[Pibe-division] [AERNet] iAbacus survey

[morrowmediakc at yahoo.com]

Has there been away developed to make this application accessible to the blind?

Kimberly A. morrow, Ph.D.

On Sep 14, 2012, at 8:52 PM, "Sheila Amato" <brltrans at frontier.com> wrote:

> Hello Colleagues,
> I am very excited that The University of Arizona’s Office of Instruction and Assessment (OIA) is working with me to develop an on-line “iAbacus” designed for idevices (e.g., iPads, iPod Touches).  The application will also be available via a web site.  I initially approached the OIA developers at our university because I was looking for a way for our future TVIs to practice their abacus skills. In our planning meetings it became obvious to me that a tool such as an iAbacus would also be valuable to TVIs, math teachers, teaching assistants, parents, and youth or adults learning abacus computation.  We had to start somewhere so we started with the method we teach at UofA, Dr. Rita Livingston’s logic method.  Currently the BETA (and I do mean beta!) version of the iAbacus only adds and subtracts.
>  
> For the rest of the month of September we have placed our beta iAbacus on a web site and are inviting anyone who wishes to take a look to do so and provide us feedback.  When you go to http://abacus.oia.arizona.edu/  to try the iAbacus you’ll also find a link to a survey about your experience using the iAbacus.  My recommendation is that you have the survey link open on a different device/computer as you experiment with the iAbacus.  To reach the survey, use this link: https://ua.datstathost.com/OSS-Collector/Survey.ashx?Name=iAbacus.
> We intend that the beads on the iAbacus will have speech, however, we are very stumped about what is logical to do.  Before Gary Carstensen, the programmer, spends many hours on this aspect we wanted  input from the field.  Therefore, this current form of the beta is NOT accessible to those using screen readers.  However, we really would like your input so if you can pair up with a “borrowed set of eyes” and give us feedback that would be wonderful.
>  
> If you prefer not to do the survey feel free to email me your thoughts directly at rosenblu at u.arizona.edu.  Gary, the OIA staff and I are anxious to hear your thoughts.
>  
> Thanks,
> Penny
>  
> L. Penny Rosenblum, Ph.D.
> University of Arizona
> Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies
> Office: 520-621-1223
> Fax: 520-621-3821
> Email: rosenblu at email.arizona.edu
> Visit the Program in Visual Impairment Web Site: http://www.coe.arizona.edu/visual_impairment
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