What is the AIM Consortium? As part of a US Department of Education grant for the provision of Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) entered into a consortium project with the Center of Applied Special Technologies (CAST) and the states of Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Parts 1 and 3 of the consortium project provided for integrated activities with all members of the consortium and CAST . Part 2 of the consortium project allowed each state to develop focused state activities.
Louisiana will focus on 3 areas:
Who benefits from AIM?
AIM Overview, AAC and All that Jazz Conference, New Orleans, LA- Feb 20-22 Presented by Joy Zabala, CAST AIM Coordinator
AIM Strands presented by Joy Zabala, CAST AIM Coordinator, Donna Broussard, LDE NIMAS overview presented by Jackie Bobbett, LDE
Contacts: Louisiana Department of Education Region 6 LATI Center Dr. Jackie Bobbett Charlotte Ducote Donna Broussard 318-229-1925 225-342-3730 Support Materials For AIM Workshop
Hyperlinks o Ready, Set, Read: FYI from Bookshare o NIMAS is Not the AIM 2008 - Presentation by Dr. Jackie Bobbett from Summer Institute 2008 o National AIM Consortium Website http://aimconsortium.cast.org/ o Accessible Instructional Materials Presentation o Register for Bookshare Webinar http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/6b67c6e5e2/909946ee83/9c017248c9 o AIM and NIMAS – http://nimas.cast.org/center/consortium/index.html o AIM Consortium - http://aimconsortium.cast.org/ o LA Department of Education Assistive Technology Initiative-http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/eia/1538.html o LA Department of Education Textbook Adoption Policy - http://www.doe.state.la.us/mark/lde/eia/577.html o LA Instructional Materials Resource Center-http://www.lsvi.org/LIMC.htm o AIM Resource Blog www.aimcast.blogspot.com
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