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Gus the Ghost and Thanksgiving Poem: Reading Comprehension Activities
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Improve reading comprehension with this twisted holiday poem!
Apple Pay
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How to make shopping easier and safer!
Learning Numeric Keypad Layout: Activities
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Touch typing should include the numeric keypad; does your student know and use the ten-key?
Missing Accelerate Button: Non-Visual Digital Maps
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Here is a workaround if your Google Map is missing the Accelerate button.
Google Classroom using NVDA/JAWS Part 4
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Step-by-step video tutorial series for educators, students and families!
Pittsboro Map Lessons: Getting Started
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New to non-visual digital maps? Use this simplified map to get started!
Crowd Sourced Lesson Library
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Need a lesson or have a lesson to share? Check out the Lesson Library!
ObjectiveEd: Wayfinding App
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Try this motivating app to teach orientation and mental mapping skills!
Concept Development: Putting ORIENTATION back into O&M
Image of 3 year old Victor with procane by large red cement Target ball and Victor college freshman sitting on campus.
Does your student have a full toolbox of ORIENTATION skills?
Google Classroom using NVDA/JAWS Part 3
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Step-by-step video tutorial series for educators, students and families!
Battle of the Tools!
Battle of the Tools Abacus vs. Paper cover page
Which is faster - Abacus or paper?
White Cane Day!
Kindergarten student walking on a sidewalk using a white cane and text, "White Cane Day!"
October 15 is White Cane Day - here is a poem that celebrates white canes!
ObjectiveEd: Auditory Awareness
Cartoon image of Jose in a swivel chair with headphones holding an iPad and Sara standing behind him. "Audio Astroid: O&M Game"
Learn how the Audio Astroid game teaches O&M concepts!
Google Classroom Using NVDA/JAWS Part 2
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Step-by-step video tutorial series for educators, students and families!
Format for Remote Instruction Lessons
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What formats work best and why?
Kids Listen: Free Podcasts for Kids!
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Cool podcasts for kids - including educational podcasts and activities!
Braille Note Touch Plus Resource Guide
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Everything you need to know about the Braille Note Touch!
Psyched for STEAM: Coding Activities
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Detailed lesson plans for STEAM activities using CodeSnaps app and Sphero robotic ball!
North Carolina Lighthouse Lesson: Elementary School
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Learn about lighthouses with this book and map lesson!
Concept Development: Own Your Real Estate
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Part 2 in an O&M concept development series.
Final Thoughts: A Student's Perspective
Graphic image: The ECC Final Thoughts, a Student's Perspective
Final thoughts about ECC skills.
Teams Tip: Efficient Navigation in Teams
Teams Tip: Efficient Navigation in Microsoft Teams
This blog post will cover some tips for efficient navigation throughout Microsoft Teams
Whittier Falls Housing Development Map and "Circle" Concepts
Cartoon drawing of two homes, street, sidewalk and parked bicycle.
Understanding the road name "circle" may actually represent various other shapes, such as a "U".
App List: Study Skills and Organizational Skills
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Helpful apps for students with learning disabilities - and appropriate for students with visual impairments too!
Using Blackboard Ally with Low Vision
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How to use the free built-in blackboard ally tool to get digital materials in accessible formats for students with print disabilities.
What Worked: Remote O&M instruction Ideas
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Here is a back to school list of remote O&M instruction ideas!
Vermont Farm Lesson: Elementary Student
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Farm lesson for elementary students which includes an accessible book, non-visual map, and activities!
Vermont Farm: Drawing Conclusions from an O&M Map
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Learn about a Vermont farm using a non-visual digital map!
Self-Determination: A Student's Perspective
Graphic: "The ECC Self-Determination, a Student's Perspective"
Emma shares her thoughts about the ECC area of self-determination.
Virtual Learning Tips for Visually Impaired Learners
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How to make gen ed classroom materials accessible for students with low vision during remote learning.
Career Education: A Student's Perspective
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Emma shares her thoughts about the ECC area of Career Education.
Ballyland Magic Plus App: VoiceOver Gestures
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Just released, this app now includes the split tap gesture!
ObjectiveEd: Hybrid O&M
Whiteboard drawing of cartoon O&M looking at the ObjectiveEd IEP clock analogy goal on her home computer.
How does a hybrid or distancing learning curriculum platform work for Orientation and Mobility?
It's My Job Podcast #11
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Singer/songwriter, author, and speaker Ginny Owens is interviewed by Elora
New Accessibyte Arcade Game: Rock, Paper, Scissors
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This classic game is now a easy-to-play computer game!
John's O&M Lesson 5: 3 Types of Communities
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Use a local map to learn about nearby urban, suburban, and rural communities
Recreation and Leisure: A Student's Perspective
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What does Emma have to say about the ECC area of Recreation and Leisure?
Editing a Non-Visual Digital Map from the Map Library
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How can I edit a map that I did not create?
John's O&M Lesson 4: Analyzing Map Data
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How can maps be used to encourage critical thinking? This lesson can be taught remotely!
Social Interaction Skills: A Student's Perspective
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Emma shares her thoughts about the ECC are of social interaction skills.
An Introduction to Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment
A student and her educational team head to class in the rain

Support the educational needs of students with Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)

Virtual Learning Starter Kit: Quick Assist
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Quick Assist provides a simple, free, built-in distance troubleshooting option for vision professionals and students who use Windows computers.
Accessibyte Online Platform and Remote Learning
Image of Accessibyte games: computer displaying Quick Cards, tablet with Typio and phones with Typio.
Have you tried these accessible educational games?
Teacher-Created Resource Library!
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Need free accessible digital materials? Check out Paths to Technology's new Resource Library!
John's O&M Lesson 3: Whole-to-Part Mental Map
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Teach your student to build a strong mental map of the whole area then fill in the details!
Independent Living Skills: A Student's Perspective
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Learn what Emma thinks about the ECC area, Independent Living Skills.
State Capitals Lesson: Non-Visual Digital Maps
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Can your student answer these social studies questions using the linked accessible map?
Remote Instruction using Seesaw for Dual Media Learner
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Strategies, games and activities: a combination of braille, magnification and tech for an emerging reader!
John's O&M Lesson 2: Learn about Streets
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Using non-visual digital maps to teach street concepts to an elementary student.
Apps That Teach VoiceOver Gestures
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Introducing VoiceOver to students? Check out these VoiceOver gesture teaching strategies and apps!

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