There are many applications (apps) available to assist teachers of students with visual impairments and other vision professionals in their work. I have collected some of my favorite apps in the following categories:
Apps for Vision Information...
Orientation and Mobility
Posted by Liz Eagan
I created these books for my low vision students in life skills and classrooms of students with multiple impairments. These were my way of trying to help add to their functional vocabulary. I created a "Teacher's Guide" to go with it to help the...
Posted by Linda Mamer
There are many apps (applications) available to support the development of Orientation and Mobility skills for children and youth who are blind or visually impaired, as well as those who are deafblind. I compiled a list of some of my favorites in...
Posted by Cyral Miller
By Cyral Miller, Director of Outreach, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Have you ever wondered whether your child’s program is meeting educational standards related to his or her visual impairment? How...
Posted by Laurie Hudson
Skills in reading/writing tactile images, or “tactile-graphicity,” develop with lots and lots of carefully sequenced, guided exposure to thoughtfully designed and well-made tactile images. It takes time, strategy, and a steady hand to...
Posted by Linda Mamer
Making decisions about which applications (apps) for iPads are the most suitable for specific students involves a number of different steps. This article looks at:
Considerations for iPad App Selection
How to Choose an...
Posted by Laurie Hudson
Literacy happens throughout Orientation & Mobility curricula: maintaining personal notes of walking routes and personal O&M journals, reading public transportation routes and schedules, menus and maps, processing Global Positioning System output,...
Posted by Laurie Hudson
Describing Clearly
Adapted from Classroom Collaboration, page 59
By Laurel J. Hudson, Ph.D.
Published by Perkins School for the Blind, 1997
Sighted people typically communicate key information by pointing, drawing, demonstrating...
Posted by Laurie Hudson
Introduction:
Early elementary school classrooms typically post Job Charts. These are lists of classroom responsibilities that students rotate through weekly. Common jobs include “Plant Waterer,” “Line Leader,” “...