Author: Melissa

Melissa Green is an experienced teacher, librarian, and technologist, specializing in instructional, accessible, and assistive technology and helping diverse learners, teachers, and other technology users meet their goals.

Web: www.melissafortson.com

I was happy to participate in my 5th (!) THATCamp, THATCamp Alabama 2015, held September 4-5 on the Auburn University campus. In the Building an Accessible Future for the Humanities session, I shared lessons learned from my participation in the Accessible Future workshop at Emory University in April. I also demoed two tools I support…

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Last week, my University Libraries colleague Lindley Shedd and I offered an instruction session for COM 295: Intercultural Communication—Deaf Perspectives. One of the topics the class explores is media and the role it plays in the lives of the deaf. Lindley is Media Services Coordinator at the Sanford Media Center and talked about the Center’s support for…

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