This article explores the role of virtual learning environments in education. I have some gifted students at my school who find a lot of barriers or restrictions in traditional classrooms, and this could be a way for them to capitalize on their giftedness.

An article on the barriers that those with cognitive disabilities face when using the web.

This is really interesting. You all should read it. It talks about what colors to use on a web page or text to optimize concentration by those with dyslexia and how they're very different preferences than those without dyslexia.

This paper describes some barriers ESL students face with web text and how it hinders their access to material. Very interesting!

This is a slideshow for using technology for ESL classes to increase accessibility. There are lots of great suggestions for apps, the benefits of research using the web, and some interesting slides on QR codes.

I loved Rebecca's article about the web for struggling/reluctant readers and writers. A lot of my high school students aren't too keen about reading or writing essays or think they're "too cool for that." This article offers suggestions and examples of technologies (in the slideshow) to engage them. It would be so valuable to be able to engage students via technologies they find valuable while incorporating some new ones. I've started doing this in my classroom (just testing it out) and will definitely include more this year.

In the interest of different media... This is a presentation done by google folk about ChromeVox which reads website content to you on Chrome. It seems similar to the software that the guy in the second video used except now more will have access to the feature. While this will benefit the visually impaired, ell students, audial processors, and those with reading challenges will also benefit. Very cool!

This is particularly close to me since I work with many ELL kids at my school. They are very overwhelmed with all the information in a language they don't know. It's hard for them to do tasks online in English that we do without thinking (such as scan a google search) since their grasp on the language is sometimes only so-so. This is a very fluid accessibility issue since their language skills will develop.

This site has a listing for a bunch of different apps (free and paid) to help students of all ages with dyslexia and other differences. It also might be a good way to teach or reinforce to students with strengths in the specific intelligences that some apps target. Not all will apply to the age group that I teach, as it seems to have a lot for younger kids.

This is also a great way of incorporating "new" technology into the classroom (such as the ipad) or for differentiating homework.

This is part of a blog sorted by tags of accessibility. It has suggestions, products, sites, interviews, podcasts, etc.

I follow this site on Twitter and noticed that they had this post. It has resources to make the web accessible to those with learning differences, including voicethread.