Kahoot – Gamified Studying
Kahoot is a gamified study platform that encourages users to have fun while learning and studying. Users earn points for completing or creating quizzes, which they can do alone or with others.
Five Assistive Devices to Improve Digital Access
Today — May 20th — is the 10th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). To celebrate GAAD, our Makers Making Change program highlights some of the open source devices in our assistive device library that can help you access computers, smartphones, and tablets.
A “Positive and Encouraging” Experience for Carmen
Two years ago, Carmen was new to learning about the internet. Now, she is doing a course on designing websites, and she’s particularly enjoying coding. “I’m actually learning and retaining. My class average right now is 98%,” she beams.
Anwar Looks Forward to a “Purposeful, Meaningful Future” with Ergonomic Solutions
“[It] significantly improved my ability to work, study, read, write, use the computer, keyboard and mouse. I am not in pain or discomfort while sitting at the computer workstation. I am able to work or study for a longer period of time than prior to the accommodations.”
Egenda: A Virtual Agenda App
Paper agendas are a great way to stay organized, but for a lot of students, working with paper is not always ideal. App-based agendas are much more accessible, and they give students with learning disabilities the ability to take advantage of built in features such as speech-to-text, text-to-speech, etc.