General Teaching Tips

From a Distance Part 1: Take a Picture, It Lasts Longer
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This article is the first in a three-part series featuring ways for students to access classroom materials at a distance.
Improved View in MS Word!
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Use the Page Width Microsoft Word zoom setting to improve your visual access to documents without having to change the font size!
Reading Efficiently with a Screen Reader: Reading by Paragraphs
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Learn to read by chunks! Part 2 in this series.
Struggling Braille Readers Can Improve Their Tactile Skills with these 10 Tips
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Try these approaches when teaching emerging braille students.
Starting from Scratch: Where Do I Start When Teaching My Visually Impaired Student to Type?
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This article contains steps and strategies to start teaching your visually impaired student to touch type.
How to teach your students to read at 600 words per minute – Part 3
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The third installment in the series explains how to choose content that your student can use to increase their reading speed.
Discovering the creation of an audio game in Excel
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Some ruminations on edtech in general and the beginning of an idea to create an electronic audio jigsaw puzzle for creating an audio math game
Using the Writing Wizard App with Students Who Are Low Vision and Have CVI
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Watch this app review video!
How to teach your students to read at 600 words per minute – Part 1
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This initial installment in the series lays the groundwork for teaching your student to increase their auditory reading speed.
CodeSnaps: a SAS coding app
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This mainstream coding app is accessible!

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