AccessComputing Minigrants Pathways to Success for Students with Invisible Disabilities: an AccessComputing Capacity Building Institute at Landmark College 2013)
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Among the strategies for meeting AccessComputing objectives are Communities of Practice (CoPs) for stakeholder groups. Communicating using email and other electronic tools, CoPs share perspectives and expertise and identify practices that promote the participation of people with disabilities in computing fields. Members in all CoPs
Summer 2012 brought a new learning opportunity for DHH students. For the first time, thanks to a subcontract from AccessComputing, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) hosted a special two-week computing summer camp for DHH students called DRobotZ. The camp offered students a host of opportunities—including working with robots—all in the interest of persuading qualified DHH students to pick a path through high school that would lead them to a computing major in college.
Led by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) at the University of Washington, AccessComputing partners with Gallaudet University, Landmark College, and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Annie Antón
North Carolina State University
Shiri Azenkot
Yahoo!
Jeffrey Bigham
University of Washington
Sheryl Burgstahler
University of Washington
Anna Cavender
University of Washington
Jeanine Cook
New Mexico State University
Jan Cuny
National Science Foundation
Steve Fadden
Landmark College
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. |
Evening Social and Time to Get Acquainted |
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Buffet Breakfast and Networking |
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. |
The Workshop for Emerging Deaf and Hard of Hearing Scientists was held at Gallaudet University on May 17-18, 2012, with support from AccessComputing. The workshop brought together 97 participants, including high school, college, and graduate students as well as K-12 educators, sign language interpreters, university professors, and government staff involved in STEM fields.