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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...
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...
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...
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...
Section 7: Font Adjustment
In this workbook series we will learn how to access basic accessibility features on a mobile device running iOS (iPad/iPhone). ...
For remote instruction, my student with multiple disabilities and CVI receives materials via Google Classroom. Service providers post short videos of fine...
At the time of the writing of this post, there are a lot of people at home from work and school. Because of this stability, people are looking for ways to...
Classroom teachers are working hard to transition to remote instruction, including converting print worksheets to digital materials that can be shared on...
As a college student studying data science, I have to have a basic understanding of different subjects and topics so that I can better understand the data I am...
Section 6: Zoom
In this workbook series we will learn how to access basic accessibility features on a mobile device running iOS (iPad/iPhone). Today’s lesson...
Educators are being asked to prepare lesson plans for virtual instruction due to the Coronavirus threat. Yesterday, entire states have been proactive and have...
In my O&M lessons, as my students can attest, I usually try to cram in as many different skills as I can in order to maximize our time together. This...
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...
When my friend first got an iPad, their first question to me was about how to use Apple’s Zoom screen magnification tool so that they could use their iPad with...
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...
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...
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...
iOS 12 focused on "under the hood" features. iOS 13, however, is ". . . easily the most power-user-focused iOS update that we have seen in the history of the...
I’ve always had low vision. I never knew anything different, and frankly I think a lot of the experiences I had as a young woman with low vision shaped who I...
The other day, my friend and I were talking about our favorite apps on our iPads, which led to another discussion about how I arrange my iPad homescreen so...
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...
As my secondary students approach the age of 21, I am exposing them to more and more apps and resources that they will need to live full, high quality lives as...
A few semesters ago, I had to switch around a bunch of my classes. I went through my school's class database and made notes of the new classes I wanted to take...
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...
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...
A couple of months ago, I discovered the Hopscotch app on an elementary school iPad. At first, I wasn't sure what the app was supposed to do, but it seemed to...
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...
For students with progressive loss who are buying into the concept of using low vision devices and crafting their skill of learning to Zoom or Magnify. I have...
As an Assistive Technology Specialist and Teacher of the Visually Impaired, I am regularly perusing apps geared towards students that are 0-7 years old...
AppleVis is always a wonderful resource for all things Apple. A recent blog post, New Features, Changes, and Accessibility Bugs in macOS Mojave for Blind and...
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