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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...
Young students are being introduced to technology way before kindergarten. Students who are blind and low vision often access teacher-created books and...
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...
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...
The National Homework Hotline for Blind and Visually Impaired students (NHH-BVI) was created in response to the school closures due to COVID. (See Homework...
Alphabet books are among a child's first exposures to read aloud books and are important first steps to reading. Students with visual impairments should also...
Emerging readers should have access to fun digital books - just like their peers! The books can be read aloud to the student, the student can listen to the...
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...
Teachers are buzzing about APH's new beginning braille letter app, BrailleBuzz! This is a sister app to the popular stand-alone BrailleBuzz toy. Both games...
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...
Emerging readers should be flooded with interesting books and these books should be available in various formats! Preschoolers love to do the same activity...
During the Perkins Non-Visual Digital Map workshop, orientation and mobility specialists learned how to create, use and apply non-visual digital map skills....
Farm vehicles are essential to keep a farm moving (pun intended). They sound, feel, look and ride differently from each other. Let’s explore a variety of farm...
Kids and adults love to learn and experience life on the farm. This book is about 12 farming terms used on the farm or within a farm building. I learned the...
Remote instruction activities can be challenging for young students to sit through. We know that early elementary students have trouble sitting still in class...
This time of remote instruction has been difficult for our students, families, and teachers. I am trying desperately to meet the needs of my students the best...
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Students in today's classrooms are using digital educational materials - especially now with remote instruction, online courses and virtual...
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...
Get #AllInTogether for Summer Reading
Are you looking for fun and EASY ways to keep your child or students learning this summer?
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UPDATE! The ABC's of iOS manual is currently available FREE for everyone during COVID-19!
Are you a parent or teacher of a toddler, preschooler, or...
It seems that many teachers and educational administrators’ daily lives now consist of a substantial amount of time researching and testing technological...
The initial post, Six Cool Games that can be Played on Zoom, was a huge success! More than 2,000 educators/families read this post the first week it was...
We are now offering two live webinars every day - one focused on Orientation & Mobility skills and Assistive Technology skills, and another focused on...
During COVID-19 school closures, Amazon has made their books and audio stories for children and students of all ages FREE - no subscription! Books can be...
Update: 4/8/20 Word Melodies version 1.0.1 is now available in Google Play as well as in the App Store. This new release fixed the bugs mentioned below.
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Read all about Crosby, a seven month old Golden Retriever in training with the Wildcat Service Dog Program in Lexington, Kentucky. After a year of training in...
To help students with visual impairments during this crisis, ObjectiveEd is providing free access to their digital curriculum to schools and teachers to use...
It is often believed that students who are visually impaired have heightened senses to help compensate for the vision loss. Teachers of the Visually Impaired (...
All students need to learn to use commas and have opportunities to practice using commas. Quite often braille students who are pulled out for language arts,...
Book Creator is a simple tool that educators, family members, and students frequently use to create fun digital books. Book Creator's latest update included...
As educators, finding good children’s books is essential to developing literacy in students. The Epic! app allows educators to provide students access to...
My student has been learning to read high frequency words in braille and alphabetic word signs. She’s had the greatest success reading teacher created...
Dual Media is the traditional term for students with visual impairments who have the ability to read print and braille. Some dual media students prefer print (...
Music and sound effects play at just the right time as you read APH's The Littlest Pumpkin tactile book, bringing the book to life! Accompanying sound effects...
As educators, it is important to make literary experiences as interactive and valuable for the students that we work with. With that in mind, the Novel Effect ...
"Yikes - it is almost winter break and what simple gift can I give to my students with visual impairments?!" This question keeps popping up and as teachers of...
In first grade, my student has been learning to visually read lists of sight words. In braille, she practices reading some of the same high frequency words, as...
If you have attend a conference in the last year or so, you have probably met Marty Schultz, founder of the Blindfold apps and co-founder of ObjectiveEd. Marty...
This month, my student and I created a book about what she is a thankful for using the Book Creator app on an iPad. My student dictated the sentences for the...
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