Low Vision Tricks to see in the distance or anywhere

My students use a Microsoft Lifecam HD camera but any good camera will do. Tiny and portable to set right on top of the laptop monitor. Watch here or go to youtube: Low Vision Tricks



See other Low Vision options at: Low Vision Lessons

Speaking at AER in Chicago-February 13, 2014

Come join AER in Chicago February 13, 2014, where I will deliver the keynote address. Be inspired by an incredible story of overcoming life's great obstacles to go on and become something you never thought possible. Here is a run down of events
Keynote:
How to inspire yourself and others to do anything!
Discover how to overcome life’s most overwhelming obstacles and put into effect your personal strengths to inspire yourself and others to accomplish greater goals.
1. Determine what your gifts or strengths are to help yourself and those around you
2. Discover strategies to combat personal obstacles to move you onto your true destiny
3. Discover how to inspire those around you to reach goals

Breakout session:
May I have the title of your breakout session on technology, a few sentences describing it and three-to-five learning objectives?
You will learn about the technology that enables success in school, job and life. Watch videos of students using all types of technology and software to become independent. See how to integrate this technology into all the work students’ do.
1. Determine the technology tools that will fit your needs to accomplish needed tasks
2. Determine and discover the different technology that will enable independence for your students
3. Discover the varied tools that enable blind students to accomplish the same tasks as sighted students
Come join the adventure

ATIA Jan-2014-Learn Virtual Instruction-Teaching Technology to Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Paradigm Shift

ATIA 2014 Orlando Pre-Conference Seminars                     

January 28 - 29, 2014

 PRE-11W: Teaching Technology to Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Paradigm Shift

SESSION CODE: PRE-11W  

SESSION TITLE: Teach any child anywhere at any time through virtual remote access: A Paradigm Shift

PRESENTER(S): Denise Robinson, CEO, TechVision, LLC; Ike Presley, National Project Manager, American Foundation for the Blind

DATE: Wednesday, January 29, 2014

TIME: 8:00AM – 4:00PM

OVERVIEW: Teach the core curriculum and more through remote access using a computer, camera or iOS device. Eliminate long hours of driving and work from your office teaching more students no matter the distance away. Dr. Denise M Robinson of TechVision, LLC has developed and is currently implementing a successful remote teaching model for instructing students who are blind or visually impaired and their teachers around the country. Whether the student is in a remote or urban area or with a teacher of the blind that needs those technology skills also, everyone learns together through daily remote access instruction.  In this session, Dr. Robinson will provide participants an outline of technology tools and instruction on how to access students/other teachers/personnel anywhere and teach through remote technologies. BYOD—laptop, talking software, and iOS device to learn and use these incredible tools that allow more time with students and instruction to get them working toward independence in the classroom and out. Though Dr Robinson has been working with students who are blind or visually impaired, teachers of the blind, blind adults and parents, these remote skills will apply to all types of instruction.

STRAND: Core Standards

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

 1.First Key Learning Point (Participants will…):  Identify the hardware needed to conduct remote instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired.

2.Second Key Learning Point (Participants will…): Identify the software needed to conduct remote instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired.

3.Third Key Learning Point (Participants will…):  Identify the positive aspects of remote teaching that make it an affordable option for schools.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

 •Accessibility Professional

•Administrators

•AT Specialists

 •Educators

•Visual Specialist

SPEAKER INFORMATION:

Dr. Denise Robinson,  Ph.D., CEO TechVision, LLC; Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired; Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision

Ike Presley is the National Project Manager at American Foundation for the Blind; Certified Low Vision Therapist; Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired.

 More info at: http://atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=4461

Apple Applications for Students and IPAD- ITOUCH- or IPHONE

Apple Applications for Students and IPAD- ITOUCH- or IPHONE

If you go to http://public.me.com/reece2 and log in you can pull up the electronic version of this list and it will take you direct to apple app store.

