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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. While this advice is more appropriate for the classroom, Vicky Davis shares how she manages the back channel. How can we use them as a test of how things are going at the conference?

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

It supplies computers to disabled people of all ages through its technology lending library and it also supplies for special-needs classrooms. People may use an alternative keyboard or keyboard emulator, a Braille input device, a mouse emulator, optical character recognition, or voice recognition software like Dragon software.