Winter 2008 NIMAS meetings were held in January in Orlando, Florida on January 29 & 30, 2008. Meetings took place during the two days prior to the start of ATIA’s annual conference.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008:
NIMAS Standards Board Meeting: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., public
NIMAS Implementation Advisory Council Meeting: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., public
Wednesday, January 30, 2008:
NIMAS Implementation Advisory Council Meeting: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., public
AIM Consortium Meeting: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., for AIM Consortium grantees
Location:
Caribe Royale Hotel
8101 World Center Drive
Orlando, FL 32821
tel.: (407) 238-8000
http://www.cariberoyale.com
A NIMAS mini-strand was held at the ATIA conference January 30–February 2, 2008. There were 21 presentations during the ATIA conference on a variety of NIMAS-related topics.
Sessions with CAST staff included the following:The NIMAS Development Committee ceased to exist as of 9/30/07 and a NIMAS Development Committee Archive for 2004–2007 has been created.
The NIMAS Development Committee has concluded its work to finalize the technical specification for NIMAS version 1 and to create a foundation for its implementation and has now been replaced by the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) Board and a NIMAS Implementation Advisory Council to address the evolution of the NIMAS and support for its implementation in states. An archive of the Committee’s materials has been prepared for the period 2004–2007.
Click to access the 2004–2007 Archive
The meetings of the NIMAS Development Committee are open to the public and the notes from Committee meetings are posted online after each meeting.
"A diverse committee of stakeholders-including curriculum publishers, disability advocates and researchers, assistive technology developers, policymakers, educators, and parents-will inform the NIMAS Center's work."
-CAST Application for NIMAS Development Center
The NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance Center, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), works with states, TA systems, disability advocates, national associations, technology experts, publishers and content conversion houses to improve the timely delivery of high quality accessible educational materials to students with disabilities.The NIMAS Center was launched on October 1, 2004.The project officer for both the Development and TA Centers is Bonnie Jones, Ed.D. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the Department of Education's position or policy.