Find resources for adapting the curriculum for blind and low vision students. Also find resources for the expanded core curriculum-essential skills for students with vision impairments.
The Arts
Braille
English
Languages Other Than English
Mathematics
Health and Physical Education
Science
Society and the Environmnet (SOSE)
Technology
Expanded Core CurriculumThe Arts
Braille
Art-Some Ideas
Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine (http://www.artcyclopedia.com/)
Music for the Blind
Soundbeam - Soundbeam is an award-winning device which uses sensor technology to translate body movement into digitally generated sound and image.
Tactual Art
Books and Instructional Resources for Teaching Braille
Braille Bug Web Site
Braille Club
The Braille Rap Song- Want to sing your braille ABCs? Now you can!
BrailleNote Club For Kids
Early Experiences for the Tactual Learner
Mangold Developmental Program
Tactual Books and Activities
Tactual Learner SVRC web page with more braille and tactual links
Play with Braille Hadley School for the Blind
Recipes for Tactile Development and FUN!!!
Unified English Braille Summary Sheet - literary code word document
Unified English Braille Summary Sheet - punctuation and symbols word document
English
Audio and Large Print Books -comprehenive list of suppliers of large print and audio books
Common Errors in English
Read Along Stories and Songs- online stories
Dictionary.com
Electronic Texts-this page has a list of links to online books
Encyclopedia Britannica
Learn to Read - fun activities for the beginning reader.
Learn Your ABCs
Learning Through Listening-lesson plans and resources for teaching using audio books, teaching good listening skills and more.
More Dictionaries-this page lists dictionaries available in various formats
Play and Learn Learn the alphabet, numbers, colors and typing games for young children. Clear, large graphics and some sound. Sure to please the little ones! Worth a try!
ReadPlease -free text-to-speech software. Will read word documents, web pages and email. Can save files in ReadPlease format.
ReadWords Lite - An Introduction New from the makers of Readplease
Reading Stands
Online Study Guides for Penguin Classics
Southern Scene-large print children's books
Study Guides for Victorian Certificate of Education Texts in Audio.
Helen McAlley who has taught and coached at Year 12 level and has produced audio tapes for over 60 books and films. For more information contact Helen on Phone/Fax (61) 03 94353255 or follow the link above.
Talking Toolbox - a self-voicing software program that lets you send and receive Email, write letters and read E-books, organize an address book, use a calendar to plan your week and listen to audio CD's.
The Ultimate Talking Dictionary
A comprehensive talking dictionary that you can load onto your computer.
VCE audio books from Soundbooks
Wordweb-A free accessible dictionary program that works well with screen readers and screen enlargement programs. It contains over 120,000 words and can be used on its own or within Microsoft Word. Download from www.netword.demon.co.uk/wweb/Languages Other Than English
Foreign Language Dictionaries-0nline
Foreign Language Large Print Dictionaries, 259 Collins Street Melbourne. Phone 03 9654 2883
International Children's Digital Library - books from all around the world in different languages. Books can be read on screen and enlarged to by clicking on the plus button at top right hand side of the sceen.
Japanese Braille Tutorial
NJSTAR Chinese, Japanese and Korean Word Processing and Dictionary Software
How to download a demo version of NJSTAR Chinese Word ProcessorMathematics
Access in Mathematics is an issue for a wide range of students with disabilities. The following may be of interest to those looking for ways to make Mathematics more accessible for students who are blind or have low vision. Here are a few sites that use MathML (instead of graphical images). Screen readers can handle these sites fine, but you will need to install a free IE plug-in called MathPlayer which is available from http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/
After installing MathPlayer, try out some of these sites for lots of accessible mathematics fun.
http://www.onemathematicalcat.org/algebra_book/online_problems/table_of_contents.htm
http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/18/18.013a/textbook/MathML/index.xhtml
http://www.emteachline.com/eng/arithmetic_1_/base/0/v0.xml
Daisy Maths Maths activities for students aged 3 to 12 years organised into 12 levels.
Graphs, Grids, and Protractors.These files have graphs, grids and protractors, can be printed out for student use. The lines are bold and are available in different colors. Thanks to Val Lawson, teacher of the vision impairmed in the UK, for access to theses resources.
