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Orbit Reader 20: Reading and Working in Files

This third installment will focus primarily on reading files loaded onto the SD card for the Orbit Reader 20.

Decide Wheel App Review

This accessible app gives your student the opportunity to make choices!

Essential Keyboard Commands for JAWS

Check out this list of keyboard commands that are absolutely essential for students and TVIs.

Aeden's Journey on the iPad: Part 2

Aeden's initial lesson plans including introduction to the joystick on the refreshable braille display!

Accessible Virtual Field Trip - the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Touring the 9/11 memorial and Museum with Virtual Reality and Audio Description

Bringing Freedom Indoors

A tech savvy high school student with a vision impairment is leading the way!

Computer Lab Accommodations for Low Vision Students

Ten free technology accommodations for low vision students on Windows computers.

Ten Spooky Inaccessible Assignments and How to Fix Them

How to identify problems with inaccessible documents and fix them with ease.

Becoming a Team to Build Understanding of CVI

He was looking at lights. He was looking at me for short periods of time. He hated baby toys. We tried to pretend everything was normal.

Digital Books for Beginning Readers

These accessible books have predictable text and image descriptions - perfect for emerging readers!

Navigating PowerPoint with keys

This is an accompaniment to my previous post on creating Halloween games in PowerPoint, a general description of creating presentations using keyboard shortcuts.

Creating a simple Halloween game in Powerpoint

A short description of the process used to create a simple Halloween game in PowerPoint, the audio features make this process and product accessible and enjoyable for students.

My Expanding Understanding: The Visual Behaviors of CVI

CVI for the TVI series

Working with Children with CVI from a PT/OT Perspective

Cortical Visual Impairment... a whole new paradigm.

Using Technology to Support a Dual Media Learner

Adapting and customizing Kindergarten Reading Street program using Visiobook Orbit 20 paired with an iPad.

Incorporating Blindness Canes into Halloween Costumes

Trick or Treat! Ten DIY inexpensive Halloween costumes for blindness cane users that incorporate the cane.

Cane Songs

Looking for a way to help motivate students to use great cane skills?

Respondus LockDown Browser Accessibility for Visual Impairment

Using assistive technology with Respondus LockDown browser for taking tests in college.

Orbit 20 Part 2

This second installment on the Orbit Reader 20 will focus primarily on the file structure.

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

Learn to use the What's the Complexity Framework to guide the educational team in designing a visually accessible school day

Aedan: Introduction to the iPad and VoiceOver

Follow Aedan's journey as he learns to use an iPad with VoiceOver.

Why do I have to learn trigonometry, dad?

Learn how math and game development go hand-in-hand.

Using Twitter with Vision Impairment

A guide on how to use twitter for users with blindness and low vision

Big Bang Patterns: App Review

Great app to help develop visual skills for students with CVI and/or complex special needs!

Big Bang Pictures: App Review

Perfect for students with CVI or students who have complex needs!

Ten Ways Vision Impairment Influenced Classic Artists

Learn more about ten artists from history that had suspected or confirmed vision impairment, and how their eyesight influenced their work.

Using Google Earth to Teach Students with Low Vision About Magnification and Zoom

Here is a fun activity that also teaches magnification and zoom skills!

Pumpkin Writing Prompts Lesson: Digital Creative Writing

Every pumpkin has a story to tell!

App Review: Peppa Pig's Holiday

Increase functional vision and visual motor skills with this fun app for young children!

Orientation and Mobility Programs (Keys 9)

"O&M Programs" is made up of 3 modules, each containing video segments, readings, lectures, and assigned activities to enhance and apply your learning.

Making A.T. in Minutes for Blind and Low Vision and Multiple Disabilities-Spring 2020

Discussion and demonstration of over 75 different assistive technology solutions
Therese Willkomm, Ph.D
March 20, 2020

Orbit Reader 20: Introduction and Menu

The Orbit Reader 20 is in demand and available from APH using Federal Quota.

Chromebooks: FAQs for TVIs

Learn more about Chromebook accessibility!

iOS 12 Home Screen VoiceOver Changes

Status bar layout change and VoiceOver Pop features

Becoming a Team to Build Understanding of CVI

We met with Ellen Mazel and she just said that everything's going to get better. Can you believe it?

Communication Skills (Keys 7)

This module addresses how students with visual and multiple disabilities communicate, why they communicate, and what they communicate

Practicing The CVI Range

Perkins eLearning has developed a course specifically to practice scoring in The CVI Range.

06 Smart Bluetooth Remote

The 06 Smart bluetooth Remote is a great addition to an iPad using VoiceOver.

Exploring the Juliet 120: Communications and User Settings

The final article in the Juliet 120 series will continue our focus on settings on the unit.

Web Design

With little notice to me, school administrators decided to offer Web Design as a course at our Visually Impaired School. A brief narrative of survival: