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Art and Artist
Children love painting and drawing. DCMP has media to teach techniques such as: Understanding Colors, Perspective, and Pencil Drawing. We also have resources to teach about famous artists such as: Picasso and His Time, Grant Wood: His Life and Paintings, and Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller, and Countrywoman. Find these titles and many more at www.dcmp.org.
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Start the New Year with a New Sport
Whether it is horseback riding with Today's Horse for Today's Kids!, tennis with USTA's Backboard Tennis, or swimming with Fishlike Freestyle DCMP has a video for you! Also check out This is Emily Yeung: Fit and Fun and Drills for Speed, Agility, Quickness.
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Video Description for the 21st Century Classroom
Join us for a free, forward-looking webinar on the changing world of educational video description on January 24, 2012. This innovative webinar is presented by the DCMP, in collaboration with the Video Description Research and Development Center (VDRDC), and the Description Leadership Network (DLN).
This exciting and interactive presentation is perfect for teachers, administrators, and parents who want to know all about the latest developments in video description technology and how it can help blind and visually-impaired students in every educational setting.
Topics include: 1) A teachers' guide to using video description; 2) A comprehensive overview of resources for obtaining described materials; and 3) A sneak peak at the description technologies of the future being developed at the VDRDC.
Register now at http://webinars.dcmp.org/ to reserve your seat at the table!
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Off-Line Captioning
Many educational institutions are interested in captioning their own media. So DCMP has partnered with Jacksonville State University to create a series of FAQs to help institutions make their media accessible. This eight part series can be viewed on DCMP's Youtube page. The videos are also available on JSU's iTunes U site, if you have iTunes installed on your computer.
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DCMP To Provide More
Accessible Media In Spanish!
As part of its new grant activity, the DCMP will provide 25% of its new captioned and described educational media in Spanish. DCMP has formed a partnership with Dicapta, the first company to provide Spanish-language video description in the United States. Dicapta will perform Spanish captioning and description of DCMP media and the promotion of the DCMP services. Work with the DCMP will also include assistance in determining the needs of English Language Learners with Special and in selection of educational media. Watch our website and newsletter for announcements about new Spanish-language accessible educational media.
In the meantime, don't miss DCMP's American Sign Language Training In Spanish. Also, check the DCMP catalog for additional Spanish-language captioned media titles.
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