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AIM in the Classroom(Bookshare Condensed)

Adapted from the works of Christa Lohman, ATRC, CPS

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What is Bookshare?

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What is Bookshare®?

Bookshare is an online library of accessible media for readers with print disabilities.

More than 155,000 Members

More than 10,000 schools and other organizations

More than 125,000 titles

More than a thousand new books added every month

Bookshare believes that

people with print disabilities should

have the same ease of access to

books and periodicals that people without

disabilities enjoy.

Funded by an award from OSEP, the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education.

as of October 2011

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What Bookshare Offers

Digital books for individuals with print disabilities

FREE memberships for qualified U.S. students through OSEP award

FREE assistive technology software

24/7 access to books

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Bookshare Library

Textbooks More than 3,300 NIMAC textbooks with images Contributions from universities and schools

Teacher-Recommended Reading Special Collections

New York Times Best Sellers Newbery Winners Caldecott Winners Young Reader’s Choice Spanish books

Newspapers and magazines Available through partnership with NFB

Newsline 270 national and regional newspapers and

magazines Book requests

Bookshare is committed to

high-quality books. Please report any

quality issues on the book download page.

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How Bookshare Gets Digital Books

Publishers

Proofread

Universities

Bookshare

ScanChop

Volunteers

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Accessible Instructional Materials

What are Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)?

What are Specialized Formats? Digital (electronic) text Braille Audio Enlarged print

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Legal Requirements

IDEA 2004 requires that all students with disabilities who need AIM should be provided: with the instructional materials they need in the formats they need at the time the materials are needed.

Some students served under Chapter 15 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 may need AIM.

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AIM and Access to the Curriculum

Provides meaningful and equal access to curricular content

Lessens barriers posed by traditional texts

Facilitates access to learning

Promotes accessible curriculum

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Bookshare as a Source of AIM

Bookshare formats available to individuals with qualifying print disabilities (copyrighted materials)

DAISY-3 (Digital Accessible Information System) global digital talking book format

BRF (Braille Ready Format) digital braille

MP3 coming soon….

Student Success Stories

Alex, 8th grader, talks about using bookshare to access his curriculum.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSwzeBCbq8&feature=relmfu)

Jessica, a girl with a physical disability, discusses her use of Bookshare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJVPG4e38Wo

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Membership&

Registration

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Membership&

Registration

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Easy Membership OptionsOrganizational Individual

Type U.S. Educational (Public and Private Schools,Colleges, and Universities)

Non-educational (Libraries,Resource centers,Rehab agencies,Retirement communities,Group homes, Community centers,International)

U.S. Students of any age

Non-students

Fee Free Purchase book blocks

Free $50/year with one-time $25 sign-up fee

Sign-up Teacher creates account

Teacher creates account

Under 18 (parent creates);18 and older (individual creates)

Individual creates own account

Download Teacher downloads Teacher downloads Student downloads Individual downloads

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Eligible Students Disability Qualified/Not Qualified

Examples of Certifying Professionals

Visual Impairment (VI), such as blindness or low vision Qualified

A family doctor, ophthalmologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, optometrist, physical therapist, or other medical professional.

Teacher of the visually impaired, special education teacher, learning disability specialist, school psychologist, clinical psychologist with a background in learning disabilities, resource specialist or other educational professional

Certification from the National Library Service

Proof of membership with RFB&D

Physical Disability (PD) which affects the ability to read print, such as inability to hold a book or turn pages

Qualified

Severe Learning Disability that affects the ability to read standard print

Students with a severe enough disability, and a professional certifying that the disability is severe enough and the individual needs accessible formats.

AutismEmotional disabilitiesADHD

Not qualified, unless accompanied by a visual or physical disability, or a qualified reading disability that has a physical basis

Not applicableOther Learning Challenges

ESL and ELL

Record of disability kept

at school!

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Books and Qualifications

Bookshare Downloads Who Can Download Student Qualifications

Public Domain and freely distributable books

Non-Members and Members None

Books with U.S. copyrightsBooks with International permissions

Teachers and Students Chafee Qualified

NIMAC-sourced booksEducators (K-12 U.S. public schools, some private schools and agencies)

Chafee + IEP

Bookshare is authorized to produce digital books in accessible formats through an exemption in

the U.S. copyright law called the Chafee Amendment.

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Organizational Membership

Identified a Primary Contact Created an account online Agreed to Bookshare terms

Provided names of Sponsors and qualified Members on roster

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Primary Contact

Responsible for overall account management Point of contact for the organization Agree to terms Designate one or more Sponsors

Primary Contacts:

Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director, Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist

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Sponsors

Download books for students Agree to termsMaintain their rosters

Sponsors examples:

Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director, Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist, Librarian, Counselor, Administrative Assistant

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Organizational Management Tools

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Member Roster

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Access Bookshare at Home

Benefits: Students can take school work home and study Install free reading tools on home computer Download own books, including fun, leisure books Build reading skills and independence year-round FREE for all students who qualify at school, sign

them up today!

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Individual Members Teachers Can Make the Process Easy!

Teachers print pre-filled Individual Membership forms Proof of Disability already on file at school

Select “Individual Membership Form” in “My Organization” Send home forms with the Bookshare letter for parents Parents just need to sign and send back to Bookshare!

