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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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Here is a fun acorn lesson plan - perfect to do before Back-to-School Night!
Image of a cartoon acorn and text, "Going Nuts about a New School Year"
Going Nuts about a New School Year
Browse the web more efficiently with these new keyboard shortcut commands!
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New Internet Keyboard Commands for iPad OS
What can TVIs learn from this survey?
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WEbAIM Screen Reader User Survey #8 Results
Code Jumper, an accessible coding game, will be available internationally!
Code Jumper pods connected to a hub with an Android tablet displaying the Code Jumper programming app & text, "Code Jumper"
Code Jumper: APH and Humanware International Partners
In the final post of the note-taking series, demonstrations of scanning and note-taking applications for the Android environment are provided.
Screenshot of CamScanner app with text, "Note-taking Applications Part 4: Android"
Note-taking Applications Part 4: Android
An awesome volunteer opportunity, learn how to describe YouTube videos for the blind with YouDescribe.
How o Create Audio Description for YouTube with YouDescribe. www.veroniiiica.com
How to Create Audio Description for YouTube with YouDescribe
The popular Ballyland Magic app is now available in Spanish!
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Ballyland Mágico
Encouraging a student to independently learn more and explore her tech!
BrailleSense Polaris braille notetaker with a 32-cell refreshable braille display, Perkin’s style keyboard & LCD displa
BrailleSense Polaris: Using the Polaris as a Refreshable Braille Display with JAWS
Quest, an application for creating text game adventures
The Quest text game creation software logo
Quest
A review of 5 of the most common screen readers for persons who may know little about screenreaders but need some insights.
Collage picture of person using computer, headphones Screenreader title and JAWS logo
Screenreader Comparisons
Make changes in a "pinch"!
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Editing Text iOS and iPadOS 13
Please provide YOUR valuable insight on tactile graphics to Pearson - this information will benefit daily classroom work, not just assessments!
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Tactile Graphics Study
Accessible version of the Little Puppy is Lost book.
Cover page of the book "Little Puppy is Lost" is with a golden retriever puppy laying in the grass.
Digital Book for First Grade Dual Media Learner
Expanding your O&M lessons with this fun activity for non-traditional O&M students.
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Audio Memos App and WH Questions
Here is a new tool for producing braille materials quickly!
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BrailleBlaster: Free braille transcription software
Quick and easy self-calculating data sheets
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Data Collection Made Easy

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