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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...
The pandemic changed traditional educational services for toddlers with visual impairments, but one dedicated mom and innovative preschool TVI created their...
Do you have a student who uses a Freedom Scientific device? Showcase your student's success by entering him/her into this contest!
K-12 students in the United...
Update: The Lesson Library is now LIVE under the Paths to Technology Resource Library. Here is the direct link to the Lesson Library. Note: The Lesson Library...
Seesaw is an online platform that had been used by schools prior to COVID- 19 in New Hampshire to communicate with parents and share student work. Once schools...
How do you start teaching digital literacy skills to young students who are learning technology? Memorizing a list of commands is B-O-R-I-N-G!
How about...
For a variety of reasons, students who have functional vision are often resistant to using a screen reader. Should these students be introduced to a screen...
Alt Text description of book on the post's featured image: "Microsoft Word document displaying the image of the book cover Frank and Beanswith an alt text pane...
Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place every on March 2 - Dr. Seuss's birthday. Classrooms celebrate Dr. Seuss and his...
Beginning print and braille readers benefit from reading books with predictable text or repetitive text. A book with predictable text contains repetitive...
Preschool and kindergarten students have many opportunities to count items. Counting activities start with manipulatives and move to counting worksheets. In...
The challenge put forth to me was to create a mobility lesson while using a high tech app. Imagine my student, a 2 year old child who is totally blind trailing...
Fisher Price has created three free read and sing along nursery rhyme apps - perfect for babies, toddlers and preschoolers who are ready to interact with an...
My Desk is an iBook about what the writer does at their desk including their homework and playing with toys. Each page contains high contrast images and audio...
Many libraries have started providing eBooks for cardholders- read more about digital library resources here. While many eBook titles available are targeted at...
The Basics
In the past I have completed several blogs about the Book Creator app. However, about six months ago the developers created a web based version...
The world is filled with written word. I discovered this awesome tool to help my students bring words to voice with the touch of a wand. The wand is used to...
Feelif Creator is an adapted tablet (currently a Samsung Galazy Tablet) with special accessible apps that combine haptics (vibrations), sounds, an embossed...
Read aloud stories (video books) and QR codes is a popular way to turn students on to the joy of books. These stories are also a great opportunities to support...
Dedicated to beagle butt, who attended over 50 therapy dog reading programs and helped dozens of children be comfortable around dogs.
This week, a news story...
Just like their peers, young students with visual impairments and blindness are being introduced to technology at a very early age. Exposure to books -...
Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading award winning children's books. These riveting video books are free! Teacher guides/...
When do you start?
Now!
Everywhere you go, people are using technology to text, listen to music, watch a video, play a game, participate in social media,...
Welcome to the first blog in our Back to School with Bookshare series. Over the next two months, we will publish a series of blogs specifically designed to...
This iBook is about going to the beach! Using high contrast images and sounds, the writer talks about playing in the sand, laughing with friends, and throwing...
Journal writing is an activity that encourages students to become confident writers by giving students the opportunity to practice writing in safe environment...
The App Store and Google Play are full of educational apps geared for all levels of students. Mainstream classroom teachers are using these fun educational...
Recently I wanted to begin creating my own iBooks for some of my students with multiple disabilities who also had good use of their functional vision.
I...
Sonokids has just released an exciting new iOS app called VO Lab. This app is designed for 14+ to learn basic VoiceOver gestures. The app is interactive and...
Do you have a toddler, preschooler, kindergarten/early elementary student or student with multiple disabilities who is learning to use an iPad? The I Hear Ewe...
Author's note- Bookshare, a service that provides large print and Braille digital books for people with print disabilities worldwide, is currently in danger...
Students are learning to create PowerPoint (or the Apple equivalent, Keynote presentations) in early elementary school. Here are some simple PowerPoint themes...
Your VI students are using technology successfully, but are you and your general education teachers creating accessible materials? Learn how to create...
As TVIs, we tend to download and try various apps in hopes of finding one that fits our student’s needs in a more precise and pointed way. I have been using...
How do you keep students - especially young students - safe when they are doing online research? Can you prevent students from stumbling across inappropriate...
Dictation is a voice-to-text feature giving students the ability to talk to his/her device rather than type. Dictation is available anytime there is text...
What is the Kids A-Z App?
Many elementary schools have subscriptions to Reading A-Z, a resource that provides access to a wide variety of leveled books for...
"Listening vs. Reading" is a big debate as our classrooms become digital classrooms - especially for students with visual impairments and blindness. Is "...
Accessibility continues to remain a top priority with Apple; Apple kicked off the October "Hello Again" press event with a video highlighting built-in...
We are excited to announce two new sections on Paths to Technology!
Have questions about new features in iOS 10, TalkBack, NVDA, JAWS, Windows 10 and other...
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