143 media results found for 'blind'
This module offers an overview of description and why it is essential to providing access for individuals who are blind or have low vision. The module reviews guidelines for description, discusses laws pertaining to description, and explains the u...Read More
In this episode, host Joe Hanson and YouTuber Molly Burke, who is blind, discuss echolocation. They work through a series of active echolocation exercises to help the brain construct images of their environment. Part of the "It's Okay to Be Smart"...Read More
This online training module was developed and designed for students who are blind and visually impaired and the professionals who work with them. Focusing on the transition from school to work, the training offers a series of activities, supportin...Read More
Sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell send sensory messages to the brain at a speed of 430km/hr. The brain deals with 11 million information signals per second, and this continual flow of information is sorted and analyzed by the brain, which di...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
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
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
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
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
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 videos in this series are part of an online module designed for students who are blind and visually impaired and the professionals who work with them. Focusing on the transition from school to work, the training offers a series of activities, ...Read More
Make48 hosted a competition at the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, KS. With access to expert tool technicians and high-tech equipment, competing teams will have the power to build almost anything. Part of the "Make48" series.
Make48 is a 48-hour competition where teams are presented with a challenge and tasked to build a physical prototype, create a sales sheet, produce a 1-minute marketing video, and pitch their big idea to a panel of judges. This fall, the competitio...Read More
With support from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, psychologist Brad Duchaine and his team are studying the brains of 20 people with "face blindness." The team hopes to better understand ...Read More
Starting from the simple definitions of regular people about common words like rose, sky, usage, a deeper analysis is made about what significance is and how reality is satisfied with the sum of significances that surround us. Puns, regionalisms, ...Read More
The parakeet starts with a monologue about the differences between people. The first guest, the, jaguar, is upset that his friend the turtle was not at his tree party. But the turtle is also upset because she went to the party, but she couldn't ge...Read More
Builds upon a student, who is visually impaired, learning to communicate with a trusted adult about concerns/problems encountered at school. Opens with the student making a good choice to move away from a peer who was bothersome. Through various s...Read More
