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Tech Tea Time: New Tools for Learning and Reading Braille
Open Captioned. Open captioned. In this presentation we will introduce you to a class of braille displays with touch-sensitive technology that:
1) enhances braille learning
2) improves reading outcomes, and
3) helps teachers document and demonstrate reading progress against benchmark IEP goals.
The Help Tech Active Series Braille Displays offer benefits not found on any other device. We look forward to showing you what they can do and how they work. There are only so many choices when it comes to braille technology. We hope to help you make the most informed choice for you and your students. Please join us with your questions and your curiosity.
Tech Tea Time: APH Update August 2024
Open Captioned. Join Tech Tea Time as Stephanie Walker gives an update on all things APH!
Tech Tea Time: The Equalize Editor – Online Accessible Braille Math
Open Captioned. The Equalize Editor allows braille users to create documents using UEB contracted text and Nemeth braille math. It supports file I/O, Google Drive integration, clipboard cut/paste, and document export to HTML, PDF, and BRF formats. Its accessible user interface gives sighted and braille users equal access to online math content. The Equalize Editor enables braille math students to interact with sighted math teachers who do not understand braille, nor the specialized braille codes used by the visually impaired. The Equalize Editor combines a visual math editor with support for braille codes for literary text (UEB Literary) and math formulas (Nemeth). It allows both sighted and braille users to create text with embedded math, either using visual keyboard commands and math symbol buttons, or using braille equivalents of these commands and math operations taken from the relevant braille standards.
Tech Tea Time: WayAround for Home, Office and Public Spaces
Open Captioned. WayAround is the app for your smart device that provides on-demand details about everyday things. The simple tag-and-scan approach lets you quickly and easily identify things around you. It also provides extra details, like how something works or when it expires. The result? Doing more of the things you want, with more confidence and more independence.
Tech Tea Time: Using Standard Video Magnifiers to Build Custom Solutions
Open Captioned. Whether your student wants “everything, everywhere, all at once” or is “too cool for school,” this session will help you think outside the box to meet your students’ needs. You know those techie kids who want their assistive technology (AT) to perform everything, everywhere, all at once? There are all-in-one solutions that will allow one device to meet multiple needs in various locations with numerous options for varying task demands. On the other hand, we have all seen students who are too cool for school. These kids panic and refuse to learn and use new assistive technology devices, We will discuss non-conventional and unique ideas to allow students to use the same devices as their classmates use while having access to the adaptations they greatly need. We will present options for students on both ends of the spectrum and illustrate how engineers worldwide are pushing the limits of software and hardware to transform assistive technology. Finally, we will share about the technology explosion coming as AT meets AI. Educators are in a wonderful position to influence designers and engineers as they incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into AT. Educators can provide input to leverage the power of AI while maintaining the security necessary in the educational environment.
Tech Tea Time: Assessment to Present Levels to IEPs
Open Captioned. In our final August session we wrap up our 3 session discussion with bridging the assessment process into present levels and IEP goals and objectives for AT.
Tech Tea Time: Initial Assessments
Open Captioned. Donna discusses initial assessments.
Tech Tea Time: Trauma and the Brain
Open Captioned. A discussion of Trauma and the Brain.
Tech Tea Time: Pre-Driver Readiness is Pedestrian Readiness
Open Captioned. A discussion of How Pre-Driver Readiness is Pedestrian Readiness.
Tech Tea Time: Low Vision and O&M
Open Captioned. A discussion of Low Vision and O&M.