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Assessment of Students with CVI: Reliable Scoring of the CVI Range (Winter Session)
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An in-depth course in scoring the CVI Range to improve your reliability in assessing children. Extensive knowledge of CVI is a prerequisite.

Easter Writing/Tech Activities for Students Who Use Screen Readers
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Here are two fun Easter-themed activities: Easter Word Scramble and Easter Mad Lib!
The What's the Complexity Framework: Designing a visually accessible school day for the child with CVI (Fall Session)
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Use the "What's the Complexity" Framework to design a visually accessible school day for for children with CVI.

Cortical Visual Impairment (Fall Session)
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The course will include information pertaining to the causes of CVI and program planning/interventions for individuals with CVI.

Chromebook: Learning Targets and Lessons on Ways to Zoom
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Learn more about Chromebook accessibility here!
3D Printing with Playgrounds Apps
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See this student's 3D printed teaching materials used to support the coding program.
Reading Independent Titles with Kindle Unlimited
Reading Independent titles with Kindle Unlimited. www.veroniiiica.com
support independent and self-published authors with Kindle Unlimited and read an unlimited amount of books for one monthly price.
Why the Easter Bunny Brings Easter Eggs: Folktale
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What is the moral of this fun folktale?
Objective Ed wins Louis Braille Touch of Genius Award
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Braille Sheets: an early Braille literacy tool!
Struggling Braille Readers Can Improve Their Tactile Skills with these 10 Tips
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Try these approaches when teaching emerging braille students.
Reading Efficiently with a Screen Reader: Headings
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Using Headings to skim a website or document.
Fast Facts About Tactile Pavement
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Google Celebrating Seiichi Miyake with a featured GIF of a cane traveler standing on truncated cones at a crosswalk.
So Many Braille Displays, Which One is Right for My Student: Part One
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The Brailliant BI 40 & BI 80 models are the first in a series of articles describing a variety of braille displays, pointing out the advantages of each.
Seeing AI App Update: Explore Pictures Feature
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Drag your finger over the photo to learn where people and objects are located.
Laugh and Learn: Learning Letters Puppy App Review
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Use this fun cause-and-effect app to practice basic the tap gesture!
How Screen Readers and e-Learning Work Together
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With the rise of e-learning has also come the rise of related technologies, equipment, and software that is changing the game for everybody.
Understanding Service Dog Training with Technology
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Learn about different types of services dogs using free live cams from Explore.Org plus, who doesn't love puppies?
Vision Language Learning Communication: An Approach to AAC for Students with CVI
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During this self paced tutorial, Dr's Blackstone and Roman-Lantzy will discuss AAC for students with CVI

Braille Me and Orbit Reader: Braille Display Comparison
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Learn more about the two braille displays that cost around $500.
Survey Results: Braille and Born Digital Curriculum
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Overview of what is really happening in our classrooms with braille and digital materials.
Playing in GMU Green Machine Pep Band with Vision Impairment
Playing in GMU Green Machine Pep Band with Vision Impairment. www.veroniiiica.com
Learn how I play in my university's pep band, the GMU Green machine, and watch my interview on NBC 4!
"Letter School" App: learn to write letters and numbers
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Engaging app with 3 levels of progression, visual & audio feedback to learn to write upper & lower case letters & numbers. For students with low vision
Ballyland Code 2: Give Rotor
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Ballyland Code 2 is another accessible app that teaches beginning coding concepts to young children!
Using iPad, Stylus and Mac to create Tactile Graphics
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Celebrating National Reading Day with Dr. Seuss!
BrailleNote Touch Plus: An Update
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The BrailleNote Touch Plus was recently announced by Humanware
Dr. Seuss: Hop on Pop Interactive eBook App
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What are you doing for Dr. Seuss's birthday?
Windows Magnifier: Have Magnifier Follow
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The "Have Magnifier follow" feature in Windows Magnifier is a powerful, useful setting.
Cough Drop AAC App
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Check out this full-featured communication app!
Wolfram Alpha
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The accessibility of Wolfram Alpha, "a unique online engine for computing answers and providing knowledge" is examined.
All About that Base(Line): Strategies on Getting your Student's Baseline Typing Speed
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This post contains some ways to get a baseline speed and accuracy for students who have visual impairments.
Number Line Activities
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How to improve critical thinking and spatial relationships with number lines.
Determining Service Levels for Learners with CVI Using the Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity

Determining Service Levels for Learners with CVI Using the Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity

Choosing a Computer Mouse with Low Vision
Choosing a Computer mouse with low vision. www.veroniiiica.com
How to choose computer mouse hardware and software for people with low vision that use assistive technology.
How to teach your students to read at 600 words per minute – Part 4
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The fourth and final installment in this series describes a methodology for increasing reading speed.
Playgrounds App Review
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A TVI and her students share their experiences with Playgrounds.
Calculus for Beginners and Artists
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A VI advisory on an MIT sponsored site that teaches Calculus
Blindfold Doggy App Review
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Take care of your virtual dog while learning to listen, problem-solve and sequence!
Visual Search in CVI: Novel Assessment Using Virtual Reality
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CVI for the TVI series

Location Tracking with Google Maps
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Learn how Google Maps can assist you when filling out your TVI/COMS logs!
iCons and Earcons: Critical but often overlooked tech skills
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What are Earcons and how do you teach them?
Five Little Leprechauns iBook and PDF
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Oh those mischievous little leprechauns!
Large Cursor in Windows 10
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This exciting new Microsoft accessibility feature will be available in April 2019!
My Experience at ATIA 2019
My Experience at ATIA 2019. www.veroniiiica.com
My experience at the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) 2019 Conference as a college student with vision impairment.
Starting from Scratch: Where Do I Start When Teaching My Visually Impaired Student to Type?
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This article contains steps and strategies to start teaching your visually impaired student to touch type.
Vision Language Learning Communication: An Approach to AAC for Students with CVI
Girl with CVI using a blackboard

During this 1 hour webinar, Dr's Blackstone and Roman-Lantzy will discuss AAC for students with CVI

Aeden's Journey on the iPad: Part 4
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Aeden learns two-finger reading gestures.
Low Vision Accessibility Settings for MacBooks
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Many of my friends with low vision use MacBooks in the high school and college classroom. Here are their favorite accessibility settings for low vision.
How to teach your students to read at 600 words per minute – Part 3
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The third installment in the series explains how to choose content that your student can use to increase their reading speed.
Early Childhood Years (Keys 14)
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There are 2 sessions included in this training module that present theories and best practices for early childhood for students with visual and additional

Valentine's Day Puns: iBook
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Love zany puns? This book or PDF is for you!

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