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Description: Do you have students at the 5th-8th grade math level who would benefit from increasing their math word problem solving skills and/or graphics literacy skills? If you said yes than come learn about how you can use AnimalWatch Vi Suite and AnimalWatch Vi: Building Graphics Literacy to support your students learning while they also gain environmental science knowledge. Both students who are tactile and print readers have much to learn to be efficient consumers of graphical information (e.g., bar graphs, maps, Venn diagrams) and the targeted approach introduced will prepare your students for success in STEM classes.Instructor: Dr. Penny RosenblumInstructor s Title: Director of ResearchInstructor s Affiliation: American Foundation for the BlindPrimary Core or ECC Area: Core (math and science), ECC (Compensatory Access)Target Audience: General Education Teachers, Teachers of Students with Visual Impairment, Braillist, Braille TranscriberLesson Plan Goal: Describe and demonstrate purpose of using AnimalWatch products to support student learning.Learning Objectives: 1.Participants will describe the layout of both the AnimalWatch Vi Suite and AnimalWatch Vi: Building Graphics Literacy apps and the purpose of the accompanying materials.2.Participants will list 5 skills that the AnimalWatch Vi: Building Graphics Literacy product assists students in learning so they are more efficient and accurate in gathering and interpreting information from graphics (e.g., bar graphs, maps, Venn diagrams).3.When observing a video of a student exploring a braille tactile graphic, participants will identify if the student is using their hands efficiently to gather information. Materials Needed: none |
