Greetings SIG-11!

So far, 2009 has been an active year for SIG-11. Its climax will be the upcoming RESNA conference held in New Orleans. But we truly need your help now with two events: the SIG Open House and the SIG-11 Developers Forum.

SIG-11 will be participating in RESNA's Annual SIG Open House on Thursday June 25th from 5 to 6pm. Like last year, we will be handing out pertinent information to attendees who sign up with SIG-11. We will need help in setting up and manning the SIG-11 table. If you are interested, please contact me by e-mail (japrioli@gmail.com) or phone (732/331-5379) by the start of the conference.

The second event requiring assistance is the SIG-11 Developers Forum to be held on Thursday June 25th from 5 to 8 pm in the Computer Tech Lab. Our Vice-chair, Mark Bresler, has been organizing this. If you know of new products on the market or developers who are prototyping new designs, please let Mark know who they are by emailing him at mbresler@woods.org. The Forum is an ideal environment for companies and developers to demonstrate new products and more importantly obtain feedback from practitioners who will be in a position recommend their product. Also, if you can, come early, as we can always use help in setting up the computer room and providing handout material.

SIG-11 is pleased to offer Instructional Courses and Workshops led by SIG-11 members at the 2009 RESNA conference. Consult the Conference Program for the location of these courses and most up-to-date conference information. A fee is required to attend the pre-conference Instructional Courses. A complete day-by-day listing of SIG-11 events:

Tuesday, June 23rd

8:30am to 5:30pm
Ray Grott, MA, ATP, RET and Paul Schwartz, MSIE, ATP, RET, CPE
Instructional Course IC-02 - Maximizing Success with Speech Recognition

8:30am to 12:30pm
Alan Cantor, MA
Instructional Course IC-08 - The Five Minute Macro: Easy Computer Shortcuts for Assistive Technologists

1:30pm to 5:30pm
Alan Cantor, MA
Instructional Course IC-11 - Dive into NaturallySpeaking Custom Commands

Wednesday, June 24th

8:30am to 12:30pm
Jane Huggins and Dave Thompson
Instructional Course IC-23 - Brain-Computer Interfaces as Assistive Technology Interfaces

Thursday, June 25th

10:00am to 11:15am
Alan Cantor, MA
Workshop - Optimizing NaturallySpeaking for Accuracy and Reliability

10:00am to 11:15am
Karl Brown, Amanda Reinsfelder, Erika Peterson, Ray Grott, and Paul Schwartz
Workshop - If Loney Planet had a Guide to the AT Profession ..

2:00pm to 3:15pm
Andy Lin, BS, Jennifer Weaver, OTR/L. and Leslie Aedo, MS, CCC
Workshop - Eye Tracking Technology: Current Systems and Summary of Features

3:30pm to 4:45pm
Daniel P. Knowland, OTR/L and Aaron Biedermann, MA, ORT/L
Workshop - Clinical and Professional Applications of ShortHand for Windows (tm)

3:30pm to 4:45pm
Ray Grott, MA, ATP, RET
Workshop - Stump the Chumps: Speech Recognition Free-for-All

5:00pm to 6:00pm
SIG Open House
Exhibit Hall

6:00pm to 8:00pm
SIG-11 Developers Forum facilitated by Mark Bresler
Computer Tech Lab

Friday, June 26th

7:30am to 8:30am
SIG-11 Business Meeting
Salon 811

10:00am to 11:15am
Douglas Rakoski, MA, ORT/L, ATP, and Bobbi Jean Tanberg, COTA/C, ATP
Workshop - Developing a Computer-Based Therapy Lab to Address Client Goals

12:15pm to 1:30pm
Gregg C. Vanderheiden, PhD
Workshop - Raising the Floor: A New Approach to Building Access into the Internet

3:30pm to 4:45pm
Jamie Arasz Prioli, ATP
Workshop - SIG-11 Computer Applications Show and Tell

Saturday, June 27th

3:30pm to 4:45pm
Robert L. Todd
Workshop - A National Public Internet Site on Assistive Technology: Making it More Public

We thank these talented individuals for submitting proposals and lending their expertise to RESNA and to the field of computer-based assistive technology.

We still have a few open time slots in the SIG-11 Computer Applications Show-and-Tell workshop. The event is planned for Friday, June 26th from 12:15pm - 1:30pm. Please send in your two-paragraph description regarding your presentation. This is one of the easiest ways to describe that one intriguing case or new-found approach. Please send applications to Jamie at japrioli@gmail.com.

Jamie Arasz Prioli, RESNA ATP
RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Practitioner