S10 Web 2.0 Accessibility Research

I chose this site because, next school I will be getting an visual impaired student in my classroom and we use computers to complete alot of our daily lessons. I found this information to be helpful.

This article addresses Web 2.0 challenges and possible resolutions for differently-able people.

If you have none readers or children with difficulty seeing screenreader is great...it reads the website, the screen...whatever to the user. Also offers the reader in different languages.

This gives me another resource that I can use when working with my visually impaired student. My visually impaired students use headphones quite often during computer time because some of my students are distracted by the talking.

I have never used screen reader and now I will definitely begin!

Not sure that the magnifier my student used is here, since I saw her using it years ago.

Is I have mentioned before I'm getting a visually impaired student next year, and I'm always looking for ways to eliminate barriers for her. I was wondering if the reader software requires that you hit certain keys to navigate the program.I would be interested in the cost and if their would be any funding available.You will need to be a good listener. Wouldn't you have to have a computer with braille keys? I'm wondering how much AT equipment she already has.

I don't know the answers to the question about braille keys. I am no expert in this field. I suggest you do some research to see what you learn in preparation for your student.

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I choose this website for a couple of reasons. The first reason was the fact that the company is there to help people with disabilities. The second reason was the fact that you could change many attributes of the webpage. This is a very neat feature to me. It is also neat to think about the fact that this is a world issue not just a US issue.

This is a neat site, and it is nice to consider that this is a world issue. I like the fact that you can change the size of the text on the page. This is helpful to a lot of people...not just for those with extreme disabilities. Sometimes I wish that our lesley discussion board had bigger text...late nights I find myself squinting :)

This blog has noted an Iphone app that is an IEP checklist for parents. It is an interesting feature for parents to have. Parents can have the template infront of them and ask teachers questions as they go through the IEP meeting.

I am late with my post. Therefore, I will comment here regarding the value of the site I chose to research. This site provides a basic comprehensive view of web accessibility for individuals who fall within the criterion of being disabled. This site points out different types of disabitlites fall in a diverse range such as, visual, auditory, cognitive imparities to the elder. The Web accessibility is in place to assist any range of disabled challenges that individuals face when navigating and understanding the Web. A large amount of focus of the site is placed on Web developers to create and make avaliable software that allows people with disabilities to ultilize the Web. I feel this site offers a great overview to provide basic information of understanding.

Not just for children, but an example of a professional ESL podcast.

This article addresses emerging technology in the ares of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning support. It addresses the question-what does each of these different learners need to support their learning?

ELL podcast example for & by little ones

I choose this site for a variety of reasons. Number one is for the tutorials it offers on a variety of hardware and software resources available for assistive technology. Any help in how to use some of these devices is bound to be beneficial. Another reason is for the abundant number of resources it provides - organizations, education, government, products, etc. Lastly, I choose this site because it provides basic information on AT use for elementary students with disabilities - including laws, computer adaptations, curriculum, and specialized options for distinct disabilities.

Since you mentioned you chose it for the tutorials & the tutorials link was prominent on the page you bookmarked, I found the web related material easily. Your bookmark would better fit the assignment requirement if it went directly to the Tutorial page because information on web related issues of accessibility is immediately presented there. The tutorials page is an excellent resource.

Thanks for the feedback, Carmin. To make things easier for future reference, here is the sight for the tutorials, http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials.php.