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Making Maths Accessible for Students who are blind or have low vision

This workshop provided strategies that cater to the challenges facing primary and secondary Maths students with Blindness and Low Vision.
Charlie Roberts

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Workshop
Course Code
CPE25MBLV
Duration
3 hours

Course Information

This workshop provided strategies that cater to the challenges facing primary and secondary Maths students with Blindness & Low Vision. It investigated options for the inclusion of students who use large print, screen readers, braille and tactile diagrams.


Program for educators of primary aged students

  • Challenges facing students with VI in maths
  • Support available
  • Sharing reasonable adjustments
  • equipment, apps & 3D printing
  • Arithmetic with the Cranmer abacus
  • Tactile graphics & the importance of drawing
  • Braille Maths
  • Question time

Program for educators of secondary aged students

  • Challenges facing students with VI in secondary maths
  • Strategies for student inclusion
  • Yr.7 maths tool kit & apps
  • Algebra tiles
  • Producing accessible digital worksheets
  • Accessible senior scientific calculators
  • MathKicker AI software for digital access
  • BrailleBlaster free translation software
  • Question time




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