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Conference Program and Session Selections

As we’ve been promising, session selections for the Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2012 are back!

If you were one of our early birds and have registered already an email was sent to you on the 9th January giving you instructions on how to select your sessions. If you haven’t received this email please contact us on conference@spectronicsinoz.com and we’ll organise another email for you straight away. Please note that this is optional. If you don’t want to pre-select and just wish to “wing it” while at the conference that will be fine!

It’s important to know that no session selection changes will be possible “onsite” at the conference. Of course, you can change your mind about your preferred sessions while at the conference – as many people do once they have enjoyed a particular presenter and wish to learn more from them – but we are not able to make changes for you. If there is room in the session after all delegates who have booked a place are in the room, you will be more than welcome to join the session. But some will be booked out and only those who have selected the session will be able to attend those presentations.

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What will be different at the 2012 Conference?

Four new Keynote Presenters!
A MUCH bigger conference venue allowing room for you to move around easily, and to be able to comfortably fit into the rooms for your preferred sessions.
Bigger hands-on Windows and Apple Mac Laptop Labs
Addition of a hands-on iPad lab too!

Highlight sessions that match your area(s) of interest

Finding it hard to decide which sessions are best for you to attend? To make your session planning easier, just click on one of the checkboxes below to automatically highlight all sessions which include content relevant to the selected area of interest. Or if you click on several checkboxes, all of the sessions relevant to those areas will be highlighted.

Pre-booking of sessions is back! But it will be optional. If you want to "pre-select" the sessions you wish to attend, you will be able to do so in EARLY JANUARY 2012. This will ensure you have a guaranteed place in your preferred sessions and will help us to work out which sessions need to be allocated bigger rooms. If you don't want to pre-select and just wish to "wing it" while at the conference, that will be fine too.

Special Education

Learning Difficulties

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Literacy Instruction

Assistive Technology / ICT

Vision Impairment / Hearing Impairment

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Full Day PRE-Conference Workshops - Tuesday 22^nd May 2012
Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6
7:30am to 4:30pm	Conference Registration Desk open all day!
9.00am to 4.00pm	Get Creative! An Exciting 'Make and Take' BYO Laptop Workshop Ian Bean	Developing Literacy in Special Needs Classrooms Jane Farrall	Assistive Technology Interactive Technology: It's all Hands-on in the Classroom! Greg O'Connor and Julie King	Two Switches for Success! Two Switch Step Scanning for Children who face Severe Multiple Challenges Linda Burkhart	Empowering Older Students to Improve Reading and Writing Skills through Assistive Technology Kelly Fonner	Creating Engaging and Interactive Activities with Boardmaker Studio Stephanie Ekis and Katie Lyon
Time	iPad Hands-on Lab			Mac Laptop Hands-on Lab
9.00am to 4.00pm	AppTastic! Hands-on with the iPad for Accessibility and Special Education International team of Apple Distinguished Educators and Apple Accessibility Ambassadors (USA and Australia)			Clicker 6: Literacy without Limits! Jonathan Reed

