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This is the second post in a series of how to successfully teach 21st Century classroom skills by pairing tactile graphics with digital resources. In the first...
Math fact drills with a twist: APH's Math Robot app and it's humorous robot jokes! Students will laugh along with the "know-it-all" math robot and may even...
Macy, with Challenge Solutions, shares her tips and tricks on how she creates Keynote presentations on her iPad with VoiceOver. Challenge Solutions is a group...
This series is designed to show how a tablet (in this case an iPad, but the same is true with any tablet) can be used to systematically teach critical...
Are you teaching dictionary skills to your students? In third grade, the Common Core dictates that students learn to use glossaries or beginning dictionaries,...
Update: April 5, 2021
Ari's recent podcast covers the exciting topic, Video Games! Ari interviews Minecraft's Rebecca Gordius who shares the inside scoop,...
Hosted by APH ConnectCenter and the California School for the Blind, the free virtual National Coding Symposium will demonstrate how the world of coding,...
There are so many reasons why YOU (and your student!) should know how to check the accessibility of an app with a screen reader. Here are a few of the most...
National Technology Standards state that students are introduced to creating simple presentations (PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides) in first grade and...
Mainstream National Technology standards require students to add photos and images to documents and slide presentations, which is typically introduced in First...
Young students are being introduced to technology way before kindergarten. Students who are blind and low vision often access teacher-created books and...
How to Run Effective Web Searches
Over the years, I have had several awesome teachers and professors who have helped me learn how to write essays and...
National Chip and Dip Day is next Tuesday! (March 23rd)
I’m not gonna lie, it’s one of my favorite holidays. And it makes for some fun lessons with students. I...
Your public or private school student has the opportunity to participate in summer school or an event at your school for the blind. (It is anticipated that...
Squigz by Fat BrainToys are a fun multi-sensory toy that can help support many developmental skills. As a TVI, part of the job is to be creative in our...
In a previous VoiceOver teaching strategies post, we learned how to observe and analyze a preschool student who was being introduced to basic VoiceOver...
All students are introduced to simple tables in general education kindergarten classrooms in paper/pencil (or tactile) formats which quickly transition to...
Before you can teach your student to use an iPad running VoiceOver, YOU - the teacher - need to learn the basics. For many TVIs, just thinking about using a...
I am the developer of Speech Central, one of the leading text to speech apps on the App Store.
The aim of the app is to provide a very wide set of features at...
In the first post, Remote iPad Instruction with a Toddler: Luke, we followed 22 month old Luke through his first couple of months learning to use an iPad. In...
This article was initially published on the Sonokids website and is reposted on Paths to Technology with permission.
In November 2019, Sonokids created...
Teachers of students with visual impairments or blindness are responsible for teaching so many things. How do you prioritize what to teach when?
It used to be...
The pandemic changed traditional educational services for toddlers with visual impairments, but one dedicated mom and innovative preschool TVI created their...
Remote instruction can be challenging for all teachers, including teachers of students with visual impairments. Video meetings (e.g., Zoom meetings) tend to be...
Cash Reader is the perfect app for identifying currencies from all over the world. Just point your phone’s camera at the banknote you want to identify, and the...
Every young girl loves horses. In my family, horses are almost an obsession! This Horseback Riding Book has been created with horse-lovers in mind! When...
Have you ever wanted to learn more about New York City - known as the "city that never sleeps"? Here are two famous Big Apple areas: Union Square and...
Questions about Compass? Join us for a virtual info session on February 10.
We're now accepting applications for the 2021-22 session of Compass, our nine-month...
The accessibility of the iPhone and Android devices is improving all the time and has become truly remarkable. On the other hand, the accessibility of basic...
iPads are now an accepted tool in your TVI toolbox. You – the TVI – personally use tech daily for work and in your personal life. Your smart phone is your...
Taking Online English Classes with Low Vision
Over the last five years, I have had the opportunity to take two different online English classes and was able...
Some of us folks who are soundly middle aged can recall a time when finding planets outside our solar system was the stuff of science fiction. In 1995 the very...
TVIs - our mission is to help our students learn math and to love learning math! What mainstream, approved digital math tools are you teaching your students?...
Since the company was founded, it has strived to earn the support of the TVIs and O&Ms. By attending regional and nationwide conferences, holding scores of...
Zoom meetings have become the "new normal" for businesses and for classes. Scribe for Meetings is a new tool that enables the meeting host to upload PowerPoint...
The Math Melodies app is a FREE fully accessible math app created specifically for students who are blind or low vision. The app covers a wide range of math...
Students giggle as Squeaky rolls in the sand, slides through the mud, plays in paint and more! How dirty can Squeaky get? Stay Still Squeaky is a cute auditory...
Attention Parents and Teachers of budding astronomy geeks! Right now, there are blind/visually impaired astronomers, sound engineers, programmers, computer...
A new feature in JAWS 2021 is the native ability to read math content in Word documents. Below is what Freedom Scientfic writes:
JAWS and Fusion now supports...
Auditory Awareness is defined as a person's ability to perceive and make sense of what is going on around them through sound. Students who are visually...
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