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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...
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Students in today's classrooms are using digital educational materials - especially now with remote instruction, online courses and virtual...
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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"Accessible Places" is a new feature (May 2020) in Google Maps. This feature lists whether a location has an accessible entrance, seating, restrooms and...
For remote instruction, my student with multiple disabilities and CVI receives materials via Google Classroom. Service providers post short videos of fine...
Join the CyberSquad on a mission to repair the Super Railway after pieces of its track were stolen by the Villain Hacker. This game follows the CyberChase PBS...
Students are creating videos to use in multimedia presentations in early elementary school. While tech standards vary across the country, by 4th or 5th grade,...
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...
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...
Refreshable Braille Displays (RBD) are peripheral devices that display braille characters, usually be raising and lowering dots through holes in a flat surface...
I have recently been exploring the Cough Drop AAC app, available on Android and iOS, for several of my students who are both verbal with limited language...
I still remember that first picture book that I read - ok, memorized - as a preschooler. I read that book over and over again, to myself, to mom and dad, my...
The new Voice Access provides hands-free access for Android, enabling users to navigate, compose and edit text, along with additional interactions, such as "...
The Smyle Mouse enables people with physical disabilities to control and interact with their computer or tablet using small head movements and facial...
An adaptive switch enables a person who is physically challenged to activate assistive technology devices in their environment. There are a variety of...
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...
Open Sesame is an app that enables users to control and interact with an Android smart phone or tablet using simple head movements. Users who are unable to use...
A 'smart home' is a home equipped with appliances, lighting, heating/air conditioning, camera systems, security systems, etc. that can be monitored and...
Written for Paths to Technology by Richard Chan
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter says: “The mobile phone is the hyperlink of humanity.”
While the majority of...
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...
Skoog is a musical instrument that anyone can play! Music and creating music draws and intrigues children; however, most musical instruments can be...
In my last post on my Favorite Cause and Effect Switch Apps for Students with Visual Impairments, I mentioned 5 of my favorite apps that are switch accessible...
As a Teacher of the Visually Impaired working with students ages 5-14 that are multiply impaired in a school with an adapted curriculum, I really appreciate...
The WebSonora app is designed to enable users to easily search the Internet using voice commands and a simplified interface. Once the app is opened, simply...
How can a student with limited mobility use a smart phone, tablet or computer? One option is the Tecla Shield, a small, portable device that is used by...
Do you work with a student who is visually impaired and in a wheelchair? Here are five must-have apps recommended for people who use a wheelchair followed by...
Digital Literacy is defined as the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring...
Learn how to make an Android's home screen more accessible for a user with low vision by making the icons bigger and how to change the background color scheme...
Bookshare, the online accessible library that is free for all U.S. students with a qualifying print disability such as blindness, low vision, a physical...
After taking the Hi-Tech O&M professional development class taught by Diane Brauner and Ed Summers through Perkins eLearning, I realized that the...
Unite for Literacy has a mission: to provide a world where all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their languages and cultures and...
Automate your house using a IFTTT program. If This Then That is a recipe that when an identified trigger happens, then a certain action will be performed. ...
AbilityNet provides easy step-by-step instructions on how to change accessibility settings on computers, tablets and mobiles to enable users with visual...
Working with students may put your tablet at risk from gooey fingers, germs and other potential slimy things, especially if you work with very young students...
Book Creator is a simple way to create e-books, right on your tablet! Add text, pictures, video and music, and even record your own voice. Choose a pen tool...
This video created by Samsung, showcases the built-in accessibility features including settings and gestures - on Samsung smartphones or smart TVs. These...
Google Docs has learned a new trick: Voice Typing, the ability to recognize spoken words and commands. Now, Google Docs via Chrome, can edit and format...
Google has launched Vision Settings, which will allow users to control specifications such as magnification, font size, display size and TalkBack on their...
Google has introduced a way for select users to edit documents using their voice. If you use the Chrome web browser with Google Docs, you can speak formatting...
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