[Nfb-web] NCBYS Resource List

Fri Mar 6 20:24:11 UTC 2009

Hello Gary and listers,

    The reason I thought that it would be a great Youth SLAM Track is due to 
the fact that computer programming and Web design fall in to the 
"Technology" component of the STEM equation. I happen to have a small 
program the kids wrote and tested during the 2007 Youth SLAM. But that aside 
there are only a few resources listed under the Computer Networking and 
Webmaster Category under "Technology" on the NCBYS Web Site. As many of us 
know there are lots of other computer and Web-related resources students and 
instructors can tap in to for learning these skills from a blindness 
prospective. Several of which that come to mind off-hand are information for 
the NFB in Computer Science and Adaptive Technology Trainers Divisions, the 
NFBCS, NFB Web, and GUI-Talk email lists, and many other resources.  Here's 
hoping this area will be enhanced in the coming year.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] NFB-WEB Sandbox

I am a programmer but I know for a fact that programming concepts are
sometimes hard to get offered from a sighted perspective - how does a blind
person really do Object Oriented Programming and layout a good Graphical
User Interface. I think we have a good idea here. I don't think it is a
national Youth Slam offering but I think there are many of us who could
benefit here. Not only is the instruction helpful, but some of us would
benefit from the structure of promising to read pages X through Y by date Z.

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnold Bailey" <arnoldbail at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] NFB-WEB Sandbox

> Mike.
>
> Thanks to Everett and yourself for the comments.
>
> My interest in Drupal is twofold.
>
>   1. Curiosity and to expand my knowledge.
>   2. I have this vision of creating a platform to draw blind and visually
>   impaired students into investigating programming as a career. It would
> be
>   great if it was at a national level; but, a chapter level is ok. With
> 70%
>   unemployment in our community, there is obviously a great need. I must
>   admit, though, that, other than Peter D,, I've found zero support. But,
> I
>   can't give up the vision without feeling I've let down a lot of kids.
> The
>   Drupal development platform and learning support activities that it
>   requires, I think, is a great learning mechanism.
>
> Arnold
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Michael Hansen <mhansen4 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Arnold,
>>
>> Everett is correct. My thought on the matter would be how much do you
>> want the ISP to take care of versus how much are you the Admin willing
>> to take care of?
>>
>> Mike
>> ---
>> Mike Hansen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:20 AM, E.J. Zufelt <everett at zufelt.ca> wrote:
>> > Good morning,
>> >
>> > If the ISP supports mysQL and PHP it takes about 20 minutes to install
>> > Drupal for a hosting account.
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > Everett
>> >
>> >
>> > On 4-Mar-09, at 8:37 AM, Arnold Bailey wrote:
>> >
>> >> Mike,
>> >>
>> >> Very nice work. I did notice that in firefox the navigation side bar
>> >> is
>> >> located into the center of the webmasters sandbox page. In IE it's
>> >> fine.
>> >>
>> >> One question I have. Is there any thoughts given to affiliate and
>> chapters
>> >> usage of drupal? It seems like it would make sense for the affiliate
>> >> and
>> >> chapters to pull a drupal theme and NFB applications and use them on
>> their
>> >> site, The problem is that drupal is not usually found on most ISPs. I
>> >> would
>> >> think that a single ISP that has drupal support would be cost
>> effectively
>> >> justified.
>> >>
>> >> Arnold
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Michael Hansen <mhansen4 at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The Sandbox is now up and running on our website. If you want to play
>> >>> around with a drupal install and not have to worry about breaking
>> >>> something there is one there for you. If you want to experiment with
>> >>> other things just create a sub directory off of the root and dorp in
>> >>> your code. Complete login information is posted on our website.
>> >>>
>> >>> Let me know if you have questions.
>> >>>
>> >>> Mike
>> >>> ---
>> >>> Mike Hansen
>> >>>
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