Distance Learning Resources
- Accessible Education Materials (AEMs)
- AEM Center – Accessible Education Materials. The National Center on Accessible Educational Materials provides resources and technical assistance for parents, educators, students and others.
- Bookshare – Free online access to books for school, work or leisure. For people with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, or other reading barriers. Bookshare is a free online library that provides readers access to over 800,000 ebooks. Bookshare is also providing nearly 10,000 ebooks for students who do not qualify in their specialized formats that anyone can read free.
- Check out the Bookshare blog! Learn how to give students full access for home individual memberships and webinars on using Dolphin Easy Reader and other access options.
- Online Bookshare
- Learning Ally – A non-profit organization that provides access to curriculum-aligned text books and literature, popular books and more. Their resources include audiobooks as well as educator tools and resources.
- Public library resources to support continued literacy
- In Natrona County: Beyond donating books, the library has been offering additional digital services as well, including a Facebook Live story time for children. All of the library’s digital resources are accessible at Natrona County Library.
- For all Wyoming residents with active library cards: Go to the WYLD Digital Library to access eAudio, eBooks, and eMagazines.
- Expanded Core Curriculum Resources (ECC)
- The ECC for students who are blind or visually impaired include 9 expanded areas: Assistive Technology, Orientation & Mobility, Social Interaction, Recreation & Leisure, Independent Living, Self-determination, Career Education, Compensatory Access and Sensory Efficiency.
- ObjectiveEd.Com – This resource for teachers of students with Visual Impairments is structured to the Core Curriculum and ECC. Lesson resources are available free immediately for all teachers and their students. There are also apps that work on O&M skills. The Wayfinder game is set in the medieval times and students work on skills to help them deal with real world traffic. As they get more advanced, students must use navigation skills to get to a destination, following GPS instructions and listening to traffic to learn more about their environment. Preview the game here!
- Register/attend Virtual ExCEL Academy sessions
- Stay-at-Home Activities for Children with Visual Impairments
- National Federation of the Blind – Distance Education Resources
- Assistive Technology
- Orientation & Mobility
- Virtual Instruction: O&M – Helps students know where they are in their environment and how to get where they want to go safely.