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Mid-Atlantic Accessible
The Mid-Atlantic Consortium on Accessible Electronic and Information Technology in Education has announced the winners of its third annual Web Accessibility contest. Quince Orchard High School is the overall winner and first place for the high school entries, while Flower Valley Elementary took the first position for the elementary school entries. According to Amy Goldman, Associate Director of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University and Coordinator of the Consortium, "If web sites are not designed properly, even people with common problems like far-sightedness or color-blindness, may find them hard to see and use." Some of these design considerations include using the ‘alt’ attribute to describe the function of each visual graphic (images and animations). Likewise, provision of captioning and transcripts of audio files and descriptions of video for all Multimedia present can be helpful in making websites more usable by all “visitors”. The use of Cascading Style Sheets or ‘CSS’ for layout and style can help aspiring webmasters create a more accessible site. Congratulations to all those who participated in the contest. The consortium members will get in touch with all the participants to give them a detailed feedback on the evaluation of their entries. Look for details on our next "Fourth Annual Web Contest", coming in September 2006! For more information on web accessibility, visit Web Accessibility Resources .
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Maryland "Educators and students use software every day to communicate and learn, including assigning and completing assignments and designing and completing projects. But have you ever wondered what software may be accessible for all students in the classroom? What software may be used more easily with assistive technology? What software may make it easier for all students to learn? If you are a K-12 or Higher Education professional, procurement officer or educator, this demonstration and discussion may be for you. Come explore a variety of software packages that make learning science, mathematics, and English fun and accessible for students of all abilities. Registration limited to 14." -Location: * Room T-130, 2301 Argonne Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 by David Poehlman, IT Project Coordinator - MDTAP. "Explore ways of making information accessible to people with a variety of disabilities, including (1) assistive technologies (hardware and software) that provide computer access and (2) educational software that is accessible and usable for students. This session includes demonstration of a screen reader, common problems that make web sites inaccessible, and a video on computer access. Registration limited to 14." -Location: *Room T-42, 2301 Argone Drive, Baltimore, MD. 21218.
Virginia
West Virginia The Mid-Atlantic Accessible Education-Based Information Technology Consortium is coordinated by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, administered by TransCen, Inc., as part of the DBTAC: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center and funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education.
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