tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79597390960461478492011-07-28T14:20:56.206-04:00Leslie Wilkinson's blog for JOMC 713, an online class through UNC's J-School.Leslie Wilkinsonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959739096046147849.post-88982677456184698742007-12-08T14:12:00.000-05:002007-12-08T20:04:49.150-05:00

After jumping through a few technical hoops (when are there not technical hoops), I think I've successfully posted the pdfs to lesliejwilkinson.googlepages.com, the web pages I built last semester for JOMC 710. Which works out well, in terms of linking and connecting all of my class projects for this program. This paper completes my requirements for completion of the certificate program. It's

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Adaptive and assistive technologies. The web is fantastic for finding and reading all kinds of information quickly. All that print and all those graphics, movies, images and flash graphics are fantastic ways of delivering information to a broad audience. But, what do you do if your vision limits how much of that information you’re able to read? What if you’re unable to see entirely? What kinds of

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One thing I made sure to note when evaluating these sites was whether or not they included an easy option to display their pages either with bigger fonts, in plain text or some other kind of view. Most did, but some of the federal sites' accessible pages were still under construction.1. Americans with Disabilities.www.ada.gov and specifically, this page relating to the Accessibility of State and

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So, what can be done to expand the reach of assistive technologies? Here are a few of my suggestions, along with a quick evaluation of a few major national sites.Spend and budget money to develop alternate pages that are readable by a variety of adaptive and assistive technologies. Developers should also work to make sure their main pages have alternate tags and images that can stand in the place

Leslie Wilkinsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959739096046147849.post-86896231230114897102007-10-13T13:31:00.001-04:002007-10-13T13:34:37.716-04:00

They've compiled a sampling of international blogger voices on Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize and posted in one big post. Included here are voices from Africa, India, China, complete with the original text and English translation.I ran across all kinds of posts about Gore's win. This is a handy way of getting quality opinions all in one spot.

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"Blogging Under the Radar: As War Raged, Lebanese and Israelis Found Common Ground." A Washington Post article from August 2006 that looked at several bloggers who published during last year's fighint. Several of the bloggers listed here are still blogging about life in the Middle East. Their posts range from politics and the fighting to daily life, family and travelling. Very good snapshots of

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Mark Gimein, a guest blogger for Time.com this week wrote: "A friend of mine who asked not to be named calls blogging 'Journalist's Crack."Sounds about right to me. The new form gives journalists freedom from the restrictions of print, offers a quick way to get instant answers and feedback from readers and editors alike. Write as much as you want without worrying people will read you. Build an

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Best: WhirledViewFound this blog by three women through a link on a thread at MyDD::Progressive blogosphere diversity. The three bloggers are an international affairs specialist, a chemist specializing in international environmental projects, and a communications specialist with great experience in the U.S. foreign service. All in all, I'd say that's a pretty remarkable group of women. Most of

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A post last month on the New York Times' The Caucus blog, Katharine Seelye asked readers for their thoughts on women and politics and the web. To date, there are 79 responses from men and women and suggest many different ideas. I love that the dialogue continues even after the deadline. The discussions just keep on going.And, the results and Seelye's story here.

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I found Susan Crawford's blog at some point in the past two weeks as I've been looking for resources. She's a professor of cyberlaw and communications law who blogs about those areas as well as the impact of technology on different aspects of society.This post came through the RSS feeder this evening on how technology had a major impact on elections in 1924:"... The new technology was remarkable.

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Best: Antigone Magazine. Jackpot. I should have come to Technorati and done this search a long time ago: global women politics blogosphere (but noooo... I had to try other search techniques first).I found this blog for Antigone Magazine, a biannual print publication about women and politics at the University of British Columbia. The blog keeps the dialogue going throughout the year. It's written

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Best: Global Voices Online, Politics BlogsI mentioned this site earlier this week on the classroom Blackboard and I've listed it in the blogroll over on the right. Time to make a note of it here as well. Global Voices is a project of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.This particular section of the site helps narrow the group of bloggers down to those who focus on politics. While

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Classmate Amanda Toler's Global Criss Cross blog has primarily focused on cross-cultural experiences students have while travelling and learning abroad. In a bit of a detour from her main topic, she's posted about Time Magazine's recent issue on the global spread of breast cancer. Timely post and timely article for October's Breast Cancer Awareness month. Amanda's remarked about the impact of

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I'm enjoying reading classmate Marcie Barnes' Feeding Blackmail blog, where she's examining health issues in the context of every day life. She's providing useful consumer information in a manner that's easy and fun to read. Marcie's doing a good job of providing the facts in her posts so her readers can make informed decisions on their own, but she's also including enough of her opinions to give

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Colleague and classmate Andria Krewson's blog is blowing up. She's been getting traffic reports through her sitemeter feed showing dramatic traffic numbers (well, dramatic in comparison to the traffic I'm seeing on my blog, where most of the readers appear to be my classmates). A closer look at some of her sitemeter statistics shows that readers are clicking into her blog from the permalinks

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somehow I skipped tuesday. or at least I think I did. no matter. I'll have 5 great and 5 not so great sites to share in a wrap up post by the end of the week. But for today's finds:Worst: African Womens Blogs.I really wanted this one to be a gem. Alas, not so much in the way of great blogs relating to women and the political blogosphere. This site purports to be an "aggregator of african women

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I'm learning a tremendous amount about women in the blogosphere, U.S. women on politics, and about international organizations that are focused on promoting women's rights around the world. I'm having a little trouble keeping focused on the combination of international women blogging on politics. I confess, it's easy to get off on tangents and go tumbling down the rabbit hole on any one of the

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Information from earlier than 2007 won't be the best information for the current impact of women bloggers. While some information pre-07 may prove useful to see how a blogger or website has developed as a resource, it's not the best way to find out what's happening in current political arenas. As far as looking for information relating to what women are writing now and what they're doing to

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Accuracy ranks as the most important issue for me when I'm evaluating the quality of a website. I've found volumes of information about women and politics; women and international politics; and political blogs written by women. If the information found on these sites isn't true or is filled with spelling and grammatical mistakes, I'm not likely to believe what I'm reading. Likewise, if the

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Best: Women's eNews. This site, funded by several leading U.S. think tanks and endowments including the Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, has a strong list of links to national and international women's issues. There are also a significant number of original articles and research on the site. Thus far, it's been one of the best spring boards to finding both domestic and international

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Lisa Bistreich posted about my blog, and a commenter there pointed me to this blog and a post of 100 links to women political bloggers. Talk about a gold mine! Thanks to Lisa and her commenter for the tip. I'll have to spend some serious time scouring this list. I think the bulk of the ones listed here may be domestic. But, I'm hopeful these 100 ladies will direct me to even more useful

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I’ll be spending the semester following women who blog about politics, specifically learning how women are blogging about the upcoming elections and female candidates. In short: women covering politics in the blogosphere. I’m also curious to know how women around the world participate in political coverage online. In this coming election year, the opinions of women bloggers could help define

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This is the last blog to complete my classwork for UNC's Graduate Certificate in Communication of Technology. What do I do next? Well, there's a couple different ideas floating around. But before I go jumping into '08, there's the matter of global perspectives to address.My "blogging preamble," an essay proposal for this blog, was written the week before I went on vacation. So, it needs a bit

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