S10 Web 2.0 Accessibility Research

This article is the starting point for our collaborative research. The focus is barriers to learning due to accessibility issues, but research may include information on accessibility on the web as a whole. Do not limit your research to Web 2.0 techniques. I have no expertise in this area. We are learning about this together and I look forward to what you'll be teaching me! Please tag your bookmarks with S10accessibility. You are free to use additional tags, but it is important use the S10accessibility tag so that we all can find the bookmark, even in delicious.

This article was an eye opener to me. I knew there was need for accommodations for those with disabilities, but had not gone as far as to think how the web may not work with some of these accommodations. The article that I found was mainly about how yahoo is addressing these issues so it can be accessible to all users. The web big guns realize there is a problem and are trying to address it. With Web 2.0 you have so many contributors. How do you inform people of the need of accessibility for all

I feel a little silly making the following comment but, I found this article very touching. As I read, I found myself imagining what it would be like to have a disability and not have the opportunity to have the experiences and the freedoms that only can be offered via the Web and interfacing with computers. I am willing to advocate for people with disabilities who deserve the right to have accessability.

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.

As user generated content become more of the drive force on the Web there is a need to update the accessibility for all to share. This article shed some light on the issues and challenges that programmers and people are facing.

Your resource punctuated on the reasoning for many Web 2.0 technologies to score so low in the Social Networking Accessibility Report I shared. These technologies are user created content and are growing at such a rapid pace, noone at this point can keep up to make sure its accessibility is available to all individuals with disabilities.

This is exactly what I was thinking about...how do you govern all the people that are contributing? I guess the best way is to try to inform and teach about the factors of accessibility. The web is a great place for that.

Here is another great article I found by FINALLY going through my Google Reader. And I MUST SHARE THIS SITE WITH YOU so you can add it to your RSS feeds: free4teachers.com. I have found SO MANY resources in 5 minutes!

Great find Kristen! I like all the extra links down on the left side of the page (Favorite Resource List). I am definitely adding this to my RSS feed.

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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!

This report scores some of the most popular Web 2.0 resources in their ability to be accessible to individuals with disabilities.

The report focuses on Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Bebo, and Youtube. All scored only one star - except Yahoo which scored two stars (out of five possible). They were scored based on their compliance to provisions within the Electronic and Information Technology Act.

After looking at Carlow's website and then seeing your post, I see how frustrating it must be for disabled people to use some of these SNS. I, at times, can find them hard to use and I have no disability. After reading and watching the videos on webAIM, I wondered if they were accessible friendly or not. I obviously have my answer.

As an educator I also want something hands-on that I can use NOW with my students. This site has software, links, articles, tutorials, and activities! I hope others can find it useful too!

Tanya, I researched this site for a previous class and ended up forwarding it to the chair of our Special Ed department. I speak with her about what they are doing in the classroom, and she shared that technology was a huge part of their day. We recently recieved a grant for more computers for her classroom. Great site!

There are lots of links, but many are 404s. Too bad, but this page is very old, and for me -- only 2 out of 9 links were still active. With so much current info available, it would be wise to offer this link with a caveat about dead links.

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.

Companies like Yahoo, You Tube, and Google are aware that our rapidly aging population can benefit from accessibility requirements. This article talks about current and future features that are being designed to aid accesssibility for all users.

Tools for students with special needs. This site lists lots of published articles, but you have to refer to the publisher for a copy of the article.

This is a FABULOUS resource! I went to a regional AT conference last year, and this was one of the big topics of discussion.

Thanks for this site also. I really want my student to feel part of the class in every way that I can.

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.