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Kids Listen: Free Podcasts for Kids!
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Cool podcasts for kids - including educational podcasts and activities!
Braille Note Touch Plus Resource Guide
photo: hands on a BralleNote Touch Plus with app icons flying up. Text, "BrailleNote touch Plus: A comprehensive Resource Guide"
Everything you need to know about the Braille Note Touch!
Psyched for STEAM: Coding Activities
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Detailed lesson plans for STEAM activities using CodeSnaps app and Sphero robotic ball!

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Remote instructional video for parents and accessible book for students with CVI.
Cover page of Ocean Animals ePub with swimming dolphin, red speaker icon and text, "CVI-friendly ePub and PDF"
Adapted Ocean Animal Book for Student with CVI
Sonokids is offering a COVID-19 discount to the Paths to Technology Community!
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Ballyland Keyboarding Software: Special Offer!
Try these physical activities before introducing SAS Graphics Accelerator Maps to students with visual impairments!
Silhouette of a boy pointing with a straight arm and text, "Activities that Build Digital Map Skills"
Activities that Build Digital Map Skills
Take a minute to read about the four fabulous student chefs who will be sharing their stories exploring AT, practicing the ECC, and more in the kitchen!
Photo collage of Cooking Without Looking logo, Hello Fresh bag, Dinnerly bag & tray of food being pulled out of the oven
Cooking without Looking: Meet the Chefs!
Learn how to use accessible digital maps to take a virtual campus tour.
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SAS Accessibility Webinar: Exploring Accessible Campus Maps
Learn how students can access teacher-created custom maps & intro to understanding the maps.
Screenshot of .html map file being uploaded into SAS Graphics Accelerator. Text "Student uploading accessible SASGA maps".
SAS Graphics Accelerator Maps: Student Uploading and Accessing Maps
Learn how to use free apps to create engaging digital content for students with CVI!
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Creating Engaging Adapted CVI-Friendly Books with Nothing but Free Apps and an iPad
Support students' pathways to success through this facilitated approach that empowers the student to lead the team.
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Person-Centered Planning: Perkins eLearning Summer Course
Want to improve your travel skills? Now is the time to try BlindSquare!
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BlindSquare EVENT: A special FREE offer!
High school math can be challenging - you can help by completing this survey!
Cartoon woman holding up a checklist with text, "Math Survey".
Survey: High School math education for students with visual impairments
Set yourself and your low vision student up for success when working with Chromebooks!
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Chromebook and Low Vision: Maximizing Success
Create customized tactile maps using Touch Mapper!
3D printed map of NIU with sidewalks, roads and buildings around Graham Hall and text, "Touch Mapper: 3D Printed Maps"
How to Create 3D Printable Maps Using Touch Mapper
Grant Hardy, Broadcast Presenter for Accessible Media, Inc., is interviewed by Christian.
Cartoon image of a girl holding a microphone and text, "It's My Job Podcast #9: Grant Hardy"
It's My Job Podcast #9
Have tech-related questions?
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Tuesday Tea with AT
Teaching number line concepts has never been easier or more fun!
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Cosmic Numbers: Accessible Number Line App Semester 2
My favorite no-tech solutions for drawing graphs and creating charts with low vision and dysgraphia-no screens required.
No-tech solutions for drawing graphs with low vision and dysgraphia. www.veroniiiica.com
No-Tech Solutions for Drawing Graphs with Low Vision and Dysgraphia

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