Week 14

Our grand opening for our Accessibility SIM when very well. We had people with disabilities attend and I was able to find out about some new products; also, that there are more browsers for SL than I realized. Alice Krueger's (Virtual Ability Island) assessment of our site was especially informative and I'm glad she took so much time to explain why and what she liked and thought we should change. Next week, Eelke Folmer, inventor of TextSL, the screen reader for SL, has agreed to do an assessment. It should be interesting as I couldn't get the hang of it when I tried (especially the navigation aspects), something like JAWS, the standard in screen readers.

Week 13

We finally finished up our SIM project on Accessibility & Distance Education. I'm glad we focused on the post-secondary aspect of the topic, as I hope our classmates will find some benefit to knowing more about the subject. I've been adding suggestions to the Department of Justice's update on Section 508 of the Rehab Act, and have included information about MUVE and education. As we get more people to go through our SIM and get feedback, we should be able to update the project. I'm now looking for spaces to relocate it after the class is finished and hope the College of Education will consider it. Also getting a group together to apply for grants to expand the project and set-up workshops for learning.