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After several weeks of distance learning, I have made note of the things that can be done to enhance the learning experience for our students with visual...
Updated August 2020
Using IPEVO for Remote Instruction
With many students starting the fall of 2020 with remote instruction, there is a critical need for...
Finding Solutions
Students in today's classrooms are using digital educational materials - especially now with remote instruction, online courses and virtual...
Assistive Tech for The Win!
Up to this point, the content we’ve put out on this blog page has mostly about cooking. However, our wonderful meal kit delivery...
HOW TO CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE FORMULA SHEET
In several of my math, statistics, and data science classes, the professor will provide a formula sheet for quizzes...
Students with visual impairments and blindness are successfully using technology in the classroom and it is exciting to see how technology has a positive...
When I first started exploring the world of assistive technology, I found myself getting frequently overwhelmed with how many different items were available...
Assistive Technology for Fluctuating Eyesight
When I was in middle school, I noticed that it was easier to read text early in the morning compared to later...
Freedom Scientific has recently released a series of JAWS and Google suite video tutorials. These video tutorials are in addition to their previous JAWS...
When are mainstream students being introduced to technology - specifically computers? In 2005, the U.S. Department of Education reported that 67% of nursery...
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...
In one of the data science computer labs on my college campus, the default operating system is CentOS, a well-known Linux distribution. While a lot of my...
A few weeks ago, my friend had noticed that I was using a large turquoise green mouse pointer on my Windows 10 computer, and asked me a few questions about...
When a student becomes frustrated expressing their ideas in writing in their primary learning medium and it has negative implications on learning and their...
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...
Developers continuously work on improving their software. Windows 10 (May 2019 release) has numerous accessibility improvements including:
Bigger, brighter...
Note: Please check out other articles in this series:
From a Distance Part 1: Take a Picture it Lasts Longer
From a Distance Part 3: Screen Sharing Options
In...
Sam is a tech support agent at the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk, where he answers calls from customers who are blind or have low-vision calling through the...
I had the pleasure of presenting at the 2019 DC/MD annual AER conference. My presentation focused on common issues that TVIs and service providers faced when...
Background
My 3rd grade student uses a large screen Chromebook and she is learning to use keyboard commands and adjust accessibility settings. Chromebooks...
Zoomtext is a screen magnifier for Microsoft Windows - available for PCs and Macs - developed by Ai Squared. ZoomText is available in two editions: ZoomText...
One of the key philosophies I hold is that I should teach my students to use AT solutions that are easily attainable after they graduate from high school. The...
Hi! My name is Tyler Sheft. Today I would like to tell you about what might just be one of the BIGGEST accessibility updates Microsoft has made to Windows in...
It's no secret that I love my Surface laptop for college. Recently, a growing number of my friends who have low vision have started to use MacBooks in the...
Yesterday, a close friend of mine gave me a handwritten card. They were worried at first that I would have trouble reading it, as they weren't sure if there...
Windows 10 Insiders share information about Windows 10 Build 18298 and the upcoming major Windows 10 upgrade. Windows Insiders is a program for Windows users...
I've been working towards learning more about programming and coding languages outside of the classroom, because I want to stand out more when applying for...
Today is a special day, because thousands of students from all around the world are going to be introduced to computer science for the first time with Hour of...
In the middle of the night on November 14th, 2016, I started a website called Veronica With Four Eyes and published my first ten posts about free and low cost...
COMPUTER LAB ACCOMMODATIONS FOR LOW VISION STUDENTS
While it wasn’t officially written as part of my IEP accommodations, my teachers and I worked together to...
Since the start of my freshman year at my university, I have taken over a dozen online classes- read more about why and how in my post about virtual college...
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired has created iFocus videos - short and easy-to-follow videos on on the accessibility features of Apple...
There is an update coming available later today that will be pushed to all MATT Connect devices. This software update will introduce a three-interface set up:...
Hi, my name is Esteban and I’m currently a senior in high school. Over the summer, I attended a STEM camp for the blind and visually impaired in North Carolina...
WebAIM conducted its first survey of users with low vision in 2013. Their second survey is available for completion by September 30, 2018. These surveys are...
Level Up is a summer camp in Wichita, Kansas where middle and high school students with visual impairments learn to use screen readers, magnification software...
When assistive technology is integrated into the regular education classroom, students with low vision can access print materials to complete science projects...
When I went to St Louis, I had the opportunity to attend a St Louis Cardinals MLB baseball game on one of the nights while I was there. While the weather was...
The first evening of summer, the song “Here Comes the Sun” popped into my head, as I reflected over the school year and the progress one of my student’s has...
Because I work with students who are visually impaired, when I think about accessibility options on a Mac computer, I initially jump to VoiceOver - Apple's...
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