Sports: Athletic Youths Blazing the Trail in Sports

Young athletes are raising questions to sports officials regarding accommodations in a push for inclusion into a wide variety of athletic programs in schools. This challenges coaches to think outside the box and find ways to make a sport inclusive in new and innovative ways. In other instances, legal cases ensue. The New York Times covers this story in their article entitled: Forging Path to Starting Line for Younger Disabled Athletes.

Education: Online Accessibility

The education environment has changed as technology has danced onto the scene traditional classrooms now utilize the online world to promote a multi-media format of learning for students. However, in this drive to utilize new and available technologies, some students and staff have been left behind due to accessibility issues. David Raths article entitled Access Denied, featured in the November edition of Campus Technology gives an overview of the issues being experienced in the classroom and possible design solutions.

Save the Date: RCC Oregon Transfer Days

If the market to transfer? If so, check out RCC's Oregon Transfer Days being held on both RWC and RVC locations. Here's your chance to meet with admissions counselors from other colleges and universities around the state. 

Riverside Campus

Wednesday, January 16 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the lobby of the G Building.

Redwood Campus

Thursday, January 17 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Student Center

For more information:

Call: 541-245-7589

E-mail: Darren Van Lehn at dvanlehn@roguecc.edu

Web: http://www.roguecc.edu/transfer/

Education: Digital Badges

Campus Technology's December Issue ran an article on digital badges. While not replacing the degree a student receives for completing a college program, digital badges may be a valuable means for students to showcase certain credentials they acquire over the course of program completion. As the learning environment changes where students may take longer to complete programs due to financial or life constraints, digital badges may be a way to mark skill sets acquired that potential employers can view if students need to pause and work between their degree programs.

For more information, read: Show me Your Badge, by Audrey Watters

LD News: Captioned Media

An article released by the National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTi) and Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITeD) discuss how captioned or subtitled media can help students who struggle with LD or reading issues to increase their:

• reading speed,
• word knowledge,
• decoding,
• vocabulary acquisition,
• word recognition,
• reading comprehension, and
• oral reading rates.

For more information regarding their research findings, please read the article: Captioned Media: Literacy Support for Diverse Learners