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Paths to Technology is designed to assist educators and families in learning and staying current on ever-changing technology for students with visual impairments and blindness. The goal of this project is to enable students with visual impairments and blindness (VIB) to succeed in paperless mainstream classrooms and post-school opportunities for employment by achieving digital literacy and by staying current with rapidly evolving technology. Created as an interactive site, Paths to Technology will be a resource for defining and disseminating best practices, training, and support for teachers of the visually impaired, braille transcribers, other education professionals, parents and students themselves.

Article from the International Business Times that describes the new tactile tablet technology

A platform in development to help everyone, including those with visual impairments learn STEM related concepts

Learning Ally and the Virginia Accessible Instructional Materials Center (AIM-VA) have created a partnership to give eligible K-12 students with IEPs access to Learning Ally's library of 80,000 audio textbooks and literature titles, including VOICEtext audiobooks that highlight text as it's being read, improving and enhancing student comprehension.

Learning Ally offers the world's largest collection of human-narrated audio textbooks and literature as well as solutions, support and community for parents, teachers and students.

Learning Ally and the Virginia Accessible Instructional Materials Center (AIM-VA) have created a partnership to provide eligible K-12 IEP students with print disabilities Learning Ally memberships to help them succeed in school and beyond. Educators of enrolled students have access to Teacher Ally, Learning Ally's student management and book tracking portal.

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This tactile book is based on Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree By Eileen Christelow and is part of the Circle Time Braille Kit: Five Little Monkeys. It is designed be used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, as well as the Interactive "M" Book to help young children who are blind or visually impaired to develop emergent literacy skills, including tactile skills, counting to five, prepositions, positional concepts and the letter "m" for beginning readers at the Kindergarten level.

Wiki from a teacher of the visually impaired with lots of contemporary information about tools, strategies, and techniques for educating students who are blind or who have low-vision.