Presentations

2025 Presentation Descriptions and Handouts Link

• Keynote: Leveling the Playing Field: Bringing Success to All! - Hoby Wedler

• Digital Math: Introducing Skill Level Checklists to Prepare Students for Success 

• Tactile Adventures in Physical Science 

• Planning and Hosting a Day of Code 

• Digital Math: Workflows from Teacher to Student and Student to Teacher 

• Better Access to Tactile Graphics and Braille = Better STEM Education for Blind Students 

• Making STEM Accessible with 3D Prints 

• New and Upcoming Math Products from APH – Geometric Drawing Stencils, Cedric’s Cartesian Quest, and Cosmic Number Lines 

• 3-D Printing and Astronomy for Students with Visual Impairments: Insights from the STEM Career Exploration Lab Project 

• What's Next for Our Students? Working to make STEM more accessible and seeking feedback 

• Quick and Easy Tactile Graphics with TactileView 

• WaterViz STEAM Program for Students with Visual Impairments: A Multisensory Approach to Understanding Water Cycle and Climate Data 

• Successes and Challenges of a Virtual Math Club for Students with Visual Impairments - Math Minds Unseen 

• Teaching Inherently Visual Science Concepts in Non-Visual Ways 

• Desmos Graphing Calculator with JAWS 

• Typing Accessible Mathematics in Microsoft Word 

• Building Innovation-Mindset in Staff & Students (and How to Fund It!) 

• Inclusion of the Blind in the STEM Workforce: Where are we now? Where are we going? 

• The Equalize Editor - A Web Application for Braille Math Document Translation 

• Lighting the Fire: Accessibility in the Modern Science Classroom 

• What Does Hands-on, Experiential, Multimodal Learning Mean for STEM? 

• How are Students with Visual Impairments Accessing and Interacting with Digital Math Content? Let’s Talk! 

• STEM Accessibility 101 

• The Future of Interactive STEM Learning on a Dynamic Tactile Display 

• Bridging the Gap: Innovative Approaches to Accessible STEM Education 

• Recharge Your Nemeth 

• Forensic Science Camp 

• Inclusio: A One-Stop Shop for Accessible Graphics 

• Supporting High School Math Learning across the Educational Continuum 

• From the Creation of Math and Science Content in Microsoft Word to the BrailleNote and Back: Promoting the use of Braille in STEM Fields 

• EndNote: Tech and Transition to STEM Careers 

• Keynote: A Walk Through Stem Education Materials from the American Printing House for the Blind

• Data Collection, Visualization, and Analysis using the Cadence Tactile Graphics Tablet

• Science Mailed: Access to blind science professionals teaching blind students hands-on remotely

• Using the Pearson Nemeth Curriculum with High School Students who are Beginning Braille Users

• Lessons Learned!  Some tips to support STEM instruction for All Students! 

• The Accessible Equation Editor - A Web Application for Online Accessible Braille Math 

• Online Science Curriculum--Bane or Boost? 

• Teaching Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts to Students with Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment

• Trends and Opportunities in Accessible Astronomy and STEM Education - Middle School Through College 

• Modified Math Instructions for Learners with Visual Impairment

• SALS: color and precipitates covered

• Geometro for Accessible 3-D Geometry

• Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students (SCIVIS) "Keeping the Dream in Sight"

• Multi-line Refreshable Braille and Dynamic Tactile Graphics with the Orbit Slate and Graphiti Plus

• Customizing your Math Reading Experience with NVDA+MathCAT 

• Mission INSPIRE: Soaring to New Heights in STEM

• Creating accessible math & science resources enabling students to independently learn using NaviLens 

• Practice2Master Abacus: An Interactive Way for Learning the Cranmer Abacus

• Accessible Thermite Reaction and Double-slit Interference Experiments

• Robots, Coding and the Braillenote Touch +

• Games and Puzzles to Increase Learning When Teaching the Nemeth Braille Code to Students of All Ages

• The ViewPlus Rogue - Tiger on Steroids

• The National Research Agenda for STEM Education: Next Steps 

• Math transcribing with Braille2000 V3

• APH Accessible Escape Room

• Join us on an 'electrifying' adventure with Snap Circuits! 

