[Pibe-division] Seeking Advice & Concrete Suggestions on School District E-Accessibility

[Dr. Denise M. Robinson]

Please post to reply all, as I would really love an answer to this also. I am in many many districts and have not found any compliant and most district have many parts of their sites inaccessible to our kids. When I discuss how to make the sites accessible...they say they are working on it.


       Denise 
 
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com

http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/


From: DrV <pumpkinracer at gmail.com>
>To: braille-n-teach at mlist.cde.ca.gov; Professionals in Blindness Education Division List <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:09 AM
>Subject: [Pibe-division] Seeking Advice & Concrete Suggestions on School District E-Accessibility
>
>
>Hi Everyone, 
>We are trying to be
proactive & would like for our district to take into account accessibility
issues up front as they more forward with further web-designs & as they
move into the next phase of the electronic era. I have already shared the 2
Dept of Ed & Dept of Justice letters & FAQ. The district has expressed openness
to discussing how to move forward. 
>Towards this goal, I have
an initial meeting with our district in the near future.  
>To facilitate the process,
rather than having the district get frustrated with expectation of having to
try to figure it out on their own, I would like to be able to specific recommendations,
leads, & contacts. 
>I am thus seeking your advice. 
>I’m working under the assumption that few individuals hired to
do mainstream tech support & manage websites for school districts have much
experience or training in how to best assure full accessibility.  
>Is there a “Model School
District” somewhere in the country that has already effectively achieved
compliance with the guidelines? If so can you share their website? 
>Can you share examples of “Model
Websites” (any type of website) that are both visually-attractive &
fully compliant & functional? 
>Do you have recommendations
for a specific website(s), business(es), or individual(s) that could guide the
Tech developers in our district in how to create a website & links that are
both visually-attractive & fully compliant & functional? It would be ideal to be able to connect the web-designers with
an individual or group that knows how to do this well. 
>Teachers will eventually also need to be informed/trained on
e-accessibility issues as well. Is there a website, PDF, or YouTube-type video
that can do this well?  
>Some teachers have their own websites & blogsites. Is there
a “Build-A-Compliant-Website” tool or easy step-by-step instructions that would
be understandable/useable to the average teachers who hasn’t been trained in
the more complex techno-speak? 
>How have you locally have
approached this with your districts? 
>If you represent or know of
an organization, business, or individual who would be willing to invest the
time & resources into partnering with a willing school district to create a
“Model District” with respect to compliance please let me know.  
>Any additional insights
& suggestions are very welcome. 
>Sincerely, 
>Eric Vasiliauskas 
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