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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I am really excited to announce that we have a new version of Accessibility 101 that has launched this week: <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Accessibility
101: STEM Edition<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">This course takes most of the same content from the standard Accessibility 101 course and layers on a good dose of STEM-centric guidance
as it relates to accessible math equations and functions to alt text for complex graphics. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">While registration for the course was only open a few days due to the incredible demand, we have a public-facing
version of the lessons that can be shared widely. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">It's an easy link to commit to memory: <a href="http://bit.ly/A101-STEM">http://bit.ly/A101-STEM</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">None of this would have been possible without the guidance and rich content developed earlier this year by Krista Greear. Krista brings
with her a decade’s worth of experience in higher education, accessibility, and technology. She has extensive experience working with students, faculty, and administrators within higher education institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We're uncertain how often we'll be able to run a facilitated version of this particular course, so over the coming weeks, I'll be
building practice activities into the public-facing version in order to give folks interested some guided self-assessments. Stay tuned!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" face="Calibri Light"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Jess
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><font size="2" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Jess Thompson</span></font></b><font size="3" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Program Administrator, Accessible Technology Initiatives</span></font><font size="3" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span></font><font size="3" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504</span></font><font size="3" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">p: 360.704.4327|c: 253.229.8591</span></font><font size="3" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="#212121" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:jess.thompson@sbctc.edu" target="_blank"><font size="1" color="blue" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue">jess.thompson@sbctc.edu</span></font></a></span></font><font size="1" color="#404040" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"> | </span></font><font color="#212121"><span style="color:#212121"><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/" target="_blank"><font size="1" color="blue" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue">www.sbctc.edu</span></font></a>
</span></font><font size="1" color="#404040" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">|</span></font><font size="1" color="#212121" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://accesswa.blog/"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">https://accesswa.blog/</span></font></a></span></font><font size="3" color="#212121" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="#212121" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KXjxctpTAa2R06iRksMrjaeiCkphAJzqkwX-awvJh9g/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><font size="1" color="blue" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue">Current
Projects</span></font></a> </span></font><font size="3" color="#212121" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" color="#171717" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#171717">Keep in the accessibility loop by joining the</span></font><font size="1" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">
<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/CP1GHPl6Pe1ipD6q1"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">CTC Accessibility listserv</span></font></a>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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