CA Transcribers & Educators for the Blind & Visually Impaired: an organization that advocates/educates for the needs of those who are blind/visually impaired.

California USA
Joined November 2009
This #TVI prepared individual “Resources Pages” for her students’ team members, including her paraprofessional. This page is full of links that we hope you can use and individualize to meet the needs of your own students and staff. pathstoliteracy.org/resource… #TeachersOfTwitter
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The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled has one vacancy for a Braille Music Librarian, who will perform quality assurance of braille music scores, provide direct services to NLS music patrons, and keep up to date with emerging braille technologies. 1/
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As part of the Mobility Matters virtual field trip, we also explored the Blacksmith & Furrier shops! Student leaders from @Sch4Blind (Charles, Micah, Tori, & Jinlee) were joined by Archaeologists Doug Wilson & Bob Cromwell from Fort Vancouver. @Portland_State @NatlParkServlce
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📣Attention parents and family members! Are you interested in learning tips and strategies to build your child's organizational skills at home? Check out our upcoming workshop: facebook.com/events/46183449…
Lesson Plan Goal Address common questions and misconceptions about braille certification courses available in the U.S.
Join us Friday, March 5th for our webinar on braille certification. We'll talk about the certifications available, how the different exams are set up including the courses that lead up to them, & we'll share resources for braille study! bit.ly/2I75VTA #AccessAcademy
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Time lapse video of me cleaning up an image to make a raised line coloring activity for a student to do with her class ⁦@Procreate⁩ is awesome for taking away all the extra and making images more accessible raised line images.
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Thank you @vo_mvo for spending time helping us find some great accessible resources. We particularly loved @Britannica images that had great descriptions. #VIAccessibility
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The final Dr. Bill Takeshita Telephone Education Series of the year is tomorrow night at 7pm for a discussion on Eye-Hand Coordination. Full information in the image and alt text.
Thank you to @emsuecoleman for hosting our Tuesday Tea discussion yesterday! The recording may be accessed on our YouTube Channel soon if you'd like to learn more about her co-authored publication: "A Bill of Rights for All Children with Visual Impairment and their Families"
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Looking to find the perfect gift for a family member or friend who is blind or visually impaired? We created a selection of the best gifts for those who are blind or visually impaired that can enhance their lives this holiday season. brailleinstitute.org/2020-ho…
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Your child is invited to join the Virtual ExCEL Academy! Tune in for free weekly educational webinars on a variety of topics. Register today! bit.ly/3dE3L9T #VirtualExCELAcademy
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KAMI Quickstart: digitize a worksheet youtu.be/8pf10BgF1Zc via @YouTube Another first. A "quick" tutorial (count the 'ums' and mouth noises). I think KAMI will help classroom teachers make print worksheets and PDFs accessible to all. #a11y #digitalworkflow #VIProgramSFSU #3Cs
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Seedlings has 5 newly converted books available in UEB! The five titles are American Girls: Meet Addy; Boxcar Children #45: The Mystery of the Stolen Music; The Witch of Blackbird Pond; Al Capone Does My Shirts, and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Order today: seedlings.org/order.php
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We asked our Youth students to share any Orientation & Mobility tips they had this month for O&M Month and student Mauricio A. shared these tips for dining in a restaurant and travelling in an airplane! #OrientationAndMobility #OAndM #BrailleYouth Tip in alt text and image
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Here's a fab demo that shows how school staff can support accessible digital materials for #blind students. We are training a new gen of #TechieTVI professionals!
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Great tutorial on how to screenshare from a teacher's computer to a student's - helpful for low vision students to get desktop access to info that's projected on the board.
VNC Viewer App: Connect your power point/google slides/ worksheets directly from your computer to your students: Check out my video: youtube.com/watch?v=xOsGnoZN… #digitalworkflow #a11y
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Additional #ICEB2020 paper by Josie Howse and Frances Gentle: Since the launch of UEB Online in June 2014, there have been 18,292 subscribers from 197 countries. Thank you @ridbc for providing this free #UEB #braille learning program. iceb.org/2020_paper_Howse&Ge…
Episode 4 of BANA Braille Bits can be found at brailleauthority.libsyn.com/…
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