Accessibility & Inclusion Forum, 2nd April 2009

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Presentations and Workshop Resources

Please find workshop summaries and their related resources below:


Second Life, Accessibility & Inclusion Jane Edwards, e-Learning Advisor (ACL)

Wheeling in Second Life A Second Life user with cerebral palsy demonstrates how she accesses Second Life on her computer using a head wand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBlaiBV_yJs

Alter Ego: Avatars and their Creators Jason has muscular dystrophy, is wheelchair-bound, and breathes with the aid of a respirator. Online, in the game Star Wars Galaxies, he is Boba Fett-like. Swathed in silvery armour, with his face obscured, he is the masked epitome of strength. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3683260.stm

New Life in Cyberspace Tracy Smith visits a woman with multiple sclerosis and a group of disabled adults who have created new lives in Second Life. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3547970n

Virtual worlds open up to blind http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6993739.stm

Imagine a Person Who Is Blind Using Second Life… http://www.sl-educationblog.org/?p=274

Eloise Pasteur writes about the arrival of Voice in Second Life http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/09/16/hope-for-the-deaf/

For more information about Second Life and to register: http://secondlife.com/

To find out about SLoodle (the integration of Second Life with Moodle): http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/

Please look through the Archives of our Events pages on this wiki to read about what people are doing in the West Midlands region in Second Life and for more information about other Virtual Worlds.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss any of this further:

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