During the summer of 2007 I was granted the opportunity to work at the J.Ashburn Youth Center. The program is located at the St.Paul Church 112 Jefferson rd. The Tech Corp program is there to teach youth about IT (information technology) and AT (assistance technology), as well as making sure we have math and english classes.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2007 Mr.Steve Jacobs came to our job to teach my coworkers and I about AT. He told us about how people with disabilites (deaf, blind, etc) use technology such as computers, telephones, and wristwatches. We were all interested in the different ways that the disabled were able to use technology.
Mr.Steve showed websites that the disabled used like musicovery.com, this website helps blind people learn how to make shapes by the tone that the lines make. He also showed us how the blind people can use AT with a computer that describes what is on the screen.
Mr.Steve also showed us websites like dreamlines where you type a subject and the website draws the image absractally. Another website called touchscreen.com that shows which websites orianate from which. You should join some of these websites out the are really interesting.
4 comments:
I ain't gon nothing to say
It sounds like your going to have fun in that program.
i like your comment you keep your
head up jenice . and you are very
nice all way's .
ma be we can do something fun
togther some time soon .
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