Featured Post Gadget

I added a featured post gadget at the top of our blog. I selected this gadget so that viewers wouldn't need to dig through older posts to find our introduction! Our first post gets right to the meat about what is Assistive Technology, and is a great place for all future viewers to begin.

Contact Form Gadget

I added a Contact Form Gadget to the blog. This is a helpful gadget that will allow viewers to ask questions and leave comments for us.

Image Gadget

I chose to add an image to our blog. I thought it gave a good idea of what is contained in our blog. I have always liked these pictures with many words in them and this one really stood out to me.

Image Gadget - Lower right
I was pining for our old campus library and thought I would pay tribute to it! I know some of you are out of state and probably have never stepped on our campus, so enjoy the image as I enjoy my memories there.  The current library you see on the main website, is lovely don't get me wrong, but I enjoyed and loved our old library! There was something about its vibes that was energizing and eerie. Now it just sits all alone...used as a storage unit. . . *sniff*...*sniff*. . .makes me so sad. I hope its put in good use one day. Since this is our last blog post, I chose a large image gadget so its beauty is savored.
Our class is coming to a close soon can you believe it!!! Thanks to all team leaders on this blog! You all were fab!!! Stay well and Auf Wiedersehen!

Search Gadget

I just added a search bar gadget to the blog. This will be useful for identifying and viewing posts based on key words, like specific types of technology or different library elements.

New Gadget Added

I added the Configure Text Gadget as the Types of Listening Devices.

There are different types of listening devices available to people who are losing their hearing or to people who have some hearing loss. The National Association of the the Deaf explains the different type of Assistive Listening Systems (ALS) and Assistive Listening Devices (ALD), that are available to people. Some information is to help benefit many who use hearing aids or are cochlear implant users.

Gadget Addition

I added the translate gadget so people are able to easily translate the information from the blog to the language they are most comfortable with. There are 108 different languages that the blog can be translated to. I tried switching it to Danish, and the whole blog was immediately transformed. I had my husband who is from Denmark and speaks Danish, read it so I had a sense on the quality of the translation. He was impressed with the translation and was able to understand the information. I spent a lot of time looking for gadgets or widgets related to AT such as something to magnify the screen or text to speech, but was not able to locate any free gadget or widget options.