01/09/2023
Introducing our Fall 2022 student teachers on the final seminar day, marking the newest cohort to join other colleagues in the field! No better place to celebrate our community than at the 🥳
Teacher preparation program to train Teachers of Visually Impaired students (TVIs), also know as Teachers of Blind and Low Vision Students.
Focused on equity, social justice, and TVIs as #accessibility facilitators. The Program in Visual Impairments at San Francisco State University offers teaching credential, masters, and doctoral training in blindness and visual impairments. Instituted at San Francisco State University in 1948, it is one of the oldest training programs of its kind in the country. Visit our website: https://viprogram.sfsu.edu
01/09/2023
Introducing our Fall 2022 student teachers on the final seminar day, marking the newest cohort to join other colleagues in the field! No better place to celebrate our community than at the 🥳
10/23/2022
So exciting to resume our in-person Lab Weekend! The fall “eye class” meets and for 2 days of learning about functional vision assessments and the role of clinics in supporting our VI students.
10/14/2022
05/21/2022
We are T-minus 25 minutes to our first ever joint virtual graduation recognition ceremony with the O&M program! All are invited to watch the public livestream and celebrate our 2022 TVI and O&M grads!
Watch the ceremony and explore our graduation site to learn more about what our grads are up to:
Graduation Ceremony – SF State | Department of Special Education | Program in Visual Impairments and O&M Program The Program in Visual Impairments and the O&M Program at San Francisco State University offers teaching credential, master’s, and doctoral training in blindness and visual impairments.
05/10/2022
It's here! Building on last year's forums on Comics for Blind/Low Vision Readers, 's Accessible Comics Collective seeks proposals for teams to make comics in accessible formats & help push the comics industry forward! Please share widely! CFP/details: https://bit.ly/comicsa11y-cfp-2022
10/15/2021
Don’t miss this FREE event this weekend! Poster with text: Superfest Disability Film Festival. Celebrating 35 years. Get your virtual tickets at superfestfilm.com. October 15, 16, 17. ASL, captioning, and audio description provided. Free tickets available. Images: there are multiple circles of various film stills. One features an illustration of a white woman with Down syndrome wearing a multicolor shirt, one features a drawing of a blind Japanese woman, and another features a Black woman dancing.
09/28/2021
TechTalk #10: 3D Printing for Nonvisual Geometry Instruction - register now to join Mon., 10/4, 7pm PT! Free to all and will be recorded. https://bit.ly/techtalk-3dgeometry
Image: triangle and cone 3D models used to teach rotation around a vertical axis
In case you missed it...the full playlist from our recent one-day symposium "Adapting Comics for Blind and Low Vision Readers" is now published! Check out the full playlist to watch the day's events in chapter format. Please share freely and widely: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzjQM5GnQBGI2XRwTfOfdIzgQTh5PI0GJ
08/04/2021
Meet Monique Coleman TVI, and newest member of our adjunct faculty! Check out her work at the intersection of and
07/22/2021
1st Symposium 8/12, 9a-4p PT! Expert panels will discuss accessible design with audio/tactile/haptics, & best practices when depicting blindness in media. Register: tinyurl.com/adaptingcomics Audio flyer: bit.ly/comicsA11Y-2021
05/13/2021
Happening today at 7pm PDT!
Register for our final webinar and learn about a 3D printed geometry curriculum for blind and low vision learners: https://bit.ly/3h5rnI7
This event will not be recorded, so get it while it's hot! Post-webinar resources will be available at http://www.nonscriptum.com/geometry
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Geometry for Blind and Low Vision Learners (Part 3 of 3). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Hosted by the SF State VI Program and presented by Nonscