Expanded Core Curriculum

Teaching Number Line Math Skills Part 3: Accessible App
Screenshot of Cosmic Numbers level 1: Astronaut Tommy is on #1 of the Number Line with text, "Cosmic Numbers App"
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Cosmic Numbers is an accessible number line created to teach basic digital number lines skills for students who are visually impaired.
ObjectiveEd Apps: Part 1
Screenshot of Sound Search game with 5 animals in the left column and 5 sound symbols in the right column. "ObjectiveEd: part 1"
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Review of the first two apps: Speed Gesture and Sound Search.
Coding Posts Summary
Two elementary students working with a robot and computer in the background with text, "Coding Posts Summary"
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Searching for Paths to Technology posts on accessible coding concepts and coding? Check out this reference list!
Sphero City Activity
Sphero ball rolling along street lined with lego house in the background & picket fence with text, "Sphero City".
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Design and construct your tactile city and then navigate the Sphero robotic ball to various destinations!
Audio Memos App and WH Questions
Sign with Who, When Where, How, Why and What with text, "Recording O&M lessons"
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Expanding your O&M lessons with this fun activity for non-traditional O&M students.
Coding and STEM: Robot Obstacle Challenges 2 (Hurricane Dorian)
Image of a man kneeling and placing duct tape on a ramp leading to a tunnel bridge with a Sphero ball at the bottom of the ramp.
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Fun activities that apply coding and engineering concepts using simple robots, part 2.
Picture in a Flash: A Tactile Image is Worth a Thousand Words
Graphed line equation being inserted into a PIAF machine & text, "Picture in a Flash" A Tactile Image is Worth a Thousand Words"
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Picture in a Flash uses special paper & heat to create raised line drawings. This article outlines the basics of the process and operation of the machine.
Coding Unplugged: My Robotic Friends Activity
Photo of 3 cups stacked in pyramid formation, tactile coding card, arrows depicting code, & tactile code guide. Unplugged Coding
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Challenge your students with this fun activity only requires plastic cups, a couple of command cards and brain power!
3D Printed Teaching Models
Photo of Rich and wind tunnel activityl (3D printed model of WWII wing) and text, "3D printed teaching models".
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3D printed resources for teachers of students with visual impairments!
Note-taking Applications for the iPad: Part 3
Four types of styluses with title of post on picture
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In this post I describe and present video demonstrations of the use of various types of styluses with the Noteshelf 2 and PDF Expert apps for the iPad.

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