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Description
How do students with disabilities access STEM content? What are some common barriers they may encounter when reading STEM content? Want to see how a screen reader actually works? In this workshop you will experience the user’s perspective through both shared user stories and a hands-on screen-reader demo, and learn how students interact with technology to assist their learning. Presentation by Zach Lattin, Campus IT Accessibility Coordinator and IT Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist at Clark College.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this presentation, learners will be able to:
- Understand the basics of how a screen-reader works.
- Articulate specific issues that arise when screen-reader users try to access inaccessible STEM content.
- Understand how technologies like accessible Math ML and MathCAT can remedy these issues.
Presenter
Zach Lattin earned his bachelor of Science in Mathematics and bachelor of arts in Spanish literature from the University of Washington. He has taught braille in three countries and in three languages. Currently he works at Clark College as an assistive technology trainer and IT accessibility coordinator. As a congenitally blind screen-reader user and life-long braille reader, he is acutely aware of access issues which arise in the context of STEM learning. In his off time Zach enjoys being a dad and playing jazz pedal steel guitar for anyone who will listen.