Orientation and Mobility Posts
EyeNote vs. MoneyReader
This post contains a video demonstration and comparison of two money reading apps.
Earplay: Interactive Audio Stories iOS app
Part casual game, part interactive audiobook, Earplay is a new kind of immersive audio storytelling.
Painting a picture of the World Through Sound: BlindSquare video
Video of a young student traveling indenpendently using a cane and the BlindSquare app.
Transloc Transit App with Low Vision Students: O&M Lesson
Using Transloc Transit App with low vision students to identify a familiar or unfamiliar destination stop and pull chord to signal for bus to stop
OverTHERE: Explore and Interact with the surrounding environment, iOS app
Want to know what is "over there"? Use the OverTHERE iOS app to find out!
Blind Abilities Podcast: Who won the race?
Blind Abilities interview with Project Starfish after their successful completion of the first ever Blindfold Racer Championship.
BlindWays: a crowdsourced bus stop location app
Navigate directly to a bus stop using the BlindWays iOS app.
Using iOS Tracing Apps: Part 2, O&M
Orientation and Mobility related tracing, scanning and tracking activities to compensate for blindspots.
O&M Safety: Do Not Disturb iOS Feature
Using the Do Not Disturb feature during O&M lessons to avoid text, email and phone call distractions.
Portable Speaker for O&M Instruction
Safety reasons for using a portable mini-speaker, such as the August MS315, during O&M lessons.
Piggy in the Middle: An O&M Spatial Concept Lesson
O&M lesson that teaches spatial concepts to a low vision student whose not a native English speaker.
3-D Tactile Maps
Review of 3-D tactile map making software available online through a site called Touch Mapper.
How to use Apple Pay on the web with Safari in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra
Learn how to use Apple Pay and strategies for incorporating Apple Pay into O&M lessons.
Becoming a Hi-Tech Orientation and Mobility Specialist
Tips and resources on how to incorporate technology into orientation and mobility lessons for all types of O&M students.
Using BlindSquare Simulation Mode to Create Tactile/Visual Maps
Use BlindSquare Simulation Mode to help students create maps of a location.
Using the Notability app for Orientation and Mobility lessons with Younger Students with Low Vision
Using the Notability app for Orientation and Mobility lessons with Younger Students with Low Vision
HI-Tech O&M Progress Reports
Technology can be used to create quick video snapshots to record progress of O&M skills.
BlindSquare Readiness Lesson: Chalk, Walk, and Talk
O&M lesson that teaches concepts of 'clock face directions' and the meaning of the term 'yards'.
Using the APH Sound Source to Teach Street Crossings
The APH sound source can be used to help students learn the skill of aligning for a street crossing using the sound of parallel traffic.