Dear Parent,

As you may know, your child has been using a great reading resource at school calledBookshare (www.bookshare.org). Through Bookshare, your child gets access to tens ofthousands of accessible digital books over the Internet, as well as assistive reading tools thathelp them to read and study independently. Did you know that your child can also getaccess to Bookshare at home for FREE?

We wanted to inform you so that your child can continue to read outside of the classroom.Evenings, weekends, and summers… mysteries, fairy tales, science fiction, adventure stories…with Bookshare, students can read what they want, when they want!

You may wonder how all this can be free? Bookshare received an award from the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education to provide free Bookshareaccess to students with qualified print disabilities, such as visual impairments, physicaldisabilities, and severe learning disabilities. Your child qualifies for this program, and westrongly encourage you to sign up your child for Bookshare at home.

I have printed out all the forms you need to get started. Please carefully read all the forms, sign,and fax/mail the signed forms back to Bookshare (fax number and address on forms). And if youhave any questions, feel free to ask me or contact Bookshare membership directly atwww.bookshare.org/contactUs.

Sincerely,

Teacher name

SAMPLE letter to Parents

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1. Go to Getting Started on the top menu bar and click on“Reading Tools”

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2. Click on “Free Readers for Bookshare Members”

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3. Choose the version of Read Out Loud (PC or Mac)

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4. Follow the remaining prompts to install Read Outloud on your computers.

5. Consult the Read Outloud video tutorial and manual for in-depth user information

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Finding books on Bookshare

Open Read Outloud by clicking on the icon on your desktop

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Log in to Bookshare’s Website

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Can’t Find or Remember Your Password?

Welcome email contains link to set password Forget your password?

Use link. Watch for second email with

new reset link

Check SPAM folder If emails blocked, contact us

http://www.bookshare.org/contactUs

Don’t share!

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Second Password

Download Password Give to students to unzip books Easily transfer book files when zipped Students unzip at home

Create it the first time you download a book Visible each time you download a book Share with students

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Searching for Bookshare Books

Thousands of books, newspapers and magazines to search and browse.

‘Search’ ‘Browse’

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Search or Browse

Standard Search by

‘Title or Author’

Browse by….Author Category Language New Books Most Popular Downloads NIMAC Books Special Collections Newspapers / MagazinesInternationally Available Grade Publisher

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Advanced Search All or part of author’s name All or part of title Language (English or Spanish) Copyright Category, such as textbooks and children’s books

‘Advanced Search’

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Use the Right Search

Quick Search Google-like search results Helpful tool for high-level view

Standard Search Google-like search results Helpful tool for research projects

Advanced Search Title and author searches Refined search results Helpful tool for specific book search

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How do I get K-12 textbooks?What is the NIMAC?

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Demystifying NIMAC

Central repository to store digital textbooks from publishers: the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)

IDEA 2004: Requires states to address the need for accessible textbooks for students with print disabilities

Request a textbook from the Nimac

1. Do a search on the bookshare website.

2. If it’s not there, look for it here:

http://www.nimac.us/

3. Then go back to this link and request it:

http://www.bookshare.org/contactUs?sendInfoOn=NIMAC%20Textbooks%20and%20Other%20NIMAC%20Questions

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When your textbook is not in NIMAC

Teachers contact Bookshare directly through “contact us”

Bookshare gets books ready for students When the book is scanned, the teacher is

notified and it can be downloaded

Get Book

Search

RequestTeacher

Bookshare

Teacher

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Using Bookshare in the Classroom

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4 Ways to Read

Multi-modal reading: See and hear words simultaneously

View books with large font on a PC screen, or print Listen to them (many voice options) Read Braille (digital or hardcopy)

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Features of DAISY Digital Text

Navigate forward and backward by word, paragraph, page or chapter

Go to any page, chapter, section header Support for table of contents and index Searchable Place bookmarks in the text Make notes in the text Increase and decrease the rate of speech May display images and descriptions if available

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Bookshare’s Specialized Formats: BRF

Braille Ready Format (.brf) Digital text format creates refreshable braille No images or text formatting Electronic representation of a braille book

Available from Bookshare in contracted or uncontracted braille Select the preferred format and cell line length in

account preferences.

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Compatible portable devices

Any AT hardware supporting text-based files HumanWare VictorReader Stream

and ClassMate Reader

Plextalk Pocket

BookCourier and BookPort

Braille displays like the HumanWare BrailleNote, Freedom Scientific PAC Mate, and GW Micro Braille Sense

LevelStar ICON™

Intel Reader

DAISY player for Symbian and Windows phones

MP3 players (educator or Member converts)

Read2Go:Accessible e-Book Reader

Encourage anytime, anywhere reading and learning

Enable inclusive classrooms

$19.99 per device Discounts for volume

educational purchases

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ReadOutLoud for Bookshare

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Features of ReadOutLoud

• Text-to-speech reads Bookshare content• Individualize appearance and voice settings• eHighlighter, outlines, and note tools aide in

comprehension• Notes can be saved and printed

Link to ReadOutLoud tutorials:

http://assets.bookshare.org/docs/Get-It_Read-It_Learn-It_Bookshare.pdf