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Autism and Visual Impairment: The Better Together Curriculum

This online course provides theoretical and practical information for teaching social communication skills to students with visual impairment and autism.

Multimedia Accessibility in the Digital Classroom: Strategies for Students with Visual Impairments

This course will address current tools to access multimedia content, and ways to integrate technology into a student’s workflow in the classroom.

Considerations for CVI & Social Inclusion Parts 1 and 2

CVI for the TVI series

Phase III CVI

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

Braille Badges: Accessibility-Themed Emojis/Stickers

Love these braille and accessibility-themed emojis!

12 Safe Alternatives to the Bird Box Challenge

No need to walk down the stairs blindfolded, here's 12 safe and positive alternatives to the viral Bird Box Challenge.

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

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

Ten Facts about Braille for World Braille Day

Ten little-known facts about braille for World Braille Day 2019, Louis Braille's 210th birthday.

Blindfold Simon: Educational App Review

This fun memory app can be used to teach spatial terms, listening skills, gestures, auditory patterns and increase memory!

Create Embosser Ready Graphs Directly From Desmos

Use this amazing BETA feature from Desmos online calculator to create beautiful embosser ready graphs. All you need to do is input your equation!

Be My Eyes App Review

How I use the Be My Eyes App with fluctuating vision.

Ladybugs: ePub Book

Young readers will enjoy reading this short story about ladybugs. Learn how to quickly create ePub books!

Orbit Reader 20: Using the Orbit with a Chromebook

This article will focus on the unique aspects of using the Orbit Reader 20 with a Chromebook.

Airaport - How I Use Aira at the Airport

How Aira helps me independently navigate the airport and TSA with vision impairment.

New Year's Tech Resolutions

Do you have New Year's Tech Resolutions?

Using Apple Vis to Connect My Students to the VI Tech Community

Help your students get connected!

Using Celebrations to Teach JAWS

Twas the Night Before Christmas and Frosty the Snowman

How to Watch Audio Described Movies on Your Next Flight

A guide to finding audio described movies on in flight entertainment.

Music Harbor App Review

Looking for an accessible music app?

MyMathLab for Vision Impairment

How I use the MyMathLab software with assistive technology in my college math classes.

Excel Accessibility: Screenreader speaking of Row and Column Headers in Excel

A solution to the problem of Excel spreadsheets not reading column and row headings for particular cells for the visually impaired

Emojis Activities: the digital language of emotion

Use cool emojis to help teach social skills!

Seeing HTML colors

Using HTML numeric representations of numbers, the visually impaired can see colors on web pages.

Vision After Occipital Lobectomy and Related Surgeries

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

Organizing with Google Sheets

Here is an idea to help streamline your progress monitoring paperwork!

Eight Ways to Read Handwritten Cards with Assistive Technology

How to read handwriting and handwritten notes using technology.

Assistive Technology (Keys 12)

There are two sessions in this module that will focus on assistive technology can be used to increase the academic and functional abilities of students

Aeden's Journey on the iPad: Part 3

Aeden learns how to turn speech on and off and, he learns about titles.

Orbit Reader 20: Translating a File Created on the Orbit to Print

This article, orbit Reader Part 5, will focus on translating files created on the Orbit into print.

Announcing the Paths to Technology Newsletter!

P2T is launching a newsletter!

How to teach your students to read at 600 words per minute – Part 1

This initial installment in the series lays the groundwork for teaching your student to increase their auditory reading speed.

Everyone Can Code: Swift Playgrounds

Interested in coding?

Working with Children with CVI from a PT/OT Perspective

During this 1 1/2 hour webinar, Karen Barrows will discuss working with children who have CVI

Microsoft Immersive Reader Review

How Microsoft Immersive reader revolutionizes reading for people with print disabilities.

Learning to Fish: Problem-Solving and Other Basic Skills for Future Blind Coders

Learn more about the concept of Blind Coding Academies.

HopScotch Coding App Review

How to use the free Hopscotch Coding App to learn programming concepts and promote STEM education.

Blindfold Color Crush: iOS Game

New gem packs available for Blindfold Color Crush Game!

SoloLearn Programming App Review

Using the SoloLearn app to learn programming skills and stand out when applying for jobs. Great for college students!

Two Tips for iOS Voiceover Users

Here are two tips for making iOS voiceover work a little better for you if you pair your device with a braille display or a keyboard.

CodeSnaps: a SAS coding app

This mainstream coding app is accessible!

Why I Use Repl.it IDE for my coding Assignments

Why and how I use the Free Repl.it software in my programming classes as a low vision student.

Using Assistive Technology with Hour of Code

How and why to participate in Hour of Code with assistive technology, from a vision impaired college student studying it.

Five reasons why your students should learn to read at a rate of 600 words per minute

As a blind professional working in the sighted world, I have learned that reading speed makes the difference between success and failure.

Zoey the Dog: iBook

This third grade student created a digital book about her dog.

A critique of pure educational technology

Educational technology is a powerful tool but cannot by itself promote learning and increase student achievement; AT does level the playing field

WebbIE, the accessible text browser

WebbIE is a free text-only web browser for the visually impaired. WebbIE browses web pages, searches the web, allows for filling in forms, ecommerce, etc.