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While looking for public fall-themed educational activities, I came across Kids Listen, podcasts for kids. Kids Listen is unique in that all the content is...
Updated August 2020
Using IPEVO for Remote Instruction
With many students starting the fall of 2020 with remote instruction, there is a critical need for...
HOW TO CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE FORMULA SHEET
In several of my math, statistics, and data science classes, the professor will provide a formula sheet for quizzes...
Updated 06.10.20 to include the recorded webinar!
About the Webinar
Are you a person with a visual impairment or blindness who would like to access online...
News by the Numbers: High-Contrast and Nonvisual Access to Data Representations
Remote-only workshop with Ed Summers, Director of Accessibility, SAS; and...
All students initially learn best through hands-on activities. Go into any early elementary classroom and observe students during math class using counting...
Are you interested in learning about accessible digital charts and graphs? SAS Graphics Accelerator is a free Chrome extension that enables users to access...
This semester, I discovered that I need some extra help with some of my data science coursework involving physics and statistics, so I went looking for online...
Update 9/4/2019
APH recently updated their APH Crossword web-browser game. There are several noteable updates, including:
Letters are larger - match the...
Sightlings - students with vision - are able to glance at a chart and instantly identify the trend and general information without exploring each data point....
The year is 2029 and global warming disaster scenarios have become real - temperatures have increased drastically, glaciers have melted and sea levels have...
Part of the SAS Accessibility Team recently taught this activity with students in the SAVVY Transition Program in North Carolina. This post is follows the...
Wolfram Alpha
According to the Wolfram Alpha website, “Wolfram Alpha is a unique online engine for computing answers and providing knowledge. It works by using...
In my short time as a vision teacher and assistive technology specialist, I have come to appreciate the vast lengths that developers have gone to in order to...
Periodic Table is defined as, "A table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties;...
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The objective of this activity is to teach your student how to create a specific type of line chart called a time series chart. The ability to...
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The objective of this activity is to teach your student how to quickly determine the shape and trend of a line chart. We do that by scanning the...
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The objective of this post is to teach your student how to create a simple bar chart and share it with their general education teacher. The post...
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Bar charts are used to compare individual values or measures of categorical data. The objective of this activity is to teach your student how to...
Hi, my name is Esteban and I’m currently a senior in high school. Over the summer, I attended a STEM camp for the blind and visually impaired in North Carolina...
Hey it’s Esteban, and thanks for watching my video tutorial. This second video describes how to use customize the Accelerator using the “options” menu. Enjoy...
EquatIO is a math extension that makes math digital. Type, handwrite, dictate, or simply copy a printed math equation; EquatIO converts these math equations...
Level Up is a summer camp in Wichita, Kansas where middle and high school students with visual impairments learn to use screen readers, magnification software...
I’ll never forget the time I superglued my hand to my desk.
I was attempting to make a tactile map and, having run out of Wikki Stix, I was using yarn or...
When assistive technology is integrated into the regular education classroom, students with low vision can access print materials to complete science projects...
How can students and life long learners access digital charts and graphs? SAS Graphics Accelerator is a free Chrome Extension that enables users with visual...
Top grades for lessons require labeling of your Excel graph. This lessons shows you how to do it quickly using a screen reader.
SoftSchools.com provides free online games, worksheets and quizzes on a variety of topics, all organized by grade level.
SoftSchools Topics
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Adorable Peep - a chick from Peep and the Big Wide World series - puts a new twist on the classic matching game! Instead of matching two identical items, turn...
NVDA 2018.1 software update includes considerable improvement when browsing with the latest FireFox version and support for more Braille displays. Students...
Classrooms are fully embracing technology in early elementary grades. Sighted kindergarten and first grade students might be drawing simple graphs and charts...
As an assistive technology student, I have encountered a lot of interesting assumptions and false information about what assistive technology is (read more...
In many high school and college science classes, students often encounter the Periodic Table. Typically, it is presented in an inaccessible format, with lots...
My second semester of freshman year in high school (which was in January 2012), I received approval to start using a laptop in the classroom. I had an IEP for...
One accessibility challenge that some of my Visually Impaired and blind students faced last school year was independent access to the same form of multiple...
Exciting STEM activities are embedded into elementary classrooms. Classroom kits, such as robotic kits, Arduinos and Makey Makey are introducing young students...
Graphing with Microsoft Excel and JAWS video.To move around the graph, you have two options. You could either click on the graph with your mouse. You could...
The next generation of graphing calculator - the Desmos app - is available at no cost! This app, which is accessible for users who are blind and visually...
Charts and graphs provide data in a visual representation; how can students with visual impairments in a digital classroom access the same visual information...
The classic LEGO bricks have now gone Hi-Tech in the classroom! Built on Common Core and state English Language Arts Standards, LEGO Education StoryStarter is...
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