Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016

Our Workshops Dicapta

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Outreach/Dissemination Let´s go to the Movies/ Vamos al Cine These workshops continue to be a major component in Dicapta’s dissemination of information strategy.

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Goal: Participants will gain knowledge and become more aware of accessibility features currently offered in the movie theatres, TV or free digital media libraries. Let’s go to the movies: A guide to access in audiovisual media

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Let's go to the movies! (Awareness) How to access Benefits in the classroom Different applications Advocacy and Regulation Resources Let’s go to the movies: A guide to access in audiovisual media

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Participants will be able to: Define captions or/and description Describe the current FCC regulation regarding access Provide information about the various ways to find services Gain a greater understanding of available resources Let’s go to the movies: A guide to access in audiovisual media

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 It is our goal to encourage participants to find possibilities of involvement with projects that address the needs of access to media for children with disabilities. Duration: 2 hours Target: Parents /Teacher Language: Spanish or English Let’s go to the movies: A guide to access in audiovisual media

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Evaluation We have had 485 attendees to our workshop Dicapta has collected feedback from participants. Aside from rating the workshop for its presentation (organization, topic, knowledge, usefulness etc) space is provided for participants to write additional comments and suggestions. In addition to being commended in our effort to conduct the presentation in their native language, the next comment is inevitable “can you please do more workshops like this /would like to learn more about the use of captioning and video description for education”.

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Findings Based on the feedback, it is evident that Spanish dominant parents are more receptive to in person workshops and more likely to engage in discussions regarding their children’s education. Efforts and research need to be conducted to find a similar strategy to reach teachers in the use of video description and captions. There is no sufficient evidence to suggest a continuance of utilizing the services, but we strongly suggest conducting follow up interviews to determine effectiveness of the strategy.

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 New Strategy Creating a strong relationship with schools and organizations we will track results and will be able to reinforce and support attendees Filling the need of teachers using video in the classroom Creating a series of workshops

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Goal: Participants will gain knowledge in the use of educational videos to support their teaching strategies. Discovery en la Escuela has successfully conducted teacher-training sessions on the use of educational TV in the classroom for more than 10 years.. Discovery en la Escuela: A guide to use audiovisual media in the classroom

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Participants will be able to: Use videos in their classrooms as tool for teaching Provide information about the various resources available in Discovery en la Escuela website Describe some basic principles of description and captions as accessibility tool. Discovery en la Escuela: A guide to use audiovisual media in the classroom

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Discovery en la Escuela: A guide to use audiovisual media in the classroom Target: Teachers of children with sensory disabilities Duration: 3 hours Target: Teachers Language: Spanish It was planned to conduct a webinar to share this information in a commun effort with the DCMP during the year two of the project but we need to start serving our main target (hispanic community).

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Describiendo/Describing Design in progress …. The idea of this workshop came from a school for the blind in NJ. Basic concepts and hands-on on description for teachers to support school activities ( plays)

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Our website with the schedule EVENT/SCHOOL WORKSHOP DATE AER International Conference 2016 Let's go to the Movies July 2016 Puerto RicoDiscovery en la EscuelaAugust 2016 Saint Joseph-School for the Blind (NJ) Let's go to the Movies/Vamos al Cine (Spanish and English) Describiendo September 2016 (Back to School) Educational Vision Services (NY) Let's go to the Movies/Vamos al Cine (Spanish and English) November 2016 (Elections Day) Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind TBD

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Where do we want to spread the word? We are trying to reach the States where our community is: New YorkNew Jersey CaliforniaFlorida ArizonaColorado IllinoisTexas

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Television Access, OSEP H327C June, 2016 Our Advisors and our Key Personnel help us to connect and to conduct the workshops. Let me know if you want to do the next one!!! We provide you with all you need. Who is conducting workshops?