Author Archives: jeb

About jeb

The jeb in jebswebs is John Eric Brandt. With more than 30 years experience in field of education, jeb has been working in the web design business since 1994.

Apps for Kids with Autism

Posted on November 30, 2011 by jeb

This item also published on Maine CITE News. The New York Times (NYT) recently published an article about the use of “apps” for children with pervasive developmental disorders like autism. They note: Anecdotally, teachers, parents and therapists describe the profound … Continue reading →

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Accessible Tag Cloud gone for now

Posted on November 28, 2011 by jeb

As part of my testing out the new Siteimprove service, it was noted that there were a large number of dead links on the jebswebs blog. It turns out all of them were located in the Accessible Tag Cloud that … Continue reading →

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Content quality on public university websites

Posted on November 23, 2011 by jeb

Note: January 30, 2012: Siteimprove.com has just launched a new website. I will update my links in this article as soon as I can find the old article. I found a link to this report by Siteimprove.com in the Accessibility … Continue reading →

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Assistive Touch on new iPhone

Posted on November 18, 2011 by jeb

I saw this new feature demoed at the ACTEM MainEducation Conference last month when Apple accessibility expert Sarah Herrlinger gave a presentation on the accessibility features of iOS and Mac OSX. It was particularly exciting since the new official iOS … Continue reading →

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No more bricks and mortar

Posted on November 7, 2011 by jeb

About 15 years ago, I was invited to participate in a strategic planning process at a prominent university located in southern Maine. I had recently been hired to oversee their new distance learning masters in Education program and had volunteered … Continue reading →

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