Taliesin L. Smith

Passionate about web accessibility and inclusion. MDes. Inclusive Design, OCAD University. ID Researcher & Designer with @PhETSims. Opinions my own.

[Caps13UAAA 2023 @STJCapsU13AAA]

Our next Cap is:

Muna Smith Yethiraj, 13
Fav Positions: SS,Pitcher, RF
Pre-game meal: Ramen Noodles
Fav Memory: In 1st season (U11), I made this long perfect throw from CF to home -the catcher caught it, tagged the hitter & prevented a home run!
Fun fact: I love sports!!!

[Caps13UAAA 2023 @STJCapsU13AAA]

And the CAPS 13UAAA take the Mike Buist Classic Championship! Thanks to all teams for the excellent games this weekend - up next Gerry Murphy Invitational in Paradise next weekend!!
@baseballstjohns

[Caps13UAAA 2023 @STJCapsU13AAA]

It’s time to MEET OUR CAPS!

Happy bday Rylan Mullowney! 🥳🎂
Age 13
Fav pos:Pitcher/2nd base
Fav team/player: Blue Jays/Matt Chapman
Pre-game meal: Mac & cheese
Fav memory: Stealing home in extra innings to advance to final at GMTournament
Fun fact: Loves dirt biking/mtn biking

[Baseball St. John's @baseballstjohns]

Another day, another tryout 💁‍♂️

Our 13U group hit the turf for the first time this season! 🔥

#GoCaps

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

@davidmacd Have you tried putting the content in document elements like paragraphs <p> or in a list <ul>+<li>. <div>'s are generic elements that provide no document semantics for your text.

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

@fnoschese @Iphysicsteacher @Phet You can narrow the list down if you re-phrase the question to: What would be your favorite sim if you could only use the keyboard to interact? In case not everyone knows, a subset of PhET's awesome sims can contain one or more inclusive features, like Alternative Input.

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

@PhETsims' latest MOOC, Design Description for Interactive Learning Resources is now listed at W3C-WAI's Course List. It's currently the only course specifically on description design - very important for non-visual access. #a11y #InteractiveDescription #InclusiveDesign

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

What a great way to find out about courses on access and inclusion. Hmm, I don't yet see many courses on description design. I hope I can add this one https://t.co/qePY3LmEe7

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

#id24 starts in about 8 hours https://t.co/uPgnFnlsB2

[PhET Sims @PhETsims]

Teaching concepts related to waves this term? You will LOVE our Waves Intro sim 🌊

With contexts of water, sounds, & light it is the perfect tool for exploring traverse & longitudinal waves, plus relations between frequency, amplitude, wavelength. #STEM

https://t.co/SryFrxRnyP

[Ramesh Adhikari @_IamRamesh_]

Hey @PhETsims, I was using one of your simulations in my intro E&M course yesterday and students LOVED the sound feature. Engaging auditory senses along with visual senses seems to be quite effective!

[Melissa Peter-Paul @MelPeterPaul]

Guess who woke up at 3 am to quill? Yup! Me. I love when the inspiration wakes up from my sleep. 💙❤️

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

@merschrod It really feels like Saturday morning - baseball game at 9:00 am - but it is Friday.

[PhET Sims @PhETsims]

Teaching the Ideal Gas Law this semester?

You will love the #HTML5 version Gas Properties! Check out the tools for counting collisions, energy displays, and even a screen on diffusion!

#STEM #remotelearning #edtech #Chemistry

https://t.co/AD5crOI5F7

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

The Description Design Framework helps us design an engaging interactive described experience accessible to BVI learners who rely on screen reader software. Look for the #AccessAndInclusion filter on @PhETsims website to find sims with #InteractiveDescription

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

@emilyb_moore and I invite people to checkout https://t.co/qePY3Lm6oz, a course about our Description Design Framework that helps us design descriptions for @PhETsims' highly interactive science and math simulations. #InclusiveDesign #a11y #NonVisualAccess #DescriptionDesign

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

Static and Dynamic State Descriptions provide on-demand access to the current state and Responsive Descriptions (Object and Context Responses) announce relevant changes as they happen during interaction.

[Taliesin L. Smith @TaliesinSmith]

@DougCollinsUX Toast bread using wireless!

[Brad Moser @PhysicsAlive]

My almost-4-year-old has been nervous about the blue sparks his blanket makes in the dark on these dry winter nights. John Travoltage to the rescue!! He got to play with the sim and now he feels better because he knows what’s going on and it’s not so scary! Thanks @PhETsims