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Subject: NIMAS-Free Webinar Addressing
Implementation Issues and Solutions
Source: Heike Imler, Interim Assistant Director, Effective Practices
Intended Audience: School Administrators, Directors of Special Education,
Special Education Process Coordinators
Date: October 16, 2007
A free webinar regarding NIMAS is being offered by The Center for
Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) and Don Johnston, Inc.,
NIMAS-Implementation Issues and Solutions and will be presented by Chuck
Hitchcock, Chief Office of Policy & Technology, CAST on Tuesday, October 30,
2007, at 2:00 p.m. CDT. This one hour webinar will address how the National
Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) affect educators and
school districts. The webinar is free, but registration is required. To
register, click on
http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/EffectivePractices/nimasdj10_16_07.html.
As you know, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires
states to address the critical difficulty in obtaining accessible textbooks
for students with disabilities by adopting a new file format, the National
Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). This same
legislation offers a means to assist states in this responsibility by
establishing a national repository to collect and store these files and make
them available to states. This repository is the National Instructional
Materials Access Center (NIMAC), and it is being established at the American
Printing House for the Blind, Inc. (APH) with support from the U. S.
Department of Education. |
