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Sonification is the use of non-speech audio to convey information or perceptualize data. In a nutshell, sounds have meaning. For decades, sonification has been...
Digital math. (sigh) If you are a teacher of the visually impaired, your first experiences trying to teach math concepts with digital resources was probably...
Your student is transitioning to college or you have an incoming college student who needs orientation to a large college campus. Time is limited and the...
TVIs - our mission is to help our students learn math and to love learning math! What mainstream, approved digital math tools are you teaching your students?...
Zoom meetings have become the "new normal" for businesses and for classes. Scribe for Meetings is a new tool that enables the meeting host to upload PowerPoint...
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...
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...
You found a map in the new Map Library on Paths to Technology - but what if you want to make some changes to the map? The university maps are detailed; a...
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...
When creating orientation and mobility lessons, O&Ms should carefully consider the goal(s) of each lesson and the current lesson. As an O&M, my mission...
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...
This post was updated on July 3, 2020.
Summary
This post explains how to create non-visual digital maps that contain points of interest such as intersections...
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...
Update 6/18/20: The recording of the Exploring Accessible Campus Maps Using SAS Graphics Accelerator webinar is now available!
This spring has been challenging...
O&Ms are off and running with the new non-visual maps, especially during this challenging time of remote O&M instruction! Now that you are ready to...
Since I lost my vision, I have not had access to maps. It is true that I get my hands on a good tactile map from time to time. However, those instances are...
Victor is a high school senior who will be attending Elon University for a week this summer for the Odyssey Scholars program and will start full time in the...
Research Triangle Park is one of the largest high-tech research and development centers in the US and is a model for research, innovation, and economic...
How are YOU handling the high O&M needs for your soon-to-graduate high school student who is transitioning to college? Ideally, this student would have...
SAS Graphics Accelerator recently released the ability to create and access customized digital maps using their cutting-edge software. With the current school...
Update: The recording of the webinar and the related resources are now available on the SAS website here.
I’m a blind professional. I lost my vision about 15...
In times like this in society, the visually impaired community needs a way to remain socially distant yet a way to communicate with people in their daily lives...
Since our state has moved to remote learning while all public schools are closed for a minimum of three weeks because of the Coronavirus, students have had to...
News by the Numbers: High-Contrast and Nonvisual Access to Data Representations
Remote-only workshop with Ed Summers, Director of Accessibility, SAS; and...
As a vision teacher/Orientation & Mobility Specialist working for a private non-profit agency, I have had the opportunity to work with several virtual...
When I first started exploring the world of assistive technology, I found myself getting frequently overwhelmed with how many different items were available...
My university uses a virtual learning and course management system called Blackboard, which houses all of the assignments and information about my classes,...
My colleague, Adrienne Shoemaker and I completed a presentation at the NEAER Conference in New Hampshire this past November titled Tech Skills for the College...
Yesterday, I received a phishing attempt in my email that was telling me about a file that someone had shared with me. The email asked me to click on a link to...
When students with visual impairments attend school, their needs are different from the general population in several areas. As students transition into...
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...
Are you interested in learning about accessible digital charts and graphs? SAS Graphics Accelerator is a free Chrome extension that enables users to access...
This year, my student wanted to learn how to connect her Polaris to her Windows laptop with JAWS to use it as a braille display.
I downloaded the correct...
This semester, I discovered that I need some extra help with some of my data science coursework involving physics and statistics, so I went looking for online...
Microsoft To-Do is an intelligent task management app that makes it easy to plan and manage your day. As educators - especially itinerant TVIs and COMS - it is...
This is the second post in the screen reader for low vision series. The first post, Screen Reader for Low Vision Students? Includes common indicators that a...
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...
Students who have functional vision should certainly use their vision and - when appropriate - low vision tools. For educational tasks, some students with low...
Sightlings - students with vision - are able to glance at a chart and instantly identify the trend and general information without exploring each data point....
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