DAY ONE - Wednesday 23^rd May 2012
Time	Room 1		Room 2		Room 3		Room 4
7:30am to 5:30pm	Conference Registration Desk open all day!
9:00am to 10:30am	Conference Opening and Keynote Presentation - Inclusive Learning Technologies: Learning from the Past, Teaching to the Present, Training for the Future Kelly Fonner
Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	iPad Hands-on Lab	Mac Laptop Hands-on Lab	Win Laptop Hands-on Lab
10:30am to 11:00am	Morning Tea
11:00am to 11:45am	iPads Transforming Learning at Warringa Park School Dawn Hallett	Exploring Digital Books Jeanette Davies	Switch It! Maker 2: A UDL Tool that Makes Sense! Jennifer Keenan		The Journey towards Social and Academic Inclusion. A Parent's Perspective. Janet Judd	Universal Access Features of Mac OS X Lion Mark Coppin	iLearn iPad: Getting Started with the Basics Charlene Cullen and Katie Lyon	Texthelp Presents Read&Write 5 GOLD for Mac and Exciting New Web Apps Victoria Martin	My Board: My Way! Ian Bean
11:45am to 12:30pm	Four Blocks Literacy for Students with Complex Communication Needs Margaret Maher	eBook Creation with the iPad: Which App? Jim Sprialis	Students with Difference: A Wiki for All Lynne Ryan		CALeidoscopic Communication Megan Shepherd and Grant Shepherd	Making Web Sites Accessible to People with Cognitive Disabilities Gian Wild
12:30pm to 1:30pm	Parents and Carers Meeting	Meeting IRL (in real life) for members of the QIAT Listserve	Lunch
1:30pm to 2:15pm	Learning Journeys: The Switch Progression Road Map Ian Bean	Finding a Dragon Everywhere: Speech Recognition from Desktop to Mobile Greg O'Connor	Teach It Once: Helping Students Learn Anytime, Anywhere Mark Parker	OK I get that I need to use Social Media Tools. But HOW do I do it? Charlene Cullen and David Harraway	Notes from the Skoogtoo: Getting Interactive Benjaman Schogler	Avoiding the Technolusion: What Does it Really Take for Success with Technology? Trina Phuah	Using the iPad and Proloquo2Go in an Educational Environment Kelly Fonner and David Niemeijer	PODD Templates for Alternative Access Gayle Porter	Next Generation Reading Technology from Kurzweil David Bradburn
2:15pm to 3:00pm		Myth Busters: Tackling Today's Assumptions with Real Solutions Jason Gibson	Differentiation with Digital Pens: Enabling and Augmenting Access to Learning David Horsell and Jim Sprialis	Engaging Challenging Students Using Social Networking Tools Elaine Morton and Heather Norwood		How to be a Good Speech Pathologist: There's an App for that! Harmony Turnbull
3:00pm to 3:30pm	Afternoon Tea
3:30pm to 4:15pm	The Juggling Act: Developing Switch Access, Language and Communication Skills in Parallel Linda Burkhart and Gayle Porter	Challenging Assumptions: High Tech for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Kelly Fonner	An Introduction to the Latest in Reading Research and ReadingDoctor Software Bartek Rajkowski		Creating Well-Structured Documents: Easy for Authors and Accessible for Readers Andrew Downie	AIMing for Achievement: Accessible to Instructional Materials as a Pedagogical Imperative Joy Zabala	iFilm: Enhancing Engagement and Literacy through Film Making Brett Pearson and Trish Carr	There's so Much More to iTunes! Greg Alchin	Texthelp Presents Read&Write 10 GOLD for Windows and Exciting New Web Apps Victoria Martin
4:15pm to 5:00pm					Bulletproof Learning Rob Hanly
5:00pm to 7:00pm	Drinks and Canapés in the Trade Display Marquee

DAY TWO - Thursday 24^th May 2012
Time	Room 1				Room 2		Room 3	Room 4
7:30am to 5:30pm	Conference Registration Desk open all day!
9:00am to 10:30am	Beyond Recreation and Leisure: Motor Cognitive Learning through Engaging the Brain Linda Burkhart				What Works? Assistive Technology + Literacy Strategies for Learner Success Jason Carroll
Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	iPad Hands-on Lab	Mac Laptop Hands-on Lab	Win Laptop Hands-on Lab
10:30am to 11:00am	Morning Tea
11:00am to 11:45am	iPads for Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities Ian Bean	Building Electronic Study Skills through Assistive Technology Supports Kelly Fonner	ReadingDoctor ReadingSounds 1 Pro: A Tour with the Program Designer Bartek Rajkowski	I'm Not Board Felicity Burke and Kim Burgess	I Have More to Say! Strategies for Moving Beyond Requesting in AAC Stephanie Ekis	UDL: Moving the Concept to the Classroom Jason Carroll and Jason Gibson	iCan Customise the iPad for Learners with Individual Needs and Abilities Jodie Whitford and Melissa Campbell	Making Visual Supports in the Fast Lane Charlene Cullen and Katie Lyon	Introducing Improv: The Breakthrough AAC Framework powered by Co:Writer! Bob Keller
11:45am to 12:30pm			Introducing Fluency Tutor: Supporting Reading Fluency and Comprehension Victoria Martin	Response to iPads for Students with Disabilities and Learning Difficulties Dymphna James and Jim Sprialis		Universal Design for Learning: It's Personal! Greg Alchin			Introducing Bookstream. Your eBook Cloud: Their iPads, Laptops and Smartphones Bob Keller
12:30pm to 1:30pm	Lunch
1.30pm to 2.15pm	The iPad and iPod touch in the Special Needs Classroom Mark Coppin		Learning Partner-Assisted Scanning with PODD Linda Burkhart and Gayle Porter	Taking AAC on iPad to the Next Level: Overview of the New Proloquo2Go Features David Niemeijer and Aileen Ryan	The SETT Framework: Straight from the Horse's Mouth! Joy Zabala	Engaging Students with Literacy Difficulties Cheryl Dobbs	Using Visual Scene Displays on the iPad Rebecca Bright	Demystifying iTunes: Getting the Most out of this Media Manager David Woodbridge	Building Electronic Study Skills Hands-on Lab (Follow on from workshop before lunch) Kelly Fonner
2.15pm to 3.00pm		Free and Easy? David Harraway		Communication: A Time and a Place for both Low and High Tech Marlena Katene		Ginger: A Personalised Writing Tutor Miki Feldman-Simon
3:00pm to 3:30pm	Afternoon Tea
3:30pm to 4:15pm	New Ideas for Firm Favourites Ian Bean	Using AT to Support Academic Achievement Kelly Fonner	Staying Afloat in Alphabet Soup: Ten Things to Know about AT, IT, PT, AIM, UDL and QIAT! Joy Zabala	Supersize My Learning Jeff Souter	Wanted: Special Needs Music Teacher. No experience necessary. Technology to Support Non-Music Specialists in Teaching Music Benjaman Schogler	Rett Syndrome: Strategies for Communication and Learning Linda Burkhart	Speaking APPropriately: AAC Apps for iPad Jane Farrall	Clicker 6: Literacy without Limits! Jonathan Reed	Templates and Gadgets: What Studio Brings These are a Few of our Favourite Things Katie Lyon and Charlene Cullen
4:15pm to 5:00pm				Get Creative with your Interactive Whiteboard Julie King	I'm New: Where Do I Start? Paul Thompson
7:00pm to 11:30pm	Gala Conference Dinner

DAY THREE - Friday 25^th May 2012
Time	Room 1				Room 2		Room 3	Room 4
7:30am to 5:30pm	Conference Registration Desk open all day!
9:00am to 10:30am	Raising the Achievement Bar with Universal Design for Learning Joy Zabala				Literacy for All: Blocks for Building Literacy Success Jane Farrall and Chris Lennon
Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	Room 7	Room 8	iPad Hands-on Lab
10:30am to 11:00am	Morning Tea
11:00am to 11:45am	Proloquo2Go: WA Users' Feedback2Go Kelly Moore	AT Implementation: Professional Development that Works! Jason Gibson and Jason Carroll	UDL (Universal Design for Learning) in Action! Cool Tools for Engagement and Achievement Joy Zabala	Meeting the Multiple Challenges faced by Children with Cortical Vision Impairment and Complex Communication Needs Linda Burkhart	Using iOS Devices with Hearing Impaired Students Michael Harrison	I Can Talk Anywhere Anytime Fiona Beauchamp, Bas Tijdhof and Viki Newton	Helping Every Young Person to Become Cybersmart and Cybersafe Greg Gebhart	Teaching "Non-Readers" to Read: Not Just Sight Words but Real Reading Dan Hanson	Introduction and Use of TapSpeak iOS Apps Ted Conley
11:45am to 12:30pm	Mainstream Mobile Technologies as AAC Devices for Adults with CCN Denise Wood and Janelle Sampson	Include Me! iPad2 Trials for Access and Learning at TAFE Anita Raftery			Mixing and Matching Blind and Low Vision Reading Options for the Mac David Woodbridge	Two Steps Forward, One Switch Back! A Journey in Two-Switch Step Scanning Christopher Bryg and Diane Symons	ePortfolios for Very High Needs Students Jess Hall and Dave Speden	Making Learning Interactive, Personalised and Mobile Andrew Dobbyn
12:30pm to 1:30pm	Lunch
Time	Room 1			Room 2		Room 3		Room 4
1:30pm to 3:00pm	The Killer App? Ian Bean
3:00pm to 4:00pm	Closing Session

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