Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Feb 13th, 2009 3 Comments »
Another great TED talk: David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think.
The multi-sensor feedback possibilities for kids with language issues is incredible.
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Jan 30th, 2009 No Comments »
How Spellcheckers Wreak Havoc
“I apologize for any incontinence” and other examples of the Cupertino effect.
For weak spellers and readers, this article underscores the need to proofread.
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on May 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Find, listen, and discuss free lectures from around the web with Listening to Words.
(Source Your Daily Awesome.)
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on May 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Banks face action over dyslexia
“A man with severe dyslexia has launched a legal challenge against two High Street banks about the way they communicate with disabled customers.”
This case poses a fascinating question: At what point do those of us with dysexia have to take personal responsibility for our mistakes, whether caused by dysexia or not? [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Apr 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Some of you will have noticed that this site has been up and down numerous times in the past week. Our web host has had numerous, cascading problems with the particular shared server we’re on. I’m not sure the problems are over, nor would I trust them if they told me they were.
During this a [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Nov 30th, 2006 No Comments »
For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs a Big Debate: “The debate is centered on whether cheap laptops are the best way to improve education in the developing world.”
(Source NYT > Business.)
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 13th, 2006 4 Comments »
The Handwriting Is on the Wall
The computer keyboard helped kill shorthand, and now it’s threatening to finish off longhand.
As a person with both dyslexia and dysgraphia, I can’t complain. Handwriting is not one of my strong suits nor has it every allowed me to express the complexity of my thinking. Not that it should die [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 12th, 2006 No Comments »
David Pogue takes a look at the new Sony Reader, an eBook reader that may hold promise for more accessible reading in: Trying Again to Make Books Obsolete.
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 12th, 2006 No Comments »
iPod Helps Special-Needs Students Make the Grade: “‘With an iPod, our Special Ed students can take their tests in classrooms with their peers and be mainstreamed in, versus having to be pulled out to do so,’ states Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School principal Scott Grimes. ‘That’s sure to work wonders for their self-esteem, and help them feel [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
Roger Johansson has a great post on Accessibility for all vs. for people with disabilities at his excellent weblog on site development: 456 Berea St..