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National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you

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dc.contributor.author Butgereit, L
dc.date.accessioned 2010-07-14T14:03:21Z
dc.date.available 2010-07-14T14:03:21Z
dc.date.issued 2010-05
dc.identifier.citation Butgereit, L. 2010. National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you. IST Africa 2010, Durban, South Africa, 19-21 May 2010, pp 5 en
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-905824-15-1 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4084
dc.identifier.uri www.IST-Africa.org/Conference2010 en
dc.description IST Africa 2010, Durban, South Africa, 19-21 May 2010 en
dc.description.abstract The National Accessibility Portal (NAP) is a website specifically designed to give South Africans living with disabilities access to important information which may enhance their lives. This information includes lists of schools for children with disabilities, copies of legislation, interesting news articles, calendar of events applicable to people with disabilities, lists of vendors of assistive devices, etc. Facebook and Twitter, on the other hand, attract millions of users. The question we asked was “Is there a way to harness the popularity of Facebook and Twitter in order to more widely publish the important information to be found on the NAP portal?” This paper describes how the developers of NAP used the various Facebook and Twitter facilities to reach a wider audience en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher The author en
dc.subject Disabilities en
dc.subject National Accessibility Portal en
dc.subject Facebook en
dc.subject Twitter en
dc.subject Social networking sites en
dc.subject Web 2.0 technologies en
dc.subject IST Africa 2010 en
dc.title National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Butgereit, L. (2010). National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you. The author. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4084 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Butgereit, L. "National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4084 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Butgereit L, National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you; The author; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4084 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Butgereit, L AB - The National Accessibility Portal (NAP) is a website specifically designed to give South Africans living with disabilities access to important information which may enhance their lives. This information includes lists of schools for children with disabilities, copies of legislation, interesting news articles, calendar of events applicable to people with disabilities, lists of vendors of assistive devices, etc. Facebook and Twitter, on the other hand, attract millions of users. The question we asked was “Is there a way to harness the popularity of Facebook and Twitter in order to more widely publish the important information to be found on the NAP portal?” This paper describes how the developers of NAP used the various Facebook and Twitter facilities to reach a wider audience DA - 2010-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Disabilities KW - National Accessibility Portal KW - Facebook KW - Twitter KW - Social networking sites KW - Web 2.0 technologies KW - IST Africa 2010 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 978-1-905824-15-1 T1 - National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you TI - National accessibility portal and social networking sites: how to make facebook and twitter work for you UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4084 ER - en_ZA


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