Blogs and Wikis
13 Keywords: Wordpress, Blogging, Personal Journal, Reflection, Dyslexia, Specific Learnng Difficulties, Specific Learning Differences, Visual Impairment, Blind, Written Language, Typing, Keyboard Access, Accessibility
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Blogging - to create a blog or weblog has made keeping a diary on-line very easy. It can provide time to reflect on exploits related to work, learning or leisure pursuits.
Blogger.com says:
"A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world."
There are many different sites offering places for you to start a blog a list is provided by Dfinitive with useful comments to help you make the decision.
The LexDis blog uses WordPress as that has been provided by the university and is relatively easy to make accessible.
Wikis are documents that can be edited by others not just the original author. The best known example is Wikipedia the on-line encyclopaedia.
Lifehack offer some advice for students who want to use wikis for note taking and tell you how to set one up with other hints and tips.
They can be used for collaboration and several universities are now using them for group work. Steven Warburton at Kings College London has a Slide share PowerPoint on Wikis and Collaboration in an educational setting
- Accessible Calendars for Blogs and Websites
"Calendars are a useful and attractive way to visually organize events on a webpage or blog. However, calendars are often inaccessible due to their reliance on visual rather than verbal cues."
- How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers
"So you have a blog, and you're worried that it might not be accessible to people with disabilities? Don't worry! A few simple changes can increase your blog's potential readership."
