Mark Your Calendars: Lets Connect!

Hello and welcome to Eye-Connect. My name is Stephen Sullivan. I am an Instructional Designer and currently work as an Adaptive Technology Specialist with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB). I am located at the AIDB Regional Center in Mobile, Alabama. I've been working with students and colleagues throughout Lower Alabama (LA) for more than 20 years on issues related to serving students K-12 who have what I like to call, "Nonstandard vision." A group of us got together recently and decided to start "Eye-Connect," as a way of getting people who serve this population engaged in the sharing of information and ideas.

Preparing students for today's highly technical and continuously changing work and educational environments presents both opportunities and challenges. The plentiful availability of physical, virtual, and informational technologies is staggering and sometimes overwhelming. Yet unidentified solutions in the mainstream and a variety of specialized adaptations loom large only requiring discovery to minimize differences and neutralize once impenetrable barriers to success. These can only be realized through networking and the free flow of information and ideas among all stakeholders.

On August 7, 2013 we will be offering a "hands on" workshop entitled "Its A Small World After All." Participants will learn to use free Internet resources such as Google tools, social networking, and a variety of other digital technologies for the purpose of developing their own professional learning network. This workshop is intended for all who wish to attend but will be centered on developing the Eye-Connect digital community. Some computers will be available on site for the completion of activities but participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own devices.

The workshop will be conducted from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon at:

AIDB - Mobile Regional Center
1050 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama 36604
(251) 432-7777
steve.sullivan119@gmail.com

Certificates of completion will be provided for anyone seeking professional development credit.

Please Click Here and complete the online form to register.

As mentioned above, this blog is just getting started and is a work in progress. Resources will be added regularly. Please comment and offer your ideas. We look forward to seeing you in August