Designing Effective Tactile Displays Using the Tactile Graphics Kit
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Dates
August 22, 2024, 2:00pm - 3:30pm Eastern
Location
Zoom
Description
Are you a TVI looking for great hands-on methods for creating tactile graphics with your students? APH’s Tactile Graphics Kit provides a fun, convenient, and highly effective solution for designing and delivering graphics. How do you use aluminum sheeting for graphics creation, and which kinds of graphics work best with this process? How do you get these to your students, and involve them in the process? Spend some time with us learning the “hows” and “whys” of utilizing this wonderful kit in the classroom setting. Craft along with us as we make a few aluminum tactile graphics together for math, social studies, and science worksheets!
Presenters
- Leanne Grillot, Senior Director of Outreach Services, APH
- Jenny Wheeler, Southwest Regional Outreach Specialist, APH
Primary Core or ECC Area
Compensatory AccessTarget Audience
Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Orientation and Mobility Specialist, Parent, ParaprofessionalPre-requisite Knowledge
Braille and basics of creating a tactile graphicLearning Objectives
- Complete a plan for creating a meaningful and relevant tactile graphic using the Tactile Graphics Kit.
- Correlate tactile graphics design guidelines with tools from the Tactile Graphics Kit.
- Apply effective strategies to enhance readability and comprehension of tactile graphics when using the Tactile Graphics Kit.
- Utilize the Tactile Graphics Kit to successfully integrate braille keys and labels in a tactile graphic.