Pictello can be used to build literacy skills, social skills, communication, social-emotional learning, and early access to VoiceOver by teaching students the “tap” and “swipe and tap” gestures to access their stories.
Children with motoric challenges and additional disabilities, including CVI or other types of visual impairment, may have difficulty with visually-guided reach.
Tips on how to create an animated PowerPoint story as an alternate format literacy material
I am a Teacher Consultant with the British Columbia Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness (Canada).
Abby has been a TVI (teacher of the visually impaired) for six years and a COMS (certifiedOrientation and Mobility specialist) for 3 years.
Nicole Feeney is the Senior Director of Oak Hills Centers in Hartford, Connecticut.
Tara Mason holds a Ph.D. in Special Education specializing in visual impairment and assistive technology. She currently works with a school district in the Boulder Valley as the Lead Assistive Technology and Written Language Program Specialist.
Sharon was formerly an educational consultant with the Outreach Program at Texas School for the Blind, where she spent seventeen years supporting success for students with visual impairment utilizing assistive technology.
Dr. Betsy Flener is a low vision education specialist and assistive technology specialist for the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative in Kentucky.
Neal is an Assistive Technology Specialist for the Sonoma County Office of Education (California).
