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THE ZEN OF ACCESSIBILITY: THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
[This document has links to a Breeze Presentation on Accessibility in Education. The first link, “The Zen of Accessibility” opens a training page with all the other links. Each link leads to a page of information on access.] Link to “The Zen of Accessibility” http://media.umb.edu/p21327289/
The Seeds of Accessibility: http://media.umb.edu/p64452602/
Inclusive Learning: A New Educational Paradigm: http://media.umb.edu/p78434000/ Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences: http://media.umb.edu/p45089665/ [Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences offers a new way of supporting learners with disabilities in both the face to face and distance classroom. He takes the “DIS” out of disability.]
Five Things You Can Do to Check Web Site Accessibility by Yourself: http://media.umb.edu/p97075864/
Learning Objects as Access Tools: http://media.umb.edu/p12466403/
2 Question Cubes: Bell Question: http://media.umb.edu/p13196476/ American Holiday: http://media.umb.edu/p65182675/ [These question cubes were designed using Gardner’s educational theory. They are useful for students who are not visual learners or have cognitive disabilities. They also work well with kinesthetic learners. They can be posted to an educational web site and downloaded.]
Power Point Presentations: http://media.umb.edu/p71923349/ [Power Point is a very powerful tool for educational access. There are some accessibility issues when designing Power Point presentations. This presentation is somewhat accessible, but not completely. The music and the lyrics were presented as a learning object. The music and words relate to the presenter’s feelings about being blind.]
Accessibility Tools for Teaching via the Internet: Creating Accessible Chats: http://media.umb.edu/p41159272/ Communicating with People who are Deaf: http://media.umb.edu/p93145471/ A.S.L. on the Web: http://media.umb.edu/p28763300/ (This clip is a small demonstration of how American Sign Language can be used with Flash.)
For more information contact: Valerie Claire Haven Access Technology Specialist Institute for Community Inclusion University of Massachusetts, Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02126-3393 617-287-4329, voice 617-287-7727, fax Valerie.haven@umb.edu, email