Teaching Accessibility By Building Picture Books For The Blind

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How can you teach universal design to kids and teens Have them build accessible games and books according to The Build a Better Book project from The University of Colorado Boulder Guests Dr Stacey Forsythe and Dr Kathryn Penzkover develop the Build a Better Book project at UC Boulder which provides curriculum for schools and libraries to teach people to create books and games for the visually impaired Along the way they can learn about the design process makerspace technology the arts empathy and community engagement Drs Forsythe and Penzkover spoke on the podcast during South by Southwest SXSW 2019 in Austin Texas The cover art for this episode shows a picture book and a chessboard designed by participants in the Build a Better Book project as shown during SXSW Both were designed to preserve function and aesthetics even when the reader or player can t see Related to this episode Build a Better Book project http buildabetterbook org Dr Stacy Forsythe https www colorado edu sciencediscovery stacey-forsyth Dr Kathryn Penzkover https www colorado edu sciencediscovery kathryn-penzkover CU Science Discovery https www colorado edu sciencediscovery Wikki stix https www wikkistix com Universal design as described from the North Carolina State University College of Design https projects ncsu edu ncsu design cud about ud udprinciples htm Twitter profile for Build a Better Book https twitter com buildbetterbook Subscribe and find more podcast information at http www k12engineering net Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon https www patreon com pioslabs or send one-time contributions by buying us coffee https ko-fi com pioslabs Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs http www pioslabs com Click here to visit this podcast episode