Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Accessibility to ALL!

Wow! I'm completely impressed with Mr. Sullivan's powerpoint! I would have never guessed there were so many alternate ways for the disabled to use the Internet. Not only can partially blind people use the World Wide Web via Zoom Text and Magic, but completely blind people can too! That's absolutely amazing. Jaws, Window Eyes, Via Voice, and Dragon Naturally Speaking are all helpful softwares to access the Internet more easily. This is not only beneficial to accessibility, but it also goes to show that disability is only a word in the technological world!

This is beyond excellent for future teachers because in the class room, disabled students can do everything everyone else can do! In addition, the student's self esteem is not altered by a difficult task enabling them from fulfilling their outmost best.

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