When educators come together, great things happen.

ATLiveEdu, produced by the staff at Kurzweil Education, is an assistive technology event aimed at doing just that—bringing educators together to compare notes and learn from each other. You'll hear from colleagues in your field who are using a variety of approaches and technologies to enhance learning for their students. Each of you will leave with practical knowledge that can be applied to the classroom the next day.




Session Highlights


9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT
Finding My Jetpack: My LD to PhD Journey
Collin Diedrich, University of Pittsburgh, PA

9:45 a.m. ET / 6:45 a.m. PT
It's All About Options: Assistive Technology
Norma Willingham, Meg Baronian, Lee Crocker, Lena Jahn, Landmark College

11:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m.
Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties in the Digital Age
Matthew Press, OT, MHS, Assistive Technology Coordinator, Peoria Unified School District

12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
21st Century Literacy? Really?
Sara Murphy, STEM Curriculum Specialist, Riverside School District, Phoenix, AZ

12:45 p.m. ET / 9:45 a.m. PT
AccessText: Your Post-Secondary Link to E-Text
Dawn V. Evans, AccessText Network (ATN) Coordinator

1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
Pieces of the Puzzle
Dan Herlihy, Assistive Technology Resource Specialist, Connective Technology Solutions, Inc.

2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT
Improving the Chances for College Success: From Access to Output
Alicia Brandon, Assistant Director of Student Accessibility Services, Dartmouth College

3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT
How to Effectively Use TTS to Improve Reading
Kiriko Takahashi, PhD and Hye-Jin Park EdD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Kelly Roberts, PhD, Northern Arizona University

4:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. PT
Building Curriculum (and real-world skills) with Various AT in Mind
Beth Jamison, Shanna Wise, Grand Canyon University

5:00 p.m. / 2:45 p.m. PT
Bookshare: Open Up the Word of Reading
Lisa Wadors Verne, PhD, Benetech Global Literacy and Labs