Overview
The Michigan AT Guidelines are geared towards helping educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired assess, create electronic portfolios, and develop IEP goals and objectives with skills that lined up with ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education. These skills emphasize access specific for this population along with suggested teaching activities.
Content Disclosure: This session is focused on a project in Michigan into the Michigan Assistive Technology Guidelines for Teachers of Students Blind or VI. There will be limited or no information provided about similar projects or case studies.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how three or more components of the Michigan AT Guidelines can assist educators with monitoring student technology skill development.
- Demonstrate using search filters to identify two or more Apps on the Assistive Apps page on the MDE-LIO website.
- Describe one or more ways how to fill out and use the Tool Record Keeping Chart as a technology inventory list for PreK – Grade 12 with one student’s toolkit information.
Primary & Secondary Strand
Vision & Hearing Technologies
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- AT Specialists
- Consultants/Trainers
- Educators
- Family Members
- Instructional Technologist
- Media Specialist
- Paraprofessionals
- Rehab Therapists
- Special Education Educators
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Teachers of the Visually Impaired
- Transition Coordinator
- Visual Impairment Specialists
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Experience Level
Introductory
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Elementary - Secondary (K-12); Other: PreK
Session Delivery Format
In-person presentation with live-stream
Course Schedule
This course was given at the ATIA 2022 Conference on Friday, Jan 28: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (EST)
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
As this course was included in the ATIA 2022 Virtual Event series, please refer to the ATIA Learning Center CEUs page for further information on how to submit your CRC CEUs for this course to CRCC.
Speaker/s:
Ann McKay-Bacon
Michigan Department of Education - Low Incidence Outreach, Technology Team Member, Michigan Department of Education - Low Incidence Outreach agency
Biography
Ann McKay-Bacon, M.Ed., Teacher/Consultant for the Visually Impaired and Blind, the State of Michigan since 1976. Retired in 2019 from Macomb Intermediate School District in Macomb, Michigan. A technology team member with the Michigan Department of Education – Low Incidence Outreach agency for the past 20 years as a presenter, technology evaluator/instructor, and co-author of The Michigan Assistive Technology Guidelines and Assistive Apps list. Ann co-presented the Michigan Assistive Technology Guidelines for Teachers of Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired at the Michigan Association of Education and Rehabilitation (MAER) Conference in 2013 and 2016 and a two-day MDELIO “Live with LIO” Webinar in 2020. She was awarded The David & Joann Search Lifetime Achievement Award for a lifetime dedication to serving persons who are blind and visually impaired in Michigan, MAER Conference April 2019. Currently, co-owner of Information Plus Art, LLC, an educational and art consulting company.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Consulting fee from independent contractor service agreement work with the Michigan Department of Education - Low Incidence Outreach. I receive a consultant fee of $50.00 per hour for work provided as layout through my service agreement and a presenter's fee of $500.00 per full day's workshop. Currently, co-owner of Information Plus Art, LLC, an educational and art consulting company.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No
Julie Lutz
Michigan Department of Education - Low Incidence Outreach, Technology Team Member
Biography
Julie A. Lutz, MAET, MATESOL, BA is a co-collaborator of the Michigan Assistive Technology Guidelines for Teachers of Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired. Julie has been a member of the Michigan Department of Education Low Incidence Outreach (MDELIO) Technology Team for ten years. Her 43 years of experience have been as a public-school educator in regular education classrooms and Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI) classrooms, teacher trainer, and consultant. As a member of the MDELIO team, she has co-presented the Michigan Assistive Technology Guidelines for Teachers of Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired at the Michigan Association of Education and Rehabilitation Conference in 2013 and 2016 and a two-day MDELIO “Live with LIO” Webinar in 2020. She is dedicated to the progress and success of teachers and students of the BVI community in the implementation of accessible twenty-first-century technology skills and tools.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Team Member of the Assistive Technology Team of the Michigan Department of Education Low Incidence Outreach (MDE-LIO). The Service Agreement states there is a $45 an hour payment to develop and revise curriculum and documents or provide instruction for students. In addition, there is payment to serve as a presenter and instructor for MDE-LIO technology workshops.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No