Hi, Norm! I found this message of great interest as we at ALA have been
forced to 
recognize that the social-ware of blogs and wikis is indeed not a fad
but significant trend 
that we need to heed in order to reach younger librarians to whom the
Internet is the means 
by which they network with each other and solve information problems.
Another part of this
trend has been the use of instant messaging (IM). 

My son has been in the Army a year and we've done a lot of
communication via his laptop, 
especially since he has been stationed in Germany where his old
cellphone service is not 
operational. IM has evolved into using microphones and video cameras so
that one can pretty 
much talk and view someone else. Have you tried Skype yet? A free
service, Skype lets you 
call PC to PC for free, or PC to phone, which involves a fee. I'd be
curious to see if this service 
is accessible and would love the chance to talk to you again--I
remember our Chatterbox 
experience several years ago. 

The url is http://www.skype.com 

Donavan  

>>> Prof Norm Coombs <[log in to unmask]> 09/01/06 8:06 AM >>>
I am looking for help.

Frankly, I had thought of blogs and also wickies as so much teen-age 
kibitzing.  Now, I am picking up clear messages that not only k-12
schools 
but a number of colleges and universities are integrating them into
courses 
in a big way.  I was wrong again!  It seems I need to both change my
mind 
and to learn about them.
I am looking for someone who is at a school actively using them to talk
to 
me about what they are doing and how they work.  I also really need any

help in learning the accessibility issues of both wickies and of
blogs.
How do they work with screen reader software?
How do they work with screen mag software?
Do they work using keystrokes or do the require a mouse?
How do they work for students with learning disabilities?

I hope there are at least a handful of people who I can talk to and
learn from.

If you reply to this discussion list, please also copy me directly as
the 
list mail frequently gets trapped in one of my folders.
Norm Coombs
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Thank you.




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