Visual Impairment and Blindness

Our Cooking Adventure is Done... So Now What??

We are sad to say that our month of Meal Kit fun has come to an end... but that doesn't mean our blogging has to! Find out what our next topic will be!!

Splashtop Secure Remote Access, Remote Support and Collaboration Solutions for Educational Institutions

An overview of Splashtop secure remote access software for education

Virtual Computer Instruction: Lessons Learned

How to teach computer technology remotely successfully.

First Week with the Mantis Q40: What I Have Learned so Far

This blog describes my initial thoughts on the Mantis Q40

The No Barriers Summit

Whether you have a disability or other debilitating condition,the No Barriers Virtual Summit will help you find opportunity even in the midst of adversity.

Teaching Strategies for Students Who are Blind/VI with Multiple Disabilities in the Sensorimotor Stage of Development (Fall Term)

Participants will learn about the Sensorimotor Stage of Development,the Van Dijk Approach,levels of learning in the Sensory Learning Kit and more.

A Virtual Field Trip with Erik Weihenmayer

A story of our virtual graduation speaker, one of the most adventurous and brave blind persons to have ever lived and our virtual field trip.

Virtual Graduation

A narrative about creating a virtual graduation for a school of the blind and visually impaired

Cooking without Looking: Meet the Chefs!

Take a minute to read about the four fabulous student chefs who will be sharing their stories exploring AT, practicing the ECC, and more in the kitchen!

Creating Engaging Adapted CVI-Friendly Books with Nothing but Free Apps and an iPad

Learn how to use free apps to create engaging digital content for students with CVI!

Chromebook and Low Vision: Maximizing Success

Set yourself and your low vision student up for success when working with Chromebooks!

Review: Snap and Read

Snap and Read is a browser based tool that has many useful features for the visually impaired, notably CVI, but it is not accessible for blind students.

E.A.R.S. - Free ECC Audio Lessons

Try these virtual audio lessons that teach adaptive daily living skills - including basic O&M skills!

Remote Instruction Tip: Using Screen Recording to Create Fun Voiceover Activities

This video tutorial demonstrates how to teach your student to use Screen Recording while using Voiceover

Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment: An Overview and Understanding May-June

Blended Workshop on CVI: causes, assessment and strategies

Dates: May 15, 16, and June 5, 6, 2020

Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment: An Overview and Understanding -Watertown

Blended Workshop on CVI: causes, assessment and strategies

Dates: March 6, 7, and April 3, 4, 2020

JAWS Topics: Phonetic Announcement

Phonetic Announcement is both a useful feature and an annoying one

The Learning with Computers textbook series

A curriculum for a basic middle to high school computer course

A Quick and Easy Guide to basic, crucial keyboard shortcuts for using Windows computers

Basic Windows keyboard shortcuts that have been most helpful for quickly and efficiently teaching BVI k-12 students to navigate and use Windows

Phase III CVI - Summer

This course will provide content related to students who have cortical visual impairment (CVI) and who are considered to be in Phase III CVI.

From Hospital to Home: Using Early Visual Functioning to Support Families

Educational Needs of Students with Visual Impairments: An Introduction

What does a school district need to know about the needs of students who are blind or visually impaired?

Simplifying Browser Use

Simple techniques and shortcuts to easily access web content with common browsers and a screen reader.

The Equalizing Power of Assistive Technology versus the Reality

In spite of vast technological innovation, a significant portion of the BVI populations’ technology use lags significantly behind the general population

Help! My VoiceOver is On but it Won't Speak!

VoiceOver may be enabled on your iOS device, yet it may be stuck with its volume off.

Ellen Mazel discusses UMass Boston's Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) courses

Screenreader Comparisons

A review of 5 of the most common screen readers for persons who may know little about screenreaders but need some insights.

CAI and Self-Determination

A brief examination of research that explores the relationship between self-determination and computer aided instruction (CAI).

TVI Career Day: inspiring students to become TVIs

Where does the national shortage of TVIs and schools merge brilliantly? The answer is quite simply, Career Day!

Keyboarding for Young Children

Experiences and suggestions for teaching keyboarding to Pre-K and early elementary BVI students in a group class (computer lab)setting.

UEB Math Online

UEB Online’s new Braille mathematics program introduces students to Braille mathematical symbols and expressions.

Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment: An Overview and Understanding (Spring 2020)

3 Day Blended Workshop focuses on CVI: causes, assessment and strategies

Dates: April 7, 8, and 15, 2020

Text Game Adventures

A brief examination of a couple of websites that offer accessible, online text only games.

JAWS Topics: Navigating Menu Bars

Once you have opened up a program, you will want to know how to navigate around its menu bars.

JAWS Topics: Basic Navigation

In order to use a screen reader like JAWS, you need to know the basics to navigation.

Why We Bought the Ruby 7 HD

The Freedom Scientific Ruby 7 HD has a great combination of features that are ideal for students who have low vision.

Microsoft Office Alternatives

A brief examination of the cost of Microsoft Office and alternatives for a VI student.

Improved View in MS Word!

Use the Page Width Microsoft Word zoom setting to improve your visual access to documents without having to change the font size!

ACT WorkKeys Accessibility Part II (.pdf conversion for easier accessibility)

Converting a semi accessible .pdf textbook quiz into a completely accessible quiz in MS Word.

Remote Desktop Computer Lab Management Software

Remote Desktop Computer Lab Management Software can help create a more enjoyable learning experience for teachers and students

Assessment of Students with CVI: Reliable Scoring of the CVI Range (Winter Session)

An in-depth course in scoring the CVI Range to improve your reliability in assessing children. Extensive knowledge of CVI is a prerequisite.

The What's the Complexity Framework: Designing a visually accessible school day for the child with CVI (Fall Session)

Use the "What's the Complexity" Framework to design a visually accessible school day for for children with CVI.

Cortical Visual Impairment (Fall Session)

The course will include information pertaining to the causes of CVI and program planning/interventions for individuals with CVI.

BrailleNote Touch Plus: An Update

The BrailleNote Touch Plus was recently announced by Humanware

Calculus for Beginners and Artists

A VI advisory on an MIT sponsored site that teaches Calculus

Access to High-level Mathematics Using LaTeX

Blind individuals can achieve quality access to high-level mathematics using LaTex code.

Discovering the creation of an audio game in Excel

Some ruminations on edtech in general and the beginning of an idea to create an electronic audio jigsaw puzzle for creating an audio math game

Vision After Occipital Lobectomy and Related Surgeries

Monika Jones, of the Brain Recovery Project, shares information presented at the 2018 AER International Conference.

Positive Strategies for Behavioral Intervention (Keys 13)

There are 2 sessions included in this training module that examines assessment of and intervention for students with behavioral challenges.

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