1. Distance Learning Technology Explored at the Maine Regional Workshop September 10,2008

2.  To gather a few of the access pieces connected to content delivered at a distance.

3.  The Director of Pen International, Jim Di Caro spoke with faculty and students in the Philippines.  The interaction was captioned & interpreted remotely

4.  Polycom- has remote captioning function  Automatic Sync Technology- post production captioning  Serotec-portable screen reader  Docsosft-hardware that uses ASR software  Adobe Captivate-accessibility for e-learning

5. Planning a conference Lesson Learned Broadband Accessibility ~ can be problematic Hotel Arrangements~ not within planner control Remote CART/Interpreters~ Finding a webcast vendor~ time element Connecting with an International Site~ pre-testing

6.  Registering for the webcast-testing  Deciding how to view the presentations the day of the live program  Options available-presenter, slides and captioning or interpreter, slides and captioning The link~  http://services.choruscall.com/links/pepnet 080810