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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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Sam shares his story about being a tech support agent.
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Be My Eyes: Microsoft Tech Support Story
Information on how to add enhanced voices in schools that do not allow in-app purchases.
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Adding Voices to VoiceDream Reader using VPP
My proposed outline for a website that supports students with vision impairments in pursuing higher education.
Seeing the Future: A Proposed Resource for Students with Vision Impairments. www.veroniiiica.com
Seeing the Future: A Proposed Resource for Students with Vision Impairments
This fun cause-and-effect app c es of s animal names, sounds and and basic tech skills.
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Laugh and Learn Animal Sounds App Review
Are you using podcasts as a learning tool?
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Podcasts About or For People with Visual Impairments
Teach coding concepts with this fun hands-on coding activity!
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Egg Carton Unplugged Coding Activity
Eight things I'm glad my TVI did to help me prepare to attend a four-year college, and the weird ways they helped me to prepare for anything.
Eight things I am glad my TVI taught me about transition. www.veroniiiica.com
Eight Things I'm Glad My TVI Taught Me About Transition
SoundBible.com offers free and royalty free sound effects for download in either wav or mp3 format.
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Soundbible
Ten things that I wish my teacher of the visually impaired would have taught me about transitioning to a four-year college with low vision.
Ten things I wish my TVI taught me about transition. www.veroniiiica.com
Ten Things I Wish My TVI Taught Me About Transition
Current bug-work around and strategies for overcoming software bugs.
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BrailleSense Polaris: Copying and Pasting Files and Folders
The third in a series that describes a variety of braille displays, pointing out the advantages of each unit. This article features the HIMS Braille Edge.
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So Many Braille Displays, Which One is Right for My Student: Part Three
Try this accessible coding activity with your students!
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Coding Club Activity: SAS CodeSnaps and Sphero Robot
How are your students with visual impairments accessing classroom materials?
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Survey: Accessing Materials in General Education Classrooms
There is a new OCR scanner in town!
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Voice Dream Scanner: OCR App
Finding solutions to common technology problems facing Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments.
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I Have VI Technology, Now What?
Here are accessible ePub books for beginning readers!
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Accessible Digital Kindergarten Books

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