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Behind Every Great Student Stands a Great Parent
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Tips from parents who have raised extraordinary kids with visual impairments.
Tech Standards for Students with VIB: What's Happening
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How does your student/school/district's tech skills compare to others across the country?
Kodu-Programming as a Creative Medium
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Kodu, a visual programming tool used to teach basic coding with the use of blocks and pictures.

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This VoiceOver lesson covers the Rotor.
Image of Rotor Pinch fingers on an iPad and text, "VO Workbook: Rotor"
Accessibility Overview Workbook Series 2: Rotor
Bring reading to life with Novel Effect app!
Young boy with ear buds holding an iPad with text, "Interactive Stories"
Novel Effect App Review
Use the hundreds chart to teach students to find the missing number.
Photo of alligator action figure with braille/print "33" card in his mouth and text, "Alligator Crunch!"
Alligator Crunch: Missing Number
How to use the Zoom magnifier on iOS and iPad OS with low vision. Includes an overview of Zoom settings and how they are used.
Zoom Magnifier and Low Vision. www.veroniiiica.com
Zoom Magnifier and Low Vision
Use this simple template to share your student's needs with general ed teachers!
Vision at a Glance template: Google Doc with cute curly-head boy on a template with student data, vision, & modifications
Vision at a Glance Template
Is there a VoiceOver command that you do not like and want to change? Here is how!
Cartoon image of hand pressing Home Button and text, "Create New VoiceOver Gestures"
Changing VoiceOver Commands in iOS 13
Turn your emerging braille student into a braille wizard!
Black witch's caldron with green bubbles and text, "Contraction magic".
Contraction Magic: A Bewitching Way of Teaching Braille Contractions
Assistive technology considerations for people who have fluctuating eyesight or changing vision.
Assistive Technology for Fluctuating Eyesight. www.veroniiiica.com
Assistive Technology for Fluctuating Eyesight
Interested in STEM careers? Hear what these successful professionals have to say!
Pairs of cartoon characters with speech bubbles above each pair and text, "Succeeding in STEM: Call
Accessing and Succeeding in STEM Courses: Call
Coding concept games are navigating through a maze; how can students with visual impairments access digital mazes?
Screenshot of CodeQueest app, with a path through 3x5 maze and text, "Teaching CodeQuest"
Teaching the CodeQuest App to Students who are Visually Impaired
Most of the information we receive from the universe is invisible to the human eye. This post will get you started learning about electromagnetic radiation
Two high school students smiling and wearing sunglasses with a large puzzle piece with a wavy line in front of them
Accessible Astronomy: A tactile electromagnetic spectrum
Four areas to work on in 2020!
"2020" with fireworks in the background; text, "TVI/COMS Resolutions"
TVI and O&M Professional New Year's Resolutions
Do you have New Year's Tech Resolutions?
Image of notebook with 2019 New Year's Resolutions 1- 5, coffee cup and smart phone and text, "New Year's Tech Resolution"
New Year's Tech Resolutions
Transition advice and resources from successful college students who are blind!
Images of 3 logos (JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver) and 3 devices (iPhone, Brailliant 40 braille display, & Polaris braille notetaker)
Tech Skills for College Bound Students
Interesting article about the pros and cons of creating electronic long canes for travelers who are visually impaired.
Cartoon image of a person walking with a long cane with dark glasses and text, "Electronic Cane or Traditional Cane"
Electronic Canes and Traditional Canes
Practice reading comprehension skills with this fun twist on the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem.
Reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh through the starry night and text, "'Twas the Night Before: Comprehension"
'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Teaching Comprehension

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