[Athen] EASI Webinar 4-part series on social media!! don't miss it!

[Prof Norm Coombs]

Four-part Webinar Series on Social Media
Social continues to grow and expand. While there are some accessibility 
problems especially

for a screen reader, these media are becoming more accessible, and many 
people with every

disability you can imagine are becoming active and even avid supporters. 
Educators are

exploring its uses as well. This series is both timely and important.

  Mon. Jan 25, Mon. Feb. 1, 8 and 15
Noon Eastern, 11 AM Central, 10 AM Mountain and 9 AM Pacific
These 4 Webinars will cover Second Life, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
(The fee for the series is $195, but the series is free to all EASI Annual 
Webinar Members.)

Jan 25: Second Life and Opportunities of a 3D Platform
Presenters:
Dr Denise Wood (AKA Denlee Wobbit in Second Life), Researcher and Senior 
Lecturer,

University of South Australia
Denise is the project leader of two nationally funded research grants as 
well as several

university funded projects focusing on the use of innovative technologies 
in teaching and

learning, and inclusive design. She is currently heading a research team on 
a project funded by

the Australian Teaching and Learning Council, which involves the design and 
development on

an open source, accessible 3D virtual learning platform .

Charles Morris (AKA Charles Mountain in Second Life), Vice-President of 
Virtual Helping

Hands and University of South Australia Developer
Charles Mountain is the avatar of Charles Morris. He is a professional 
freelance software

developer with over 20 years of experience. Charles Morris is also the lead 
developer for

VHH and its various projects. Charles is the developer for the UniSA led 
Accessible Open

Source 3D Virtual Learning Platform, which is funded by the Australian 
Learning and

Teaching Council and is led by Denise Wood from the University of South 
Australia.

Janyth Ussery (AKA Saxet Uralia in Second Life) Director of Web Education 
at Texas State

Technical College and Executive Director of Virtual Helping Hands
Janyth is the Director of Web Education at Texas State Technical College 
and has 14-years

experience in higher education. With a specific focus in distance-education 
opportunities,

exploring new frontiers in education is what has led her into Second Life 
over two years ago

Janyth has often said, "While we make create, learn, work and play, the 
social opportunities

offered for those that are disabled in real life may be Second Life's 
finest hour."

Feb. 1: Twitter, Its Uses and Its Accessibility Issues
Presenter: Dennis Lembrée Web site professional specializing in web 
standards, usability and

accessibility
Dennis has re-built the popular Twitter web site with web accessibility and 
web standards.

Accessible Twitter is the recipient of the 2009 Access IT @web2.0 Award! 
Once a person

has a Twitter account, he or she can go to (accessible.twitter.com) and log 
in. This provides

to the standard Twitter account but using a highly accessible interface.

Feb. 8 Facebook, Why Is it Popular and How Accessible Is It?
Presenters: Betsy Burgess and Cherie Miller from Bookshare and a special 
guest from the

Facebook staff.
Bookshare is using both Facebook and Twitter to enrich its interactions 
with its members.

Social media provides a community of readers where they can share what 
books they have

loved and share their struggles with reading with disabilities.

Feb. 15: YouTube, all You Wanted To See and More
Presenters: Marisol Miranda and Norman Coombs from EASI
Streaming videos on the Internet are hugely popular running the gambit from 
silly to serious.

Video provides significant emotional and persuasive punch whether for good 
or ill.
This presentation is announcing the unveiling of a special channel called, 
YouAbility. Its aims

to provide educational and informative videos about disabilities. It will 
provide training

modules demonstrating tips for increasing IT accessibility, and it will be 
a place to showcase

new accessibility tools as they emerge.
You can register by credit card, check or by PO from the description on the 
Webinar page:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
The series is $195 but free for EASI Annual Webinar members.


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Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve

Norman Coombs norm.coombs at gmail.com
CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
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