Lessons at iTools

• iBooks- free
• Quickvoice- free (can record a student voice and play back)
• Dragon Dictation- free
• GoodReader- $.99 cents (plays movies, read excel spread sheets)
• Google Mobile Apps- free
• TapTyping- free
• Speak it- $1.99 (can cut and paste anything and it will read text) can get Spanish or other languages for additional $1.99
• Goldilocks- free (electronic text book)
• Audiobooks- free
• Bob Books Reading Magic Lite booboo’s- FREE
• Toy Story toystoy- FREE (electronic text to speech Disney book)
• Milly Molly and the Bike Ride- $4.99 for up to 14 books
• Alice for the IPad Lite alicelite- FREE
• Sentence Builder- $2.99 (gives context clues and picture to build sentence)
• Stanza reader-Free
• Soundnote for iPad- $4.99 (can record, take notes, then email or dropbox)
• WebReader- $1.99 will read anything on the web
• Voice Over (part of accessibility options in settings)
• Closed Captioned movies (movie app)
• SpecialEd eCOVE- Free- used for teacher evaluations and collecting data
• Proloquo2go AAC app-$189.99 (basic picture communication with voice)
• TapToTalk- Free
• Typ-O-HD typo- FREE
• iCommunicate- $4.99
• SoundAMP- Free ( amplifies sound for students hard of hearing)
• Pronunciation Power-$2.99- great for SLP or like Lindamood reading LIPS
• Braille trainer -$1.99
• iSignLite- Free (demonstration of of sign language)
• Sign4Me-$9.99 more advanced sign language app
• SpecialEd Observation-eCOVE FREE
• Pages App- $9.99 like Microsoft word
• Numbers app-$9.99 like excel Microsoft
• Keynote-$9.99 like Microsoft PowerPoint
• Mathboard-FREE- helps with math facts and demonstrations
• StarWalk- $2.99 (shows stars in sky works off of GPS)
• Frog Dissection- $2.99 (actually dissect a frog without the yuck)
• Pearson Factoring Pearsonfactor- $3.99 this one is really great, it has live lectures from the authors of the textbooks!
• The Elements- Chemistry
• Shakespeare & Bits- Wish we all had this one in HS, it reads the Shakespeare story, has the words highlighted and then will interpret words if tapped on. Right now they only have Romeo and Juliet

OTHER RESOURCES:
Pad in Education Favorite Apple Apps  Apple - Education - Apps
Apple Accessibility   
iPods & iPads in the Classroom 
Learn how to pair an external keyboard and braille display at: Other Blind Tools

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Sighted Dog Leading Blind Dog

Lily is a Great Dane that has been blind since a bizarre medical condition required that she have both eyes removed. For the last 5 years, Maddison, another Great Dane, has been her sight. The two are, of course, Inseparable.

"People will forget what you said; People will forget what you did.
But people will never forget how you made them feel."

Track Changes with talking software-comments, tracks, edit features-audio/visual

Learn how to do track changes in Word for all types of editing: This is an audio/visual lesson with talking software
Learn all the keyboard commands to move quickly
Make Comments,
Add tracks,
Edit with spelling and grammar features
Spell Checking features
Accept or delete tracks
Accept and delete comments

Watch a student working on track changes: Track Changes with 9th grade student

Download your lesson at:  Track Changes with talking software-comments, tracks, edit features-audio/visual

More lessons at: www.yourtechvision.com

How to use Microsoft Outlook 2010 with keystrokes

Outlook is an incredibly easy email client to use. I start my students on Gmail, so I know they have an Internet based email where they can go anywhere and do anything they need to no matter what. They carry JAWS on a thumb drive and can plug into Grandma's or their friends' computer when on vacation and still connect to the world.

Outlook needs to be configured to the computer you use, so does not offer the flexibility as an Internet based email, however, if you know you will only be on 1 or 2 computers and you want something easy to use, Outlook is it.

Many business also use Outlook, so I highly suggest learning both Gmail and Outlook, just so you will be that much more viable in school, not to mention the work field. The more you know, the more possibilities you will have at your disposal.

Here is an audio/visual lesson on how easy it is to enter an appointment but even greater is a tool for the student to keep track of homework during the day, so they and the parents know exactly what needs to be completed when they get home--setting bells and reminders that will automatically go off.

