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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...
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...
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...
A seventh game has been added to Accessibyte Arcade! Users can now play an accessible version of Rock, Paper, Scissors. This version is fully audible, highly...
As we all get ready to go back to school, especially with either the reality or potentiality of teaching virtually from a distance, many of us are having to...
Finding Solutions
Students in today's classrooms are using digital educational materials - especially now with remote instruction, online courses and virtual...
It's the Law!
As school is ending all across the country, this is a good time to take stock of what we accomplished this school year and what we want to...
Get #AllInTogether for Summer Reading
Are you looking for fun and EASY ways to keep your child or students learning this summer?
Bookshare’s #AllInTogether ...
"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...
Special Offer Ballyland Early Keyboarding Home Access License!
Ballyland Keyboarding for desktop and laptop computers is a unique software designed to enable...
We hope you will participate in a survey to help us better understand the challenges and successes students with visual impairments, including those with...
Vision providers all across the country are getting creative about providing remote instruction to students with visual impairments. One barrier some providers...
Background
Currently there are many students all across the United States with CVI recieving remote video instruction from classroom teachers and specialists...
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...
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...
When students with visual impairments attend school, their needs are different from the general population in several areas. As students transition into...
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in collaboration with SAS Institute, will host our annual STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities on...
Refreshable Braille Displays (RBD) are peripheral devices that display braille characters, usually be raising and lowering dots through holes in a flat surface...
Accessing the web is a critical component in today's classroom. WebAIM's goal is to help make the web more accessible to individuals with disabilities by...
UPDATE!!!! Space Camp 2019 Registration is now open! (May 3, 2019)
Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students (SCIVIS) is a week long camp held at...
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...
When I visited Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) to talk about assistive technology, I admit that I wasn't sure what to expect from a...
Lesson 1
Materials used: iPad
Objective: Student will know how to handle the iPad.
To begin, I started out with a discussion on how we handle the iPad. We...
This iBook is about animals and where they live (i.e. home, backyard, farm, etc.). Each page shows a different animal or location and plays sounds that...
Three years ago, my family and I were preparing for my high school graduation, which was mere days away- read more about graduation ceremonies for people with...
Grasshopper apps provide a variety of educational iOS apps created for students age four and up. Some of these apps are free while others have in-app...
This post is dedicated to S, who helps to advocate for acceptance, not just awareness for disabled friends
Whenever I speak at conferences or on panels, I...
A 'role model' is defined as a person who others admire and want to emulate. All students benefit from teachers and professionals who are role models. Students...
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...
The best advice my mom and I ever received about my disability accommodations was that we should transition to a 504 plan right before graduating from high...
As educators working with students who are visually impaired, we are very aware of accessibility issues, especially website accessibility. In recent years,...
Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading award winning children's books. These riveting video books are free! Teacher guides/...
In a cybersecurity class that I took, my professor talked about finding the balance between security and accessibility. It's nearly impossible to create a...
I've done posts on questions to ask when choosing a college (part one, part two), but it can be difficult to decide what colleges to tour in the first place....
Siri is a built-in "intelligent assistant" that enables Apple device users to speak commands to operate their device and to interact with apps. Siri is often...
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017.
10:00 am - 2:00 pm.
The STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities is an annual educational event where attendees meet role...
A 'smart home' is a home equipped with appliances, lighting, heating/air conditioning, camera systems, security systems, etc. that can be monitored and...
I love my Amazon Echo Dot (I have a review on it here). I use it easily thirty times a day as a talking clock, as a news source, for telling me the weather,...
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