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VEA and Classroom Video caption new range of DVDs for 2010

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Video Education Australia (VEA) and Classroom Video have captioned a number of new DVDs as part of their commitment to accessible education resources. The 2010 Catalogue features new titles across many subjects, including Human Society and its Environment (HSIE), Careers, Design and Technology, English and Media Studies, History, Physical Education, Science, Maths and the Arts.

Specialist titles for primary education focus on communication skills and healthy eating with titles such as Getting along – Positive Communication and Smart Food, Healthy Body. Environmental titles are useful across a range of subjects and it is expected that they will receive greater emphasis in coming years in light of the draft National Curriculum’s core focus on understanding sustainable ways of living.

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Reading Rockets encourages captions for diverse learners

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Reading Rockets is a United States government funded program that is part of a public community television station. Its mission is to help parents, teachers, principals and librarians keep up to date with developments in reading and digital literacy. The recently posted article, Captioned Media: Literacy Support for Diverse Learners (from the National Center for Technology Innovation) shows that the use of captions benefits a range of diverse learners.

MAA strongly encourages the provision of captions on DVD and online content as this provides equity in the education process for students who are Deaf or hearing impaired. The article examines how a surge of recent studies have suggested that captioned titles also benefit a wide variety of learners, from beginning readers, struggling readers and those from an English as a Second Language (ESL) background. This should provide further impetus for production companies to take action on access. It is apparent that the current market for captioned material has further potential.

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New cinema access system moves to development phase

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SightCine, a Los Angeles based start-up company, has secured development funding to create a prototype of its caption glasses concept. The idea is that the captions are displayed on the screen but are only visible to people wearing the glasses.

There is not much detail in exactly how the glasses work, but other systems using glasses have been developed before. In February 2007 an emerging technologies demonstration was showcased at a cinema in Washington DC. This was reported in Winter 2007 issue of The Media Access Report (“R&D For Cinema Captioning Systems”, p16).


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National Curriculum launched, but how accessible will it be?

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The Federal Government launched the much anticipated National Curriculum yesterday, and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has opened a Consultation Portal on its website to welcome public feedback.

The Federal Government launched the much anticipated National Curriculum yesterday, and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has opened a Consultation Portal on its website to welcome public feedback.

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