Free Webinars from AIM: Accessible Instructional Materials - July 13th & August 10th

I picked up this information off the NJ Cart listserv:


As promised after our successful free webinar series in May 2010, the National Center on AIM (Accessible Instructional Materials) is offering additional opportunities to extend your knowledge about accessible instructional materials. In addition to the AIM Basics webinar, we will be offering a "deep-dive" into the complexities of providing accessible instructional materials to students not certified as having a print disability under copyright law. See descriptions and dates below. Please share this information with your colleagues!
Which webinars are best for you?

• The AIM BASICS webinar is appropriate for all audiences and we strongly suggest it as a prerequisite for all other AIM Center webinars.

• The SYSTEM-LEVEL LEADERS SERIES is for SEA and LEA Leaders with responsibilities related to the development of SEA/LEA systems that ensure the provision of AIM in a timely manner.

• The STUDENT-LEVEL LEADERS SERIES is for educators, families, and others who are members of IEP teams and other decision-making teams.

Free AIM Webinar Series – July-August, 2010

AIM BASICS
Dates: July 13th from 1-2pm (EST), August 10th from 3-4pm (EST).
Topic: In the AIM Basics webinar, those with varied AIM-related interests and responsibilities will learn about and discuss the legal and practical issues related to the provision of print-based instructional materials in specialized formats. Main topics include: NIMAS and AIM in federal education statutes, AIM and copyright legislation, a brief overview of decision-making around the selection, acquisition, and use of accessible materials, and information about useful resources. Participation in an AIM Basics session is considered to be a prerequisite for the other webinars on targeted topics of high interest to particular stakeholders.
Presenter: Joy Zabala
Register for Tuesday, July 13: https://aim.ilinc.com/register/brbzjfx
Register for Tuesday, August 10: https://aim.ilinc.com/register/tvtbzrx

SYSTEM-LEVEL LEADERS SERIES
Consider the Possibilities: Ensuring the Provision of Accessible Materials to Students not Certified as Having a Print Disability under Copyright

Date: Tuesday, July 13th from 3-4pm (EST)
Topic: The NIMAC, Accessible Media Producers (AMPs), and some local production provide an increasingly robust means to support timely provision of print-based instructional materials in specialized formats to students who are served under IDEA 2004 AND certified as having a print disability as defined in copyright legislation. These sources, for the most part, are not available to students served under IDEA 2004 who do NOT have certified print disabilities but have been determined to unable to use print-based materials effectively. In this session, current sources of AIM for these students will be discussed and promising future trends will be explored.
Presenters: Joy Zabala, Skip Stahl, Chuck Hitchcock
Register: https://aim.ilinc.com/register/brbzjsx
STUDENT-LEVEL LEADERS SERIES
What's Fair and Unfair about the Fair Use Provision in Copyright?

Date: Tuesday, August 10th from 1-2pm (EST)
Topic: Educators often refer to the "Fair Use" limitation in copyright statute as a means to provide materials to students who cannot use print-based materials effectively; however, the term and the exclusion are often used without sufficient knowledge of the elements upon which "Fair Use" is based. In this session, we will introduce the four elements of "Fair Use" included in Section 107 of U. S. Copyright Code and discuss how those elements inform the permissions and limitations of Fair Use. This session makes no attempt to provide legal interpretation or advice, but rather is designed to provide information that raises the awareness of educators and families about these elements and how the elements may logically apply to thinking about the provision of instructional materials.
Presenters: Joy Zabala, Chuck Hitchcock
Register: https://aim.ilinc.com/register/wkvcftz
Note: Recordings of all webinars will be posted and available for later access on the AIM Center website.

#########
About the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials
With funding from the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, we are a national TA&D center that serves as a resource to state- and district-level educators, parents, publishers, conversion houses, accessible media producers, and others interested in learning more about and implementing AIM and NIMAS in accordance with the IDEA. Learn more about the AIM Center.