Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Joy of Learning to Virtually Chat

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One of my high school students has been learning technology for awhile, but because she did not start it until high school, she had no parad...

Teaching Virtual Teachers

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I have teachers of the blind calling me from all over to learn the virtual techniques to teach students. The excitement of showing them anot...

Frustrated Blind Field

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I receive many personal emails about fear or frustration. Paras and teachers do not know how to let the district and the families, know how ...

Little Sight but Great Vision

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I am blessed to have known one particular young person for almost 2 decades. She came to me in lst grade with little blind skills, and had a...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Reaching Your Potential

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One of the biggest issues in the blind field (and there are many) is how much should a para educator be with a child? What I have seen: W...

Creating Beautiful Excel Graphs

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I try to have my students take a class called Financial Fitness...This class allows practical application of life and how we spend money...o...

Orientation & Mobility Made Fun

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In one of my school districts we were fortunate to have the Elementary, Middle and High School within a block of each other. In addition, th...

Creating Math Timed Speed Tests with Duxbury

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Timed math quizzes in elementary school are popular: The teacher hands out a math sheet to all the students with the math drills they have b...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Magnification with your Technology

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I frequently get asked, What type of magnification system do I use with my low vision students? So, let's address this. I have tried Z...

Losing Sight Fast

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When I was in my last semester in college, both of my eyes hemorrhaged. I had to drop out because I had no idea how to finish school or get ...

Braille--Get them Hooked

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I had 2 students who were sisters. They both were losing their sight. It was a gradual loss, so they went from large print most of the time ...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Learning Disability and Blindness

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I was working with a child with SOD-Septo optic dysplasia. She had a lower IQ and struggled socially and behaviorally. If a child can talk, ...

A Parents Influence in a Child's Learning

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I teach during summer for those children who need a boost in their learning. Any child starting out in Braille or Technology must have summe...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Resolving Big Problems

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One of my student’s sent me a text this morning from her Gmail chat and told me she is getting an error box when she tries to start her JAWS...

Incredible Tools for Vision Loss as you Age

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The older people that come to me do not want to learn Braille. Their friends do not want to learn Braille either. They love the idea, but fo...

Gradually Losing Vision

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I have had far more children in the process of losing vision than totally blind. I have had many doctors tell the parents their child was ...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

JAWS, Spanish & Math

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When using Windows 7 and Office 2010, have you noticed that if you download an attachment from the Internet, it sometimes opens in Protected...

Surround Yourself with People who Know

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I was taught that if you want to be generous, hang around generous people. Their gift will rub off on you. This same adage goes for inform...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Don't sweat the small stuff

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As I am to set up lessons for one of my home school children, Mom was discussing how stressful their lives have been, starting with her husb...

Typing out Special Spanish Characters on a Laptop

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Most people know that you can insert special symbols into documents as you are typing. However, JAWS talking software does not "talk...