For detailed lessons on Outlook and Jaws, go to : Microsoft Outlook 2010 with Jaws – Import contacts to Outlook, Read, Reply to messages. make a folder, an Appointment, a contact and signature

All the tricks on how to teach virtually--all over the county, all over the country and eventually the world. Excellent keyboard commands and knowledge of remote access will give you the power to help anyone, anywhere. This is the lesson for you to get you moving in the virtual direction.
Download:

Teaching Virtually using Skype and Gmail Google chat

Word commands or JAWS Commands

Many people do not know that there are differences between WORD commands and JAWS talking software commands. Microsoft Word has thousands of it own built in keystroke commands that have nothing to do with JAWS. If you just want to become a faster computer user with keystrokes and never use JAWS, you can.

This wonderful keystroke feature in WORD, Excel, PowerPoint or any Microsoft product, also gives blind students the ability to go to any computer with memorized steps and no talking software, open WORD (or another program) and do what ever they need, according to their memory of steps, because the keystrokes are already built into the program. It allows sighted people to move just as quickly instead of taking their mouse and trying to figure out where a certain option is in a particular menu.

However, JAWS and WORD together are incredibly powerful. When you are in WORD doing those commands and you want to have JAWS read both characters and words, you hit INSERT+2 and cycle through all the options. If you want JAWS to read the whole page to you, you hit CTRL+HOME and then hit INSERT+DOWN ARROW and JAWS reads the whole page.

These lessons all based on keystrokes, can be found at www.Yourtechvision.com

Hundreds of Lessons using only keystrokes for Blind/Visually Impaired

The questions of "Can I get lessons exclusively for my student's issues at yourtechvision.com?" and "Can my district write a PO for the lessons instead of buying one lesson at a time?" are popular, so let me address those 2 big questions.

YES! Make your special request at: yourtechvision.com/contact. Download all the lessons you need at www.yourtechvision.com

Lessons all based on keystrokes using Jaws or Window Eyes, on Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, JAWS/Internet, Other blind tools, such as the braille note, refreshabraille, Focus, Bookshare and more are but a click and download away.

Register, log in and acquire the lessons that will help you learn. Make a request on the contact page for a free private virtual lesson with any purchased product to get you up and running.

Help for Bad skin-open sores- diabetic sores, acne, rosacea, etc

Since moving to Tennessee, I have had some very serious issues with my skin. One being rosacea. I have never had this condition before so I was clueless how to help it. Reports basically said I needed to learn to live with it and being a Type I diabetic, healing was even more of an issue.

After some Internet searching and lots of thought on combining techniques, here is what I came up with and it has completely healed my skin.

First, I diluted white vinegar in water and dabbed on sores, to kill bacteria.
Second, I bought a small face steamer--- Secura Hot & Cool Facial Steamer Micro-fine Mist Sauna w/ Essence Oil and Herbal Therapy --and steamed the sores to open the pores day and night before going to bed. Next, I bought a D'arsonval High frequency direct for Home Use - skin tightening, Wrinkles, Fine lines, Puffy Eye. 

It not only removes fine lines, etc but it was to inject ozone into the sores to heal them. That was the main reason I purchased it. Don't over do it with any method---like any medicine a little is good, too much is bad. 

I found and bought these from Amazon.com

It took about 2-3 weeks of diligent treatment of the above, but now I have smooth skin with no sores. I used the above for open sores on my arms and legs and all are in the healing process now. I continue to do the above regime.

See if this works for you.

Find Hope in your life--a book to bring you there-How to get prayers answered

For less than a cup of coffee, get inspired for the rest of your life with a great read. Watch Youtube video to begin your adventure: Answered Prayer
Do you ever wonder why your prayers are not being answered? Then wonder why others are being answered? This book will give real life examples of why our prayers are hindered and what we must do to unlock prayers powers. You will walk through a fire literally and learn how to come out the other end. Listen to a very powerful story that will change how you view prayer and potentially change your life. Learn what you must do in your own life to enable prayer power.
Order your e-copy today that Voice Over can easily read on iphone or ipad or other itool: How to Get Prayers Answered and/or Why Prayers Do Not Get Answered
or order from Amazon at: Get Prayers Answered for your Kindle
The book is also available from Amazon at: Get Prayers Answered
or enlarged print Answered Prayer Denise Robinson

Excrept from book:

Picture: Fire surrounding and burning everything
Prayer lesson: Pray and don’t stop praying Here is how you do it afraid...

