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IThis wiki was started in Spring 2011 by a Lesley University Technology in Education online class. As K-12 teachers themselves, these graduate students gathered information concerning Web Accessibility and other learning issues. They also collected useful blogs, podcasts and wikis. This wiki serves as a resource for other teachers, students and educators seeking information on inclusive practices **related to Web 2.0 and other internet related technologies.**

We will use this wiki to organize the Web 2.0 material you have been gathering for this class. You can also search Diigo for related bookmarks outside our group. This would be a good time to try Delicious too. You can search for delicious tags that relate to your article topic, and see what "the power of crowds" bookmarked.

Each student is to write an article on a topic that addresses a specific web 2.0, Internet accessibility, ELL, or another issue of online access. Revisit our class Diigo bookmarks for topic ideas. You are not limited to writing only 1 article, but at least one //**article must address a specific barrier to web access**//.

Each of the major categories of disabilities requires certain types of adaptations in the design of the web content. Most of the time, these adaptations benefit nearly everyone, not just people with disabilities. Almost everyone benefits from helpful illustrations, properly-organized content and clear navigation. [|Visual]Blindness, low vision, color-blindness [|Hearing]Deafness [|Motor]Inability to use a mouse, slow response time, limited fine motor control [|Cognitive]Learning disabilities, distractibility, inability to remember or focus on large amounts of information //All of the above information concerning Web Accessibility was copied from WebAIM// ||
 * **Web 2.0 Accessibility**
 * **Web 2.0 and English Language Learners**
 * Technology challenges for ELL teachers
 * Strategies for using technology in the ELL environment ||


 * || **Articles from Spring 2011** ||  ||
 * **Writer** || **Article Title** || **Editor(s)** ||
 * Lisa Jones || The Key to Everything: Organization ||  ||
 * Laura Hall || [[file:Wiki ArticleMotherway.docx]] ||  ||
 * Tami Karimoto || [[file:International University Websites.docx]] ||  ||
 * Kristy Peace || Podcasting and Blogging ||  ||
 * Karen Connors || Using Web 2.0 with Students with Learning Disabilities ||  ||
 * Brooke Stanley || Making Web 2.0 Accessible with AT ||  ||
 * Rachael Yeager || Accessibility Through Navigation ||  ||
 * Larissa Perkins || @Color-Consciousness is Needed in Web-Design ||  ||
 * Jennifer Sumerel || Top 10 Web 2.0 for Young Learners ||  ||
 * Nicole Gilbert || Tips for Making Accessible Websites ||  ||
 * Jessi Lowe || [[file:Web Accessibility for Everyone.docx]] ||  ||
 * Cathy Cobbs || Web 2.0 and Accessibilty for the Disabled ||  ||
 * Dana Adams || Strategies and Sites to Help ELL Students ||   ||
 * Cheryl Clark || [[file:Web 2 for all learners wiki.docx]] ||  ||


 * || **Articles from Spring 2011** ||  ||
 * **Writer** || **Article Title** || **Editor** ||