The material this week about accessibility made me remember the late 90s and how the growth of search engines transformed many homepages. We used to make cuting edge layouts in Photoshop and include pictures on the sites. With headings mixed with photos etc. That was the only way to achive the layout we wanted in the pre css era.

But, the search engines couldn´t crawl the text in the pictures and we soon abandoned that technique. And, in the same time we became aware of the tools disabled peoples used when they visited different sites. When we removed the big shunks of pictures the sites became accessible to new groups. For instance blind people with a reading program.

This is a short video clip about RSS. It capture the essence of what RSS really is and what it can be used for.

From the quiz: Your score: 92% (11 points out of 12)

The recorded workshop with Pilar Hernandez was great. I think short video messages is a really effective way to communicate. I’ve used it as a way for the students to introduce themself in a distance class. And as a way to record short comments on subject. That´s a great way to encourage students with weak writing abilitys to participate.

I’ve used a tool called ‘Videomaten’. It´s in swedish but I think international users can figure it out if they want to It´s really easy! http://89.160.51.62/recordme/spelain.htm

Besides. I like the idea of students participating in the creation of the study material Sessions of brainstorming is great. How do you do that in a distance class?