Out of Sight Teaching

Is your child a Bookshare member? Do you have a tablet? Now you can bring Bookshare to your child's tablet!  I have had multiple parents tell me that their child no longer fights them to read. These applications below allow your child to access books in the learning media that best fits their needs whether it be Braille, Large Print or Audio. Tablet : IPAD Bookshare Application : Read2Go Tablet : Android Bookshare Application: GO Read Tablet: KindleFire Bookshare Application : Darwin Reader

Introducing a CCTV to a young or old child can be intimidating.  Below are some games I enjoy playing with my students to help them become more comfortable with their CCTVs. 1.) Buy Memory at the store and play it under the CCTV. Have the child practice using the zoom function by exploring the small details on each card. 2.) Give them their favorite children's book and have them go on a scavenger hunt for certain pictures in the book. 3.) Print a hidden picture and let the students complete it under the CCTV. 4.) Draw different sized lines horizontally across a page one under another. At the end of each line, put a surprise.(I often use small edible items such as a goldfish or skittle.) Have the child practice using the CCTV to track each line to the surprise. Repeat this activity with vertical lines.  5.) Have the child read jokes, complete word searches or play Mad Lips under the CCTV. 6.)  Have the child color pictures with small details. What games or a...

This weekend, I had the privilege of attending New Jersey's Division of Parent's of Blind Children Conference: When I Grow Up . I met many incredible families and VI professionals who had much valuable information to share. Today I would like to share an Apple application that I had the opportunity to experience at the conference. For years, individuals with visual impairment have had their own ways of insuring they received the correct change when in the community. Some always used their credit card or wrote checks to avoid the need for change. Others requested their change in all $1 dollar bills so that they could count their change back to themselves. Now, with the LookTel Money Reader Application, individuals with visual impairment can easily determine if they received the correct change. The LookTell Money Reader uses an Apple devices's camera to instantly identify currency and speak its value.  When looking for a video of the application to share, I fou...