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).
I have been an itinerant TVI and COMS since 1997. I specialize in using Assistive Technology with children with visual and multiple disabilities. My passion is helping these extra-special children to be more independent and better able to communicate with their friends and family.
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.
Matt Tietjen is an education consultant and teacher of students with visual impairments. Matt earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University. He became certified in special education certification at Southern Connecticut State University.
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.
