[Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Art Beyond Sight telephone cours starting now! Multi-modal Approaches to Accessibility and Literacy

[Lisa Yayla]

*http://www.artbeyondsight.org/change/aw-crashcourse.shtml
*

*Monday, October 17, 2005*

Following our tradition of successful telephone conference calls in 2003 
and 2004, this year's course will feature learning tools, basics of 
program development, and model programs. This 2005 crash course is 
unique, though, as it includes several sessions that highlight 
state-of-the-art research and pioneering educational programs that were 
the focus of the October 14-15 international conference on multi-modal 
approaches to learning.

9:00
Welcome by *Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel*, Art Education for the Blind
*Patricia Maurer*, National Federation of the Blind

9:30 -- 11:00
Multi-modal Approaches to Accessibility: Best Practices

    * Opening speaker: *Beth Ziebarth *, Smithsonian Institution
    * *Jessica E. Thomas*, Office of AccessAbility/National Endowment
      for the Arts
    * *Tish Brown*, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    * *Street Thoma*, Philadelphia Museum of Art
    * *Hope McMath*, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens , Florida

11:00 – noon
Theory and Research: Touch Vs. Vision

    * Opening speaker: *Lotfi Merabet*, Harvard University
    * *Morton Heller*, Eastern Illinois University
    * *John Kennedy*, University of Toronto

12:00 – 1:00
Touch: A Teaching Tool

    * Opening speaker: *Francesca Rosenberg*, Museum of Modern Art
    * *Debra Hegstrom*, The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts
    * *Nelie Plourde*, Umlaf Sculpture Garden & Museum, Texas
    * *Cindy Vanden Bosch*, Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    * *Sandra Malmquist*, Connecticut Children's Museum

1:00 – 2:00
Verbal Description as a Teaching Tool

    * Opening speaker: *Mickie Silverstein*, Art Institute of Chicago
    * *Barbara Ceconi*, Access Umbrella, Boston
    * *Kurt Kuss*, Access Umbrella, Boston
    * *Joel Snyder*, National Captioning Institute

2:00 – 3:00
Tactile Diagrams

    * Opening speaker: *Lou Giansante*, Art Education for the Blind
    * *Steven Landau*, Touch Graphics
    * *Lisa Yayla*, Huseby kompetansesenter, Norway
    * *Robert Jaquiss*, VIEW International Foundation, Inc.

3:00 – 4:00
Art Making and Multi-sensory Art Materials

    * Opening speaker *: Pam Rogers*, Pure Vision Art Studio
    * *Mark Andres*, Seeing With Photography Collective, NY
    * *Ann Cunningham*, Artist and Educator
    * *Barbara Johnson*, Blind Art, UK

4:00 – 5:00
Art Programs in Schools and Literacy

    * Opening speakers: *Hope McMath*, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, FL
    * *Janet Simon*, Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children
    * *Susan M. Ferraro*, Saint Lucy Day School for the Blind and
      Visually Impaired, PA
    * *Elke Zollitsch*, Bavarian Association for the Blind & Partially
      Sighted, Munich

5:00 – 6:00
Multi-modal Approaches to Learning and Literacy for ALL

    * Opening speaker: *David Rose*, CAST
    * *Richard M. Jackson*, Boston College
    * *Romeo Edmead*, Matilda Ziegler Magazine
    * *Nina Levent*, Art Education for the Blind

6:00 - 6:30
Closing Remarks

    * *Joanne Wilson*, NFB, former U.S. Rehabilitation Services
      Administration Commissioner

*To access the Telephone Conference Crash Course:*

    * Call (641) 985-8500
    * When asked by the recording, enter our conference code, AEB2005
      (i.e., 232-2005), followed by the # key.

So, grab a coffee and give us a call. You can come in and out of this 
all-day course as often as you like, but please don't interrupt the 
guest speakers. At the end of each session there will be an opportunity 
for you to ask questions of these experts and share your own insight 
into the topics discussed.