Web+2.0+Tools+Accessibility+for+all+users

=**Web 2.0 Accessibility for All Users**= Jennifer Nelson

The Web2Access site hosted by the University of Southampton is a resource that aims to help those making decisions about their use of freely available Web 2.0 tools. Web2Access lists activities that apply to the classroom and they offer a list of Web 2.0 tools that will work for your activity and rate them according to their accessibility. For example, if a teacher was looking for a Web 2.0 tool to enable collaborate writing with the least amount of barriers, CloudWorks ranked the highest on the tests conducted by Web2Access. CloudWorks is a social networking site for learning design, adopting a Web 2.0-based philosophy. The aim is to create an evolving, dynamic community of users, tools, resources, ideas and experiences associated with learning design. It is a highly accessible social networking tool, with its only major let-down being the rich text editor in Chrome and Safari. But it can be switched off by removing the CSS stylesheet. Poor form feedback could cause problems for inexperienced users. Some elements (such as the login form and the search bar) take time to reach. Web2Access is a great resource for teachers to use and their tests include 30 features that are tested in each Web 2.0 tool. These tests include ease of login, audio and visual accessibility, and audio alerts for visual clues. As a classroom teacher, I will refer to this website and will decide which tool is best for my class based on my students needs. ([])

Web 2.0 Accessibility for All Users (addition to Jennifer)
Hailey Whitlock

Web2Access is a great site to help you know what sites areaccessible for any and all students. This site breaks other sites down intoleast amount of barriers depending on the disability that you choose. Forexample, if you are looking for a social network for someone who is blind orhas a severe visual impairment, Accessible Twitter would be a great option.This program works along with the regular Twitter in that whatever you posthere is sent through Twitter, but is much easier to navigate. AccessibleTwitter works like a microblogging service in that they both are easy to usewith a keyboard and screen reading service. When you click on a disability onthe Web2Access site, it gives you a list of programs that would be helpful. Asyou go through the list, you can click to get a break down of each programalong with a rating system for different problems that may occur if you have thecertain disability. There are also other disabilities listed under the rating systemto show that the program is also compatible with those disabilities as well. Iknow that this year I will have a child with Asperger’s syndrome in my firstgrade class and think that this website will be very helpful if I run intoaccessibility issues in any web project that we are working on this year. []