• Using Desmos With Screen Readers

• Seeing Color with Tactile Patterns 

• Create accessible math worksheets in 15 minutes

• Power Partnerships: Exploring the Center of Assistive Technology Training

• New Graph-making Tools for Students and Teachers

• Teaching Students the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation: A Free Totally Accessible Online Approach

• New and Innovative STEM Products from APH

• Virtual Instruction in Math K-12: What is Working!

• Virtual Instruction in Science K-12: What is Working!

• Doing Arithmetic and Reading/making Graphics is Easy

• Increasing Independent STEM Access in the Home, Fieldwork, and the Classroom

• Students Drawing in Math: A Pathway to Learning

• Making Data Accessible:  Using Asteroids to Fire-up Students' Motivation to Explore Astronomy, Coding, Computers, and Image Processing

• Code Jumper: Building Career Paths through Accessible Coding

• Start by Asking Questions: Using Problem Based Learning to Weave Math and the Expanded Core Curriculum 

• Teaching Accessible Science from a distance- the new world of remote teaching and learning 

• Coding and robotics for the visually impaired--what we have learned so far 

• Instructional Strategies and Accessibility for Elementary math and science

• Instructional Strategies and Accessibility for Secondary math and science

• Making Accessible Math Worksheets: 15 minutes or less

• Accessibility to visuals for Students with Blindness and Low Vision" The virtual way

• Project INSPIRE: Nemeth in a Box

• Chemistry experiments for the blind with low-cost talk-aloud sensors

• Everybody Can Code - Even Remotely!

• Assessing Content: The ECC Connection

• Talking LabQuest 2 New Innovations in Blind Science Access

• Geometro for Accessible 3-D Geometry

• Fun with Electronics.

• Using DBT to Convert Braille Math to Printed Math

• Math, Braille, and Tactile Graphics - An Integrated Approach

• Creating STEM materials in BrailleBlaster

• Where We Are, and Where Are We Going to Making Science Simulations and Animations Accessible to Students Who Are Blind

• From the Math Classroom to the Google Classroom – Promoting the use of Braille in STEM Fields

• #GoOpen to Maximize Math & Science Learning

• Calculator Accessibility Solutions for Exams

• Code Jumper: A Physical Approach to Teaching Coding for Children who are Visually Impaired

• Teaching Students the Nemeth Braille Code: Strategies and Resources

• Supporting Science and Math Learning with Accessible Interactive Simulations

• Building Pre-Algebra Students' Ability to Access and Interpret Information in Graphs and Maps

• When Diversity is a Necessity: Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy (IDATA) - User-Centered Design of Accessible Data Processing Software

• Accessible, Interactive Math with Desmos

• Introduction of Swift Playground in the Classroom for Visually Impaired Students

• Sharing Ideas Roundtable

• The Impact of The Next Generation Science Standards on STEM Education for Students with Visual Impairments

• Brailling Math: Using DBT to Produce Nemeth Code in UEB Context

• Teach your students how to code using inexpensive low-tech tactile materials

• Accessible Science and Math Apps for Students

• Universal Arithmetic App

• Real-Time Animated Tactile Graphics with the Graphiti

• Is it Text, or is it Math? Accessible Mixed-Content STEM Writing Support

• Bringing Digital Graphics to Life: The Promise of Multimodal Touchscreens – Progress and Future Work

• Non-visual access to digital charts and graphs

• Keynote: Do the Math: Effective Accommodations and Tools + Accessible Educational Materials = Opportunity to Succeed 

• Nemeth at a Glance: A Math Resource, Grade-Level Chart, and Evaluation Tool

• Shifting Paradigms, Emerging Standards, and the Evolution of the Notetaker: the Future is Now!