Protractors pdf file
Graphpaper 1 - pdf file
Graphpaper 2 pdf file
GTCalc -Software for scientific calculator. Large input buttons and display panel. The calculator window can be magnified.Input buttons can be magnified. Input via keyboard or mouse. Input and output is spoken. Individual license price costs $195.00. Anyone wishing to purchase a copy can fax an order to Horizon at 03 9876 7869. For a demo copy of GTCalc please contact Anita Ross at aross@melbpc.org.au or Bernice Fox at foxplace@sme.com.au or fax query to 03 9876 7869 Postal address for more information is Horizon Educational Software at PO Box 494, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, 3134.
Graphics Calculators-linking to computer
Math Flash software helps students sharpen and improve math skills.This self-voicing program uses the computer's sound card to communicate instructions,drills, and practice sessions.Math Flash allows teachers to modify the presentation as well as control the difficulty of the math drills and tests
Math Games web site -simple games for learning tables, basic operations and more.
Puzzles Maths puzzles and mazes for those who like a challenge.
A Maths Dictionary for Kids -find out what those mathematical terms mean. Play number games, practise your tables and more!
Scientific Notebook-software for mathematical computation.
Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students
A Texas School for the Blind site with lots of ideas and resources for teaching math. Also has a page on calculators and other math equipment for blind and vision impaired students.
TRIANGLE - A Mathematics Scratch Pad for the Blind-TRIANGLE is a DOS computer program designed for print-impaired students and professionals in math, science and engineering. This program has graphing calculator feature.
Using Your Computer For Maths.An article which describes some options for producing mathematics on your computer.
Virtual Pencil
A software program which allows students to do mathematics on the computer has been designed for students who have difficulty using a pencil. Options for blind or low vision students include: large print size, choice of background and print color, emboss in braille, use with assistive technology.Health and Physical Education
Sportime- adaptive products for inclusion in PE and Sport
International Blind Sports Federation -word document
Physical Education
Camps, Leisure and RecreationScience
APH Product List
Manual for Adapting Science Experiements - word document
Flexicam-Flexicam, is a camera which links to a television screen to provide magnification of the image from a microsope. It is available from Haines Educational, 1717 Dandenong Road, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia 3166 Phone:(61) 03 9562 7717 Fax: (61) 03 9543 7119
Tactile Demonstration Thermometer
Touch the Universe
A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy allows both blind and sighted readers to enjoy the Hubble images in "Touch the Universe". SVRC has a copy of this publication if you would like to check it out. For further information "Touch the Universe" can be found at http://analyzer.depaul.edu/ttu/
Strategies for Teaching Students With A Visual Impairment
National Eye Institute. Resources for Teaching About Vision.
Teach the basics of vision with materials from the National Eye Institute.Society and the Environmnet (SOSE)
Free Blank Outline Maps
Maps of the World
Outline Map of AustraliaTechnology
Access Technology for Students With Vision Impairments- SVRC technology web site. Too much information for one web site so we have a web site devoted to accessible technology for students with vision impairments.
Big Bold Cursors FREE 16 colors used to create cursors. Download Size: 10 k
Dance Mat Typing
Windows Training - The Access Technology Institute provides online training to people who are blind or vision impaired in the following areas: Windows XP, Advanced Window-eyes, Advanced Jaws for Windows, ZoomText, The Internet with Window-Eyes, The Internet with Jaws for Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word.
Glossary of Terms for Windows - word document
Glossary of Terms for Windows - mp3 file
Ideas for Touch Typing: Speed and Accuracy - word document
Improving Screen Access in the Windows Environment
Large Color Cursor
More Cheat Sheets-check here for the most recent cheat sheet updates and reviews from the SVRC Access Technology web site.
Instructions for Downloading and Installing Large Color Cursor Software
Shortcut keys for JAWS - word document
Shortcut keys for JAWS mp3 file
Shortcut keys for Powerpoint - word document
Shortcut keys for Word - word document
SVRC Technology Page
TTAPS Keyboarding Program
Expanded Core Curriculum
Advisor Workshop-Expanded Core Curriculum Presentation
The Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth
Core Curriculum and Expanded Core Curriculum
Expanded Core Curriculum - role/responsibilities of specialist vision teacher
Resources for the Expanded Core Curriculum
Visual Perception Worksheets