Create and share a summary of the accessibility issues and strengths of existing coding environments
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Summary:
As someone who is interested in inclusive coding education, I want to be able to learn more about the state of accessibility in current popular educational coding tools/environments, such as Scratch or Cubetto or Blockly, and to be able to compare them easily so that I can make an appropriate choice for my students/family/friends.
Details:
Determine a criteria for examining existing tools, which covers different types of accessibility needs
Gather a list of popular existing coding tools and environment
Do a literature scan of papers, blogs, and other information about accessibility of these environments
Try to out these environments and assess them based on our criteria above
Summarize the things we learned in a relatively short post on our website or wiki
Acceptance:
We've identified a reasonable number of tools to assess
We have enough hands-on experience as well as literature to assess them
A summary is available on our website or wiki in a form that is most likely to be useful to educators or prospective collaborators
Dependencies:
Buying or borrowing any necessary commercial coding tools