• Curriculum for Teaching Students the Nemeth Braille Code: Making it Fun, Easy, and Meaningful

• Donum Visi: Tiny Tools, Shiny Schools 

• Preparation of teachers of children with visual impairments: What is missing?

• Optimizing Braille Efficiency in the Math and Science Classrooms with the BrailleNote Touch

• Upcoming Products in Math

• New Science Products From APH

• Mathematics Made Easy - A Project of ICEVI with the support of The Nippon Foundation 

• It’s the Little Things: An Opportunity to Share Miscellaneous Tips, Tricks, and Cool Ideas

• Quick and Easy Adaptations for teaching science concepts: Wikki Stix and more!

• inTACT Worksheets for Interactive Math Exercises

• Accessible Science - Perkins Accessible Science Curriculum and Website

• Online Dynamic Accessible Math

• inTACT Worksheets for Interactive Science Exercises

• Breaking Boundaries in Tactile Graphics - The Graphiti™

• BVI student access to the STEM education pipeline: Mental imagery, working memory, and mathematical visualizations of congenitally blind students in Calculus

• How to Make 3-D Geometry Problems and Concepts Accessible for Students who are Visually Impaired

• Into the Stratosphere with NASA's Airborne Astronomy Ambassador program aboard SOFIA

• Cracker-barrel: Issues and Answers in Math and Science 

• Paving the Way for Success in STEM-

• Reach for the Stars: Touch, Look, Listen, Learn  A free accessible science textbook for the iPad 

• The Orion TI-84+ - Getting Started 

• Teaching Functional Math Skills to Adolescents – Making it Fun!

• The Use of the Haptic Device 

• A Math App to Build Student’s Word Problem Solving Skills 

• New Low-Tech Tools for Math and Science 

• Enhancing the power of the TI-84  Talking Graphing Calculator 

• Screeners, Diagnostics, and Testing in Mathematics 

• 3-D Printing 

• Teaching Math Skills – Choosing Appropriate Activities and Tools 

• Using Technology to Engage Students with BVI in Hands-On Laboratory Learning 

• Math ML to Voiced Math 

• Online Nemeth Tutorial and Math 

• Use of a Notetaker in Math and/or Science 

• Accessible Science 

• UEB Transition Plans, UEB + Nemeth, and Math Tactile Graphics 

• Using APH Products to Teach Common Core State Standards for Mathematics 

• Learn to Draw, Draw to Learn, with EASY Tactile Graphics Tools and Interactive Exercises for STEM and Math/Science Common Core  

• (SC)2  and Touch Grids: Bridging STEM Barriers 

• Tactile Caliper 

• Nemetex Nemeth Back-Translator 

• Calculators (Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator, AGC, Orion TI-36X, and notetaker calculator) 

• APH development of website to link the CCSS to APH products

• iPad apps

• Use of the interactive whiteboards for VI

• Animal Watch VI Suite app

• UAbacus 

• (SC)2 and Touch Grids

• Data collection and analysis with Vernier LabQuest as well as Vernier’s Logger Pro graphing software

• Microbe models

• Perkins School for the Blind science curriculum 

• Teaching fractions

• Algebra projects adapted from "Lesson Planet"

• Curriculum for Probability & Statistics 

• Nemeth braille Production – Scientific Notebook+DBT Win, Braille 2000, Math Type and Equation Editor with DBT, Math Type with Tiger software, and MegaMath

• Geometro manipulatives 

• BrailleNote and Math - Nemeth tutorial and other uses, when to use it and not to use it

• Audio Graphing Calculator 

• Nemeth computer programming 

• Manipulatives and Low Vision devices 

• Tactile graphics 

• Strategies and Tools for PreK-5th grade

• Strategies and Tools for Life Skills and Transition

• Strategies and Tools for Middle School and High School