185 media results found for 'blind'
In collaboration with NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Creative Technology and Design students at the ATLAS Institute at University of Colorado Boulder have deve...Read More
Join Everett and Willow in their adventures as they discover the extraordinary world through their unique perspective as they navigate life with a special tool-embracing independence and pride. This heartwarming children's book inspires viewers to...Read More
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist, and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing at 19 months old after an illness. This video provides an overview of the ...Read More
This video describes the case of a patient with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a progressive disease that leads to blindness, and how physician-scientist Dr. Ed Stone approached the search for the causal mutation. Just before his sophomore year in co...Read More
Just before his sophomore year in college, Sam Walker was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which can be caused by mutations in one of over 100 known genes. Dr. Ed Stone set out to identify the specific mutation affecting Sam with the hope...Read More
Debbi Penrose, a sixth grade teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, shares the strategy empowering students. By using this strategy, she hopes to provide students with the skills to articulate and express themselves throughout t...Read More
Mary Bilancio, a second grade teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, shares the strategy making words. The application of this strategy helps students increase their phonemic awareness. Part of the "FSDB Pineapple PD" series.
Debbi Penrose, a teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, discusses the concept of time related to earth science. She uses different strategies to help her students understand time and scale related to different geological time pe...Read More
Karen Newton, a teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, demonstrates the strategy shared inquiry. During shared inquiry exercises, students use higher-order thinking skills to have academic discussions about a given text. Part of...Read More
Jay Floresca, a teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, shares the concept of differentiated centers. She explains how dividing students into groups provides time for individualized instruction. Part of the "FSDB Pineapple PD" se...Read More
Byron Bridges, the ASL/English Bilingual Coordinator at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, discusses ASL mouth morphemes. The use of ASL mouth morphemes increases students' awareness of ASL adjectives and adverbs. They also help expand...Read More
Cally Traetto, a teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, shares strategies for increasing literacy in the different content areas. She aims to help students use ASL/English bilingual strategies to improve their literacy skills in...Read More
Jessica Stultz, a first grade teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, shares the tool signed reading fluency rubric. This strategy is adapted from "Signed Reading Fluency Rubric for Deaf Children" created by Sandra Huston and Sus...Read More
The video "Against the Odds: The Rise of Mary Fisher" from the "Against the Odds" series captures the inspiring journey of Mary Fisher, a visually impaired athlete. Mary, who has aniridia, began with limited ability but rose to prominence through ...Read More
The video "Meet the Helpers: How Voting Works for Kids" is part of the "Meet the Helpers" series and introduces the basic concept of voting. It explains the voting process in an engaging manner, emphasizing its significance in electing government ...Read More
Every student deserves equal access to learning opportunities. Giving description and captioning options to students with broad differences in their ability to see and hear makes educational media accessible to them. Provides examples of descripti...Read More
Advertising has become standard practice in health care, and vision correction appears to be taking the lead. Americans spend nearly $2 billion on vision correction, and providers spend nearly $200 million on advertising it. Looks into the ethics ...Read More
Alexandra Alfonso is anything but shy. This precocious eight-year-old is confident, feisty, and enjoys showing off her math skills. Alexandra, Allie, as she likes to be called, was born with Peter's Anomaly, a glaucoma-like condition that resulted...Read More
Sam was born with an autosomal recessive form of microcephaly, a condition marked by a small head, severe developmental delays, blindness, and other challenges. He began receiving support services at 18 months and in the fall of 2007, began kinder...Read More
Camille was born premature and now has severe retinopathy of prematurity. Born at 25 weeks and weighing less than two pounds, she spent nearly three months in the neonatal intensive care unit and arrived home at nearly five pounds. Though it took ...Read More
Parents Jenny Smith and Alan Levin discuss their son Max Smith-Levin. Max is a two-year-old bundle of energy who brings joy to his parents and big sister Callie. He also has an extremely rare condition called bilateral anophthalmia, meaning he was...Read More
"Make48: Season 8 National Competition -- Episode 2" introduces viewers to a thrilling 48-hour creative challenge, where eight teams across the U.S. compete to design and pitch innovative prototypes. Operating from a Kansas City makerspace, partic...Read More
The video titled "Against the Odds: Cam Finds His Voice," part of the "Against the Odds" series, follows Cam Dawson, a 13-year-old with a passion for music, as he navigates the challenges of growing up visually impaired. Cam finds solace and expre...Read More
Jason Steven’s world is unraveling. His beloved Alexia is leaving on an extended mission trip to Haiti. His extended family is suing him. And he faces great pressures trying to run his grandfather’s foundation. Then he discovers his late grandfath...Read More
This inspirational film follows the story of Jason Stevens, who inherited a vast fortune and foundation from his grandfather, Red Stevens (James Garner). Jason struggles to accomplish a series of twelve thankless tasks to gain Red's company and fo...Read More
In this episode of the show "Dr. Phil," the mother of the only known set of deaf-blind triplets in the world is interviewed, her story told, and anxieties revealed. She and her husband have both come to Dr. Phil for help. Dr. Phil, along with Jenn...Read More
Uses dramatic reenactment and drawings to relate the key events in the life of Harriet Tubman, America's foremost woman abolitionist. Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad, the south-to-north route taken by slaves traveling toward freed...Read More
Educators at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind demonstrate teaching methods and instructional strategies for best practices in the classroom. This series offers exemplars for professionals and educators in both the field of deafness an...Read More
"Make48: Season 8 National Competition -- Episode 1" provides a dynamic introduction to an innovative makerspace competition where eight teams from diverse regions converge in Kansas City to create prototypes within 48 hours. This educational vide...Read More
The story of how deaf-blind education began in America starts with a woman named Laura Bridgman. After a sickness left her deaf and blind, her family took her to Boston to Perkins School for the Blind. The school made cutouts of letters and labele...Read More
