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Press
Release
RECORDING FOR THE BLIND
& DYSLEXIC® LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE LEARNING THROUGH LISTENING®
SUPPORT WEBSITE FOR EDUCATORS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2007 (Princeton, NJ) - Recording for the Blind &
Dyslexic (RFB&D®), the nation's educational audiobook
library for students of all ages who cannot read standard print
effectively because of a learning disability, visual impairment
or other physical disability, in an innovative collaboration with
the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), announces the
launch of a new, fully accessible educator support website at
www.learningthroughlistening.org.
The free service, entitled Learning Through Listening, is offered
24/7 as a powerful resource to assist all educators seeking to
integrate listening skills into their classrooms, and is not limited
to educators whose schools have RFB&D institutional memberships
or whose students are enrolled as RFB&D individual members.
CAST is a research and development organization that has earned
international recognition for its innovative, technology-based
educational resources and strategies based on the principles of
Universal Design for Learning (UDL). CAST's staff includes specialists
in education research and policy, neuropsychology, clinical/school
psychology, technology, engineering, curriculum development and
K-12 professional development.
The new web site provides easy-to-use, research-based information
developed by educators, targeted to the K-12 inclusive classroom.
Lesson plans and other downloadable materials are grouped by subject
and grade level based on feedback from educators during RFB&D's
two year development process. By design, the intended audience
has varying degrees of knowledge, comfort and proficiency with
print disabilities, technology and RFB&D as an organization
and service.
"The Learning Through Listening website was created to support
and build the skills of K-12 educators so they will be even more
successful in teaching students with different learning styles,"
says John Kelly, RFB&D's President and CEO. "This new
website will provide greater access to helpful educational materials
developed by and for educators."
"As multimedia technologies bring listening back to a central
role in literacy, this website provides educators with the practical
ideas and resources they need to prepare diverse learners for
success in a multimedia world," says David Rose, Founder
and Chief Education Officer of CAST.
RFB&D serves nearly 180,000 students from kindergarten through
graduate school and beyond with its one-of-a-kind collection of
educational titles. RFB&D's AudioPlus® digitally recorded
textbooks on CD provide unprecedented navigation, ease of use
and proven effectiveness as learning tools for students with print
disabilities. Students rely on RFB&D's unique accommodation
to access the printed page and to achieve educational success.
All of RFB&D's accessible titles are recorded by volunteers
working in 29 RFB&D recording studios nationwide.
For information on RFB&D, volunteering or making a donation,
call toll-free 866-RFBD-585 (866-732-3585) or visit RFB&D's
accessible website at www.rfbd.org.
Additional information about CAST is available at www.cast.org.
Additional media inquiries:
RFB&D News Desk 1-800-803-7201, press 6
media e-mail inquiries
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