Presented at
HOPE Number Six (2006),
July 21, 2006, 10 a.m.
(60 minutes).
While the contention is that Macromedia Flash sucks for consumers who can't download Flash, it actually means that the advertisers using it are not getting their message out to those consumers. This will be a discussion of Internet access and The Digital Divide, with emphasis on the Internet's role in special education.
Presenters:
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Richard Cheshire / The Cheshire Catalyst
as Richard Cheshire
Richard Cheshire (The Cheshire Catalyst) was a publisher of the legendary TAP newsletter. He has also been published in 2600, Monitoring Times, and the now defunct Teleconnect. He lives in Florida where he claims to have his very own area code. He currently champions Internet accessibility across the digital divide.
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Gerald Greene
Having a two path career Gerald Greene spent 20 years in education and 20 years in computers. With an MS in special education from the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Level A Certification, he has taught and/or supervised at the district, regional services agency, and college levels. His computer career evolved to regional and multiple state vertical market sales in the automotive area. From childhood educational failures he has "walked the walk" himself and his "bottom-up" perspective drives him to help the ever-growing numbers of individuals whose education and life function are limited because of low reading function. He achieves this using text-to-speech technology.
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