI)

• President’s Committee of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States

• Federal government increase its investment in research – what actually works

• IERI is a federal partnership that includes the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research & Improvement and the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development