Technology
Below are posts related to technology.
UEB Prep AppUEB Prep is a a free app designed to teach Unified English Braille (UEB) to people who are sighted. |
|
Teaching Pinch Gesture for iPadWondering how to teach a pinch gesture on the iPad? Try this 3D printed device which reveals photos to surprise and motivate students with low vision. |
|
Chromebook Basics for Students with Low VisionChromebook Basics for Students with Low Vision provides a comprehensive introduction to getting started with Chromebooks with students who have a visual impairment, including accessibility features and settings and tips for students with low vision. |
|
Ballyland Code 3 Pick Up: Inclusive Learn-to-Code App for iPadBallyland Code 3 Pick Up is an inclusive Learn-to-Code App for iPad that introduces young students to Coding and Computational thinking on an iPad, including those who are blind or visually impaired. |
|
Flip-Over FACES App to Explore Facial ExpressionsFlip-Over FACES is the latest app from American Printing House for the Blind (APH), designed for children with low vision or autism to explore facial expressions. |
|
Sensory App HouseSensory App House creates apps for stimulation, relaxation, fun, digital art and speech therapy for individuals with complex needs or multiple disabilities. |
|
App for Creating Flashcards: Sight Words - Record and ReadThis app for creating flashcards allows users to add and record new words, which makes it helpful for students who are blind or visually impaired to do review work. |
|
Make Your Own Tactile Memory GameCreate your own Tactile Memory Game to promote inclusion with family, friends, and classmates of children and youth who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind, including those with multiple disabilities. Practice tactile discrimination & braille! |
|
Braille Thing: 3D Printed Tool for Dual Media LearnersCheck out some of the ways in which Assistive Technology Specialist Neal McKenzie has been making things accessible to kids with visual impairments through 3-D printing. |
|
Accessible Crossword Puzzle AppThese crossword puzzles are accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired, using a screen reader or Voice Over. The content corresponds to all areas of the standard general curriculum for grades 5-12. |
|
TactileTalk Toolkit and Guidebook for iPadTactileTalk Toolkit and Guidebook for iPad are designed to promote communication and literacy for students who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities using an iPad with a tactile overlay and tangible symbols with voice output
|
|
Using Book Creator To Make Engaging Literacy MaterialsThe Book Creator app can be used to make literacy materials more engaging for students with visual impairments and additional disabilities. |
|
Accessible Ballyland Coding AppAccessible Ballyland Coding App is designed to teach computational thinking and coding to young students who are blind or visually impaired. |
|
Word Bubbling Tool for Teaching Students with CVIThis word bubbling tool helps to support and promote literacy with students with CVI (cortical visual impairment). |
|
Lesson Ideas for Teaching Students to Use Seeing AI AppLesson Ideas for Using Seeing AI App to familiarize students who are blind or visually impaired with the app, while also practicing academic skills. |
|
Free Apps Designed to Help People with Macular Degeneration ReadThese two free apps were designed to help people with low vision due to macular degeneration read the news and eBooks on a tablet (iPad or Android). |
|
Getting Started with Dolphin Easy Reader AppDolphin Easy Reader App is a free accessible reading app for downloading digital books for students who are blind or visually impaired. TVI Greg Gerhart says this is a must-have cost-effective app! |
|
Apps to Support Mobile LiteracyApps to support mobile literacy for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, through accessing text and accessing environmental print |
|
Novel Effect App Adds Sound EffectsJust in time for Halloween, the free Novel Effect app adds sound effects, music, and character sounds that help to bring "The Littlest Pumpkin" to life for young children who are blind or visually impaired. |
|
Tutorial for the Focus 14: Writing an Email MessageA parent-created tutorial to send an email message with the Focus 14 refreshable braille display from Freedom Scientific |