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| 'Braille soon coming to Visual Libraries Project' by Claire Sambrook available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/create_up/3485756495/ under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
In relation to learning needs, some of the aids that may assist a visually impaired student include:
Ideas sourced from Hyde, Carpenter and Conway (2010). Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement (2nd ed). Oxford University press
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Friday, 4 April 2014
Vision impairment
Vision impairment does not always mean complete blindness, it can also be low sight. There are endless learning aids that can assist in the classroom to ensure that all students are able to learn in the classroom environment.
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One of my friends from uni has a vision impairment. The biggest challenge for him was finding his way to classes because of the maze of buildings and staircases. If students left the class before he got a chance to ask anyone to walk him where he was going, he would often end up missing his next class. I think in the case of schools, the teacher might need to assign a buddy to assist the student to get to where they need to go whether it's recess, an assembly or the bus stop.
ReplyDeleteI also remember that the learning centre recorded readings for him so he could listen to them because not all textbooks were available in Braille.
Regardless of my friend not being able to see, he still participated in role plays and oral presentations with us. We had to guide him as to what he needed to do and ensure that things were where we told him they were. I think this might mean that it would be important that changes aren't made in the setup and layout of the classroom.
Also I know my friend uses Siri a lot on his iPhone now. Maybe there would be some ways to incorporate this into learning in the classroom?
That's really interesting. What functions of Siri does he use?
ReplyDeleteTo google information, find out the time, send messages, check emails, etc.
ReplyDeleteThere are probably a number of functions on the ipad / ipone these days that could assist with visual impairment. In fact I just did some research and found an app that is a talking map; one that tells you what note ($) you have in your hand; a colour app; one that tells you what light are on etc. It seems that there are alot that could assist with someone that is visually impaired.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the money app called? That would be interesting to look at using the classroom when learning about currency if you have a vision impaired student.
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