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9 More than Core Virtual Academies: Game On! and Geography Smash!
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These amazing virtual academies are available to students everywhere!
It's My Job Podcast #2: Dr. Cynthia Bennett
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Dr. Cynthia Bennette, postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, is interviewed by Sienna.
Objective Ed: How it works
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Learn how to get started with Objective Ed, a fully accessible digital curriculum for students with VIB - it's free during school closures!
Learn How to Code Being a Blind Kid: Video #1 CodeQuest
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This vivacious fourth grader created a video to share her love of coding with other students who are visually impaired.
Explaining hand washing and germs for young students
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Here are a couple of fun videos and activities to explain what hand washing does to germs - perfect for young kids!
ObjectiveEd Offers Free Distance Learning for Students with Visual Impairments
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Take advantage of these accessible educational games!
Virtual Instruction: Accessibyte Apps
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Looking for free, accessible lessons that students can do at home if your school closes?
Turtles on the Town: An O&M Scavenger Hunt
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In this post I describe an activity using QR codes to create a scavenger hunt to find small metal turtle sculptures around a town.
Creating Videos with Visual Impairments
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Interested in becoming a blind vlogger? Here's how!
Behind Every Great Student Stands a Great Parent
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Tips from parents who have raised extraordinary kids with visual impairments.
How I Use Accessible Voting Machines with Low Vision
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How and why I use accessible voting machines in local, state, and federal elections with visual impairment/low vision
Aeden's Journey on the iPad: Part 6 Dictation
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Introducing dictation to an emerging reader and writer.
Escape Rooms: How Do I Get Out of Here? Part 2 (O&M)
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Escape room activities are a fun way to develop team-building and other skills. This post describes an O&M-themed escape room activity.
Escape Rooms: How Do I Get Out of Here? Part 1
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This post describes the use of "escape room" activities to develop team-building and other skills in a fun context.
Accessibility of D.A.R.E Resources
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Teaching students decision making for safe and healthy living.
Alligator Crunch: Missing Number
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Use the hundreds chart to teach students to find the missing number.
Teaching the CodeQuest App to Students who are Visually Impaired
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Coding concept games are navigating through a maze; how can students with visual impairments access digital mazes?
TVI and O&M Professional New Year's Resolutions
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Four areas to work on in 2020!
The Gift of Independence: O&M Success Story and Activity
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Independent Christmas shopping!
Tech Skills for Preschoolers Part 1: Computer Literacy
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Their computer tech goals for preschoolers?!?
Teaching Number Line Math Skills Part 3: Accessible App
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Cosmic Numbers is an accessible number line created to teach basic digital number lines skills for students who are visually impaired.
Effective and Accurate FVAs and LMAs for All Students with Visual Impairments that Help Drive Instruction Programming
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to effectively and accurately use FVE and LMAs 

ObjectiveEd Apps: Part 1
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Review of the first two apps: Speed Gesture and Sound Search.
Coding Posts Summary
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Searching for Paths to Technology posts on accessible coding concepts and coding? Check out this reference list!
Sphero City Activity
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Design and construct your tactile city and then navigate the Sphero robotic ball to various destinations!
Effective and Accurate FVAs and LMAs for All Students with Visual Impairments that Help Drive Instruction Programming: Part 3 of 3
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Learning Media Assessments: Part 3 of a 3 part CVI Assessment Series

Educational Needs of Students with Visual Impairments: An Introduction
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What does a school district need to know about the needs of students who are blind or visually impaired?

CATIS: Assistive Technology and the Expanded Core
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Earn ACVREP/CATIS credits through this collection of our ECC tutorials

Effective and Accurate FVAs and LMAs for All Students with Visual Impairments that Help Drive Instruction Programming: Part 2 of 3
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Functional Vision Assessments: Part 2 of a 3 part CVI Assessment Series

Audio Memos App and WH Questions
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Expanding your O&M lessons with this fun activity for non-traditional O&M students.
Coding and STEM: Robot Obstacle Challenges 2 (Hurricane Dorian)
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Fun activities that apply coding and engineering concepts using simple robots, part 2.
.How to Help Your Child with CVI: A Self-Paced Tutorial for Parents and Professionals
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Build an educational action plan personalized for your child with CVI

Picture in a Flash: A Tactile Image is Worth a Thousand Words
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Picture in a Flash uses special paper & heat to create raised line drawings. This article outlines the basics of the process and operation of the machine.
Coding Unplugged: My Robotic Friends Activity
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Challenge your students with this fun activity only requires plastic cups, a couple of command cards and brain power!
3D Printed Teaching Models
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3D printed resources for teachers of students with visual impairments!
Note-taking Applications for the iPad: Part 3
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In this post I describe and present video demonstrations of the use of various types of styluses with the Noteshelf 2 and PDF Expert apps for the iPad.
Effective and Accurate FVAs and LMAs for All Students with Visual Impairments that Help Drive Instruction Programming: Part 1 of 3
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Functional Vision Assessments: Part 1 of a 3 part CVI Assessment Series

Twelve is the Magic Number
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This is the third tutorial in a series on learning to play the piano.
Naming the Five Black Notes
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Another tutorial in the piano series for students who are visually impaired or blind.
Botley Activities #1: Accessible Robot and Coding Concepts
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This adorable robot can be programmed to move, spin, talk, and play games!
Sonification: Sounds with Meaning Activity
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Take a quick glimpse of these charts using your ears. What???
Eating Your Way Through New Jersey: 5 Black and White Notes
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This is the second tutorial in a series on learning to play the piano.
Coding Concepts: Code and Go Robot
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Help this robotic mouse find his cheese!
Note-taking Applications for the iPad: Part 2
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In this 2nd of 3 posts on the topic, two iOS note-taking apps are compared, and the pros and cons of each are discussed.
Note-taking Applications for the iPad: Part 1
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In the first of three posts on this topic, the use of two note-taking applications for iOS devices is discussed.
Accessing Content: The ECC Connection Tutorial
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Explain the benefits of playing games with your students

Accessing Content: The ECC Connection
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Explain the benefits of playing games with your students

Using Gamification to Maximize ECC Outcomes Tutorial
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Software developer and entrepreneur Marty Schultz demonstrates electronic game applications to teach skill areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum

Using Gamification to Maximize ECC Outcomes
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Software developer and entrepreneur Marty Schultz demonstrates electronic game applications to teach skill areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum

Applied Behavioral Analysis for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities

Identify and practice ABA approaches that will support students who are visually impaired, blind, Deafblind or multiply disabled.

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