Matrix Centers
Technology
Center for Implementing Technology in Education
CITEd supports state and local education agencies (SEAs/LEAs) in implementing and evaluating selected evidence-based practices that effectively integrate technology into sound teaching so that children with disabilities will have access to the general education curriculum and achieve high educational standards. CITEd produces and disseminates information about evidence-based and promising technology integration practices, with a particular emphasis on differentiating instruction through the use of technology.
Family Center on Technology and Disability
FCTD provides current, accurate, and relevant information resources on assistive and instructional technologies. It conducts outreach to a national infrastructure of organizations that work directly with families and children, strengthening their ability to provide technology-related support. The project also provides online forums, annual technology institutes, and in-depth monthly newsletters to educators, disability professionals, TA%D project personnel, and families.
NIMAS Technical Assistance Center
In support of students with sensory and other print disabilities, the U.S. Department of Education funded the development of the National File Format (NFF) Technical Panel to write the voluntary National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). The Department endorsed NIMAS version 1.0 in July 2004. The standard guides the production and electronic distribution of flexible digital instructional materials such as textbooks so they can be more easily converted to Braille, text-to-speech, and other accessible formats. The NIMAS Technical Assistance Center provides technical assistance to states, publishers, content conversion services and other entities involved in providing such accessible educational materials to students with disabilities. The project supports large-scale implementation of NIMAS to improve the availability, quality, timeliness, and cost effectiveness of accessible materials for students with disabilities.