Improving the accessibility of computing enrichment programs (abstract only)
Richard E. Ladner, Karen Alkoby, Jeff Bigham, Stephanie Ann Ludi, Daniela Marghitu, Andreas Stefik · 2012
Many wonderful enrichment programs have been created to introduce young people to computing, but with little attention to making them accessible to students with disabilities. In this workshop participants will learn from practitioners who have introduced computing and programming to young people with disabilities. They will also learn first-hand from students with disabilities about their needs in learning programming. There will be breakout sessions for participants to apply what they have learned to improve existing enrichment programs such as Alice, Arduino, Scratch, Kodu, App Inventor, Greenfoot, Lego Mindstorms, Processing, and Computer Science Unplugged.