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Bigger is Not Always Better; Understanding Magnification
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When is too much magnification detrimental? Is there an alternative?
Create Books for Students with Visual Impairments Using Tactile Materials
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Books are for everyone!
Teaching VoiceOver Gestures: 2-Finger Tricks and Tips
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Try these tried and true tips when learning VoiceOver gestures or when teaching students/adults 2-finger gestures.

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Learn how to access podcasts on your preferred device!
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Podcast? What is that?
This article is the second in a three part series featuring ways for students to access classroom materials at a distance.
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From a Distance Part 2: Distance Video Magnification Options
How to choose a desktop background or wallpaper with old contrast for low vision users.
Choosing Wallpapers and backgrounds with low vision. www.veroniiiica.com
Choosing Wallpapers and Backgrounds with Low Vision
Recent newsflash about braille displays available through APH Quota Funds.
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Update: Orbit Reader is available through APH
Teach coding concepts and math concepts using familiar stories. This activity focuses on teaching grid skills, choosing the shortest route and numbering.
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Coding Concepts #2: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Are you a BrailleNote user? Join this group!
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BrailleNote User Group
eSchool News article about the impact of accessible digital tools for students with visual impairments.
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Mainstream Education Reporting on Educational Needs of Students with Visual Impairments
How I learned to navigate my internship building with and without my blindness cane and human guides.
How I learned to navigate my internship building with low vision. www.veroniiiica.com
How I Learned to Navigate My Internship Building With Low Vision
A brief examination of a couple of websites that offer accessible, online text only games.
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Text Game Adventures
Have you tried these tech tools in the classroom?
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5 Great Ways to Use EdTech for Students with Visual Impairments
A curriculum to build the knowledge of educators, human services, families, and transit regarding transportation education and travel instruction.
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Transportation Education Curriculum
This article is the first in a three-part series featuring ways for students to access classroom materials at a distance.
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From a Distance Part 1: Take a Picture, It Lasts Longer
Have you tried these accessible digital images?
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Vital: Exploring Accessible Digital Graphics
How my friends and I organize our iPad home screens with folders, pages and varying levels of sight.
How I arrange my iPad homescreen. www.veroniiiica.com
How I arrange my iPad Homescreen
Once you have opened up a program, you will want to know how to navigate around its menu bars.
Graphic of title text: JAWS Topics: Navigating Menu Bars
JAWS Topics: Navigating Menu Bars
Directly copy and paste files from Google Drive to the internal drive on the BrailleSense Polaris.
Photo of BrailleSense Polaris braillenotetaker with a 32-cell refreshable Braille Display,Perkin's style keyboard.
BrailleSense Polaris: May 2019 Firmware update

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