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An iBook created by a student to share with her teacher and class about the technology she uses to access her the regular ed. curriculum.
Give it a spin and bring animals to life with sounds, mini-movies and fun facts!
This training module addresses the principles of Universal Design for Learning and ways to balance universal strategies with individualized needs.
How a seemingly small gesture opened my mind to how I needed to learn and changed my experience of learning and learning media.
How I use PicsArt, a free photo editing app, to simulate my vision impairment so people understand what I see.
This is part two in a series on the Juliet 120 embosser from Enling Technologies. Part two will focus on the menus and settings on the unit.
An in-depth course in scoring the CVI Range to improve your reliability in assessing children.
This presentation analyzes the different types of glare, and strategies for formally assessing each.
Using free assistive technology resources to make primary sources accessible for vision impairment.
Information for general education teachers who will have a student with visual impairments or blindness in his/her class.
The second article in this series will focus on Creating Tactile Graphics with Firebird Software.
The Colorscape app allows you to turn any picture on your camera roll into a digital coloring page. I review the pros, cons and accessibility of this app.
What's new with Android 9.0 Accessibility Settings, also known as Android Pie.
Hands-on practice to increase your reliability in assessing children with CVI.
This is a terrific app for young children with low vision or no vision!
WORKSHOP CANCELLED. How to successfully introduce iOS technology and to teach tech skills to toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students with VIB.
This workshop will focus how to successfully introduce iOS technology and teach tech skills to toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students with VIB.
Learn more about dyslexia and low vision friendly fonts for accessible materials.
This tutorial focuses on providing visual access to the school curriculum and environment for the child with Cortical Visual Impairment.
The right click context menu keyboard shortcut is one of the most powerful and flexible VI keyboard shortcuts .
BrailleSense Polaris Series #1: Learn strategies for teaching students Word processing on the BrailleSense Polaris.
An easy to use and create test for screen reader accessibility in Word. Navigation through the test is by Tab and Shift Tab only.
Answering the who, what, when, where, and why about accessible and environmentally friendly packaging.
The menu key, is a helpful tool for opening a context menu for a program or file. If your keyboard does not have this key, a keyboard shortcut can help.
This is part 1 in a series on the Juliet 120 embosser from Enabling Technologies. Part 1 will focus on the direct translation that is embedded into the unit.
A vision teacher/Orientation & Mobility Specialist shares the challenges and rewards of serving VI students enrolled in K-12 virtual schools.
Answering the who, what, when, where, & why about HR 6421- a bill that could help fund a cure for many eye conditions.
"Turning the visual world into an audible experience."
This presentation will focus on providing visual access to the school curriculum and environment for the child with Cortical Visual Impairment.
A rising 8th grader and his TVI build self-advocacy skills.
Part of living on campus is being prepared for emergencies - make sure you know your campus alert system.
Everyone has the opportunity and the right to technology, but how has education been changed by this new wave of devices and software?
In honor of World Emoji day 2018, learn about how people with vision impairments type and read emoji.
This students uses all her 'tools in the toolbox' to complete her assignment!
Training demonstrate theories and best practices for adapting O&M techniques for students that may affect their ability to master traditional techniques.
If you or a loved one has just been diagnosed with low vision or blindness, here's why you need a case with your state vision impairment department.
Giddy Up! Using Assistive Technology to watch horse races for people with vision impairments. Tested at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Lazarrio is a free navigation app similar to Blindsquare and Nearby Explorer. This article will explore the app in more detail.
In this tutorial, learn how to distinguish between concrete and abstract thinking and design learning activities that develop abstract thinking.
10 surprising facts about college campus WiFi, from an IT major.
Play Ball! How to use assistive technology to watch MLB baseball games with vision impairment.
O&M tips for students with low vision on navigating school hallways. Practice before the first day of school!
Use your favorite songs to teach braille contractions and tech skills!
Use your own technology for captioning and audio description at Broadway Play with GalaPro.
Visualize spatial relationships between places using a customized pushpin map!
Having trouble seeing things on your Apple computer? Try these easy features!
Including campers with vision impairments in summer day camps. Part of my Summer Fun Series.
Using meaningful pictures and sounds in iPad applications to make cognitive connections and open communication possibilities for a student with CVI.