 Our part time neighbors, Donna and Todd, who lived on top of the mountain, were watching the fire through their cameras safely back home in North Bend. I know they started to pray too.  By the time Lynnette had reached me, Curt was racing toward our house to get her so they could pull their horses out of their burning barns. By the time they had driven off, we were surrounded, with 50 foot+ flames all the way up the trees. The fire was still about an acre away as I was still “TELLING” God my prayer and what HE needed to do for ME. “Please stop the fire” Don’t let it come close to me,” “Don’t let it jump the road.” Wow, what an ego centered prayer. But that is what we do----we pray, me me my me what about what happens to me prayers. As I realized that was NOT the prayer I was supposed to be demanding of God. I stopped talking and started listening. I asked, “God what do you want me to do?” Here is what HE TOLD me. “Get on your shoes! Get out on that tractor and start driving over the fire and put it out! I have prepared you for this.” That is NOT the prayer or answer I wanted to hear.

Prayer Lesson: Stop talking and telling God what to do as your prayers. Ask, “What should I do?”--- Then Listen.  How many of us do not have answered prayers because God told us something hard to do and we did not do it. We have to do what we can first THEN God does what we cannot do. We have to do the hard stuff first on our own, our own free will. If we did not listen then, afterward, we say “Why, God, why did you not answer my prayer” It was our own fault the prayer was not answered—we did NOT do what HE told us to first…LISTEN…then do it! God is telling us what to do all the time. If we are talking, we are NOT listening. Get quiet and listen.

I can tell you. Go fight the fire was  NOT NOT NOT the prayer answer I wanted to hear, but I said OK. If HE was guiding me, HE would be with me. But I could not tell it……yet….. I was shaking so hard I could barely move. I was so riveted on the flames outside my north front window and so stuck with fear I could barely breathe and God tapped me on the shoulder and said “Turn around”. As I turned around to look through the south facing window it was filled with flames an acre away too, zooming up toward my place faster than my own thoughts. It seemed I was moving in slow motion toward my shoes. That is what HE told me to do. Get ON my shoes. I did it. HE said, walk toward my tractor. My legs were noodles, limp and weak; I thought I would fall down. My breath was rapid, smoke filled my lungs, sweat poured down me; the air was acrid and it hurt. I grabbed my legs and willed them forward. It took everything inside me to will myself forward toward that tractor. The flames, fire and smoke had rapidly moved and closed in that acre and now were yards from the buildings, me, my animals, all that I loved.

Are you doing what God told you to do? Here is how you do it...
 Watch Video at: Diary of Destruction-Fire 2012

Make video ecards with talking software-animoto.com

An 8th graders first try at animoto.com...lots of new commands to learn, but the triumph out weighs all the hard work
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO): Modified Foods - Bad for Your Health


An 8th graders first try at animoto.com...lots of new commands to learn, but the triumph out weighs all the hard work
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO): Modified Foods - Bad for Your Health

Speaking at AER in Chicago-February 13, 2014

Come join AER in Chicago February 13, 2014, where I will deliver the keynote address. Be inspired by an incredible story of overcoming life's great obstacles to go on and become something you never thought possible.
Here is a run down of events
Keynote:
How to inspire yourself and others to do anything!
Discover how to overcome life’s most overwhelming obstacles and put into effect your personal strengths to inspire yourself and others to accomplish greater goals.
1. Determine what your gifts or strengths are to help yourself and those around you
2. Discover strategies to combat personal obstacles to move you onto your true destiny
3. Discover how to inspire those around you to reach goals

Breakout session:
May I have the title of your breakout session on technology, a few sentences describing it and three-to-five learning objectives?
You will learn about the technology that enables success in school, job and life. Watch videos of students using all types of technology and software to become independent. See how to integrate this technology into all the work students’ do.
1. Determine the technology tools that will fit your needs to accomplish needed tasks
2. Determine and discover the different technology that will enable independence for your students
3. Discover the varied tools that enable blind students to accomplish the same tasks as sighted students
Come join the adventure

ATIA Jan-2014-Learn Virtual Instruction-Teaching Technology to Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Paradigm Shift

Watch youtube video on this paradigm shift in teaching virtually and creating your own business:
 ATIA Jan-2014-Learn Virtual Instruction-Teaching Technology to Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Paradigm Shift

ATIA 2014 Orlando Pre-Conference Seminars                   
January 28 - 29, 2014
 PRE-11W: Teaching Technology to Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Paradigm Shift
SESSION CODE: PRE-11W
SESSION TITLE: Teach any child anywhere at any time through virtual remote access: A Paradigm Shift
PRESENTER(S): Denise Robinson, CEO, TechVision, LLC; Ike Presley, National Project Manager, American Foundation for the Blind
DATE: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
TIME: 8:00AM – 4:00PM
OVERVIEW: Teach the core curriculum and more through remote access using a computer, camera or iOS device. Eliminate long hours of driving and work from your office teaching more students no matter the distance away. Dr. Denise M Robinson of TechVision, LLC has developed and is currently implementing a successful remote teaching model for instructing students who are blind or visually impaired and their teachers around the country. Whether the student is in a remote or urban area or with a teacher of the blind that needs those technology skills also, everyone learns together through daily remote access instruction.  In this session, Dr. Robinson will provide participants an outline of technology tools and instruction on how to access students/other teachers/personnel anywhere and teach through remote technologies. BYOD—laptop, talking software, and iOS device to learn and use these incredible tools that allow more time with students and instruction to get them working toward independence in the classroom and out. Though Dr Robinson has been working with students who are blind or visually impaired, teachers of the blind, blind adults and parents, these remote skills will apply to all types of instruction.
STRAND: Core Standards
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
 1.First Key Learning Point (Participants will…):  Identify the hardware needed to conduct remote instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired.
2.Second Key Learning Point (Participants will…): Identify the software needed to conduct remote instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired.
3.Third Key Learning Point (Participants will…):  Identify the positive aspects of remote teaching that make it an affordable option for schools.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
 •Accessibility Professional
•Administrators
•AT Specialists
 •Educators
•Visual Specialist
SPEAKER INFORMATION:
Dr. Denise Robinson,  Ph.D., CEO TechVision, LLC; Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired; Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision
Ike Presley is the National Project Manager at American Foundation for the Blind; Certified Low Vision Therapist; Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired.
 More info at: http://atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=4461

VoiceMyMail-The global and accessible web mail for blind and visually impaired people

VoiceMyMail is the first global and accessible web-mail, conceived for blind and visually impaired people. Till now, they can access to their e-mail box in a totally accessible way, just by installing and configuring an e-mail desktop client (many popular web-mail, promise to have accessibility, which in actually is only formal). The software configuration needs: time, effort and support, and often this procedure need to be repeated after an update. Moreover, isn’t possible to access the email from any computer, as you can with web-mail.

VoiceMyMail solves these problems, because it’s fully integrated with screen readers. The service needs no installation, registration or creation of a new web-mail account: the user just logs in to his personal e-mail boxes (Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc.) straight away by VoiceMyMail.

We started a crowdfunding campaign in order to conclude the development of the latest features of service. We strongly believe that VoiceMyMail can fill a missing piece of digital divide that separates seeing users by visually impaired users.

To learn more:

Crowdfunding campaign: http://bit.ly/1ixj6a6

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/voicemymail

VoiceMyMail demo: http://vmmdemo.innoviu.com

Thank you for your time and attention, I hope you are interested in the project and you decide to write about it. I'm glad to answer any question, doubt or criticism!

Best regards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCj4KZ66nu4

Salvatore Satta
salvatore.satta@innoviu.com
tel: 327.61.41.667

What is the definition of visual impairment in order to get services

WAC 392-172A-01035:  

(n) Visual impairment including blindness means an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a student's educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.

Technology Help for Veterans

As a visually impaired veteran, a visually  impaired person is eligible for a complete computer system, including software, scanner and printer, and training in their use at no cost to the veteran.  If you go to the VA internet website, there is a list of VIST Coordinators and the means to contact them.  http://www.va.gov/blindrehab/

Virtual Eyes with technology

So you can't see well...welcome to the 21st century of seeing using a special camera attached to glasses. Watch the wonder as the world unfolds telling you about your surroundings from a simple camera.

Watch the wonder of Orcam
try out Google Glass option

Find more information at: www.yourtechvision.com