TVI, or Teachers for the Visually Impaired, face challenges as educators that are unique to braille for literacy and communication.  Students may “scrub” the dots down, making re-reading impossible or difficult, or they may show up for your tiny 30-minute time slot with fingers coated in dust from the playground or chili-cheese powder from a preferred snack.  I borrowed a verbal cue from another educator who uses positive phrases, savoring the freshly brailled page, saying, “I love the way that crispy braille feels!” I would love to keep the enthusiasm for low vision and blind learners “crispy,” so feel free to offer some comments!  This is where I will share some insights on motivation for low vision learners.

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Green screen image free for you to download! During school closure, students and teachers who were used to in-person instruction adapted to online learning. This green screen image features a poster of Louis Braille, charts with the Braille alphabet, charts with some tips on using a Braille writer, a Perkins Braille writer, two guiding canes with white canes and red tips, a desktop magnifier (I know, it looks like a computer), a handheld magnifier, and a piece of pizza. Let me know if you have any trouble downloading the image for your green screen use.

Braille Fail: So, I see a building recently constructed as of 2022 and the braille code is already outdated! Why is the contraction dot-6-N being used for the word “administration” when that code was updated and no longer in use for UEB since 2017? Got any other braille fails to share?

Inspired by a picture book, http://www.3cupsbook.com/ and reading a new book about retirement. How to synthesize the two books to share the concept of money management? I’ll start by sharing some thoughts on the book, Three Cups! see my post.