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ET 2004. 8 January 2004. What is ET?. Technology that mitigates a disability. Is that what they call Assistive Technology? Geeks making the world a bit better. What will we do?. Lots of guest speakers (I hope) and Videos with “designated listeners” Readings (no textbook) Assignments
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ET 2004 8 January 2004
What is ET? • Technology that mitigates a disability. • Is that what they call Assistive Technology? • Geeks making the world a bit better.
What will we do? • Lots of guest speakers (I hope) • and Videos • with “designated listeners” • Readings (no textbook) • Assignments • Book report • Class discussion • Projects • In class presentations
Designated Listener • Take notes/pictures of our guest speaker • Produce a web-based record of what we learned and ensuing discussion • Web page due 1 week after lecture • Every picture needs an “ALT” tag describing it. • Web page must make Cynthia happy http://www.cynthiasays.com/org/cynthiatested.htm
Rules for Web Pages • Web pages for this class will W3C Markup Validation http://validator.w3.org/ • Web pages will make “Cynthia” happy http://validator.w3.org/ • http://www.w3schools.com/ is a great place to learn
Grading • To get a B or P you need to: • Participate (show up, ask/answer questions, submit links, read papers, add to discussion) • Do the homework • Do a decent project • To get an A or H you need to: • Do all that (a lot) plus • A really good project
Projects will all have a web-based report Some may be mostly development Some may be entirely research/writing Lots of ideas in the tree on the web page 1, 2, or 3 on a team. One-page pre-proposals due 23 January In class presentation mid term and end Projects
Who are you? • Name • Dept • Where is home? • Why are you here?