The Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning is offering a free online course - Capturing Experience: How People 50+ Can Help Your Organization. The course appears to be targeted to non-profit organizations. So, if you are looking to develop or enhance programs and work experiences (paid and unpaid) for those age 50+ at your ...

Do you love to read? Do you like to read at work? :) Thanks to a blog post on Kimbooktu's blog at http://kimbooktu.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/read-at-work/, I learned that now you can easily read, for free, on your computer! The whole thing is set up to look like Microsoft Windows, so no one will even know that you're reading... lol. But of ...

Would you like to learn a new language, for free? Well, ReadWriteWeb has a great post listing 20+ ways to learn a language online! Check out the blog post at http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/20_ways_to_learn_a_language_online.php Don't miss the Bonus Site featuring American Sign Language (ASL) at the bottom of the list ...

Have you heard of TeacherTube? It's online at http://www.teachertube.com/ The site says, ''Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development ...

Do you like woodworking? Is it something you currently do, or maybe something you used to do, but now cannot because of vision difficulties? Then check out this free seminar.... (you can register at http://tinyurl.com/6h24ya) Taken from http://www.hadley.edu/seminar/: Seminars@Hadley Presents: Sawdust 101- Adaptive Techniques for Blind ...

Want to learn more about free self-voicing games? Then read on! Taken from the Accessible World News Wire: Although there is an abundance of computer games for the sighted population, accessible games for blind computer users have been in very short supply. Our next Accessible World TekTalk guest, Jim Kitchen, however, has addressed the problem ...

The Blind Access Journal blog has mentioned that credit reports will soon be accessible - in Braille, large print, and audio CD! For more information, check out the blog post at http://tinyurl.com/4bmxgr This is great news for individuals living with low vision! Thanks to Blind Access Journal for the heads up!

I received this information recently via email (the Tek Talk newsletter from Pat Price): Anyone For A Game of Chess? The Accessible News Wire April 13, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana USA Chess has been defined many ways but most will agree that it is not merely an idle amusement but essentially in its essence it is a game, in its form an art, and ...

For all the Victor Reader Stream users out there.... Victor Reader Stream Version 1.2 has finally been released! To get the update, go to http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/support/victor_reader_stream To see what's new in this version, go to http://tinyurl.com/2dstb4. Briefly, some of the updates include: -increase in USB transfer speed -increase ...

On March 20, 2008, at 2 p.m. Eastern time, there will be a free EASI webinar: Updating NLS Library of Congress Uses of Digital Book Formats. The presenters will be Lloyd Rasmussen, Acting Head, Engineering Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and 3 patrons who have been part of the NLS digital download ...