Web Accessibility Resource Planner WARP

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Web Accessibility Resource Planner (WARP)

• A Modular Curriculum for Web Accessibility
  Development in K-12 Education
• Jared Smith
• Director of Education Services
• WebAIM

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Students with disabilities in the classroom
50 of students with disabilities in our K-12
system are spending 80 or more of the day in the
regular classroom
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Students with disabilities in the classroom
Only 6 of K-12 web sites meet MINIMAL
accessibility standards Section 508
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What does this produce?
A DIGITAL DIVIDE
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WebAIMs Solutions

• K-12 Web accessibility reform model
• WARP Web Accessibility Resource Planner

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WARPWeb Accessibility Resource Organizer
WARP is an accessibility curriculum designed for
pre-service and in-service training at the
school, district, and state level.
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How does WARP work?
WARP is a Web-based tool that is designed so that
instructors and technical support staff can
create personalized Web accessibility content for
their courses in 4 easy steps without having to
restructure or rewrite their current curriculum
or training.
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Conclusion

• The web alleviates the need for expensive,
  untimely, and unequal accommodations.
• Students with disabilities are graduating without
  knowing how to use the web!
• The web provides a universally accessible medium
  across time, distance, and disability.
• Students learn vital life and employment skills.
• We must narrow the divide between curriculum,
  information technology, and special education
  (AT).

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Conclusion
Remove the DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Thank You

• Additional information can be found at

http//warp.webaim.org http//www.webaim.org jared
_at_cpd2.usu.edu