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Ramin Rahimian for The New York Times Coursera, a year-old company offering free online courses, has raised another $43 million in venture capital from investors active in both domestic and international education.
While several federal laws address web accessibility, the most widely adopted and comprehensive technical standards have emerged not from a law, but from the W3C Web Content Accessibility Group. The WCAG standard is the most detailed, up-to-date guideline for creating accessible web content.
Audience response system that uses mobile phones, twitter, and the web. Responses are displayed in real-time on gorgeous charts in PowerPoint, Keynote, or web browser.
This was used in a class I took and I found it a fascinating tool to doing a poll or survey for a class. It allows students to use the tech that they generally already use to a great extent - such as responding by text from the phone using a code specific to that poll, responding via twitter, or on the PollEv.com site directly. I haven't integrated this yet into a class, but I can really see potential here after using it in a class
Consider going straight to Google itself and see what technology tools appear in their list of apps. Much easier than searching for your own. Since many businesses and organizations also use Google Mail as their internal communication platform, the now mainstream acceptance means the apps are likely fairly robust and worth a try.
#TT1921 (M Oyeleye)
Hello Tess,
I went digging on tumblr. I hope this helps.
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking website, The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs. Bloggers can also make their blogs private.
I have attached some links to support your reading on tumblr.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblrhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1z5CgSt_tc8https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=spQcyqQqN1o
This article is one I wrote a couple years ago that I believe is relevant for this course - it was published in International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. The link is to the whole issue - mine starts on page 21. Thanks - Becky