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Did you ever think that inclusion could be as simple as turning on the captions/subtitles to the TV show or DVD that is being shown in class? This action makes this content accessible to a range of students:


 * The hearing impaired or deaf.
 * Those students from a non- English speaking background
 * Students who have trouble focusing on sounds.
 * Students who are visual or auditory learners.

This simple task means that students don’t miss any essential parts of the dialog. Students have the ability to hear words and match them to what they look like, which aids literacy skills for all student not just those listed.

Media Access Australia is a non- profit organisation who ‘believe that all Australians have the right to access all forms of media and information, through technology, so they can participate fully in society.' (http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/about). Media Access Australia cover many areas of technology, however a new initiative is to bring captions into the classroom. Cap that! (Classroom Access Project) and the Accessible Education Database (AED) aim to make it easier to find and therefore bring captions into the classroom.

AED is a database of materials that contain captions. It does not contain the specific movie or TV show but it does give you the information on whether can be viewed with captions. Living in Canberra we are able to access 44,147 captioned items at the National Library of Australia. Cap That! Is about the promotion of using captions within the classroom through providing information and resources for teachers. They also have a YouTube channel that shows you how to turn captions on your TV. media type="youtube" key="Zs-cKwcw8Ec" height="349" width="560"

__Cap That!__ http://www.capthat.com.au/

__Media Access Australia__ http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/education

__Accessible Education Database__ http://www.accessibleeducationdvds.mediaaccess.org.au/