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OSEP Project Directors' Summer Conference

2006 Project Directors' Conference Program

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Conference at a Glance

Wednesday, August 2, 2006
7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

SIG/SPDG Special Interest Sessions

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Plenary: State Performance Plan: A Two-Way Street

Presenter: Ruth Ryder, Division Director, Monitoring and State Improvement Planning Division, U.S. Office of Special Education Programs; and Larry Wexler, Deputy Division Director, Monitoring and State Improvement Planning Division, U.S. Office of Special Education

Presentation: Plenary: State Performance Plan

PPT Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Plenary: From Unique to Universal: Technology, Disability, and the Future of Education

Presenters: Yong Zhao, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Michigan State University; Ted Hasselbring, University of Kentucky; Markay Winston, Cincinnati Public Schools

Moderator/Respondent: David Rose, Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

Description: While the benefits of technology for students with disabilities have been widely recognized and celebrated, the impact of technology on general education has been less than dramatic. In this panel, four speakers will examine recent advances in special education technology research and practice–including both assistive technologies and universal designs–with a focus on advancing their role in general education reform. Each speaker, representing the perspectives of research, development, policy, and practice, will explore a common question: can technologies and students that are presently “in the margins” lead to fundamental changes for all students?

Presentations: Plenary: From Unique to Universal
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – Noon

Plenary: Research, Research to Practice:  The View from OSEP and IES

Presenters: Lou Danielson, Division Director, Research to Practice Division, U.S. Office of Special Education Programs; Ed Kame’enui, Commissioner for Special Education Research, National Center for Special Education Research, Institute for Educational Sciences

Presentation: Research, Research to Practice

PPT Presentation
Noon – 12:15 p.m. Break
12:15 p.m.

Program Area Meetings
(Lunch served in program area meeting rooms)

Personnel Preparation Projects (including Leadership projects)

Research, Technical Assistance and Dissemination, and SIG/SPDG Projects (including CSPD attendees)

Technology and Media Projects
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Research Projects

Media Projects, only

2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. SIG/SPDG Projects (including CSPD attendees)
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Leadership Projects, only
5:00 p.m. Conference Closes
5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Ad hoc meetings (as scheduled by OSEP)

 

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