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Everywhere you go, people are using technology including toddlers and preschoolers! Young children with visual impairments and blindness should and can have opportunities to use technology too. This workshop will focus on how to successfully introduce iOS technology and to teach tech skills to toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students with VIB. Learn about numerous educational apps and how to use these accessible apps in a sequential manner to meet tech-related IEP goals. You will be introduced to basic VoiceOver gestures used in preschool apps and a brief demonstration of how braille displays can be used with young, emerging braille readers.Goals1. Participants will learn strategies on when and how to successfully introduce young students with VIB to technology.2. Participants will learn about core group of accessible educational apps appropriate for young students.3. Participants will be able to identify critical tech skills young students need and which apps can be used to teach these skills.Diane Brauner is an educational accessibility consultant collaborating with various educational app developers and agencies. She splits her time between managing the Perkins eLearning website, Paths to Technology, presenting workshops on a national level and working on accessibility-related projects. Diane has 25+ years as a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS), working primarily with preschool and school-age students. She holds degrees in Rehabilitation, Elementary Education, Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments, and Orientation and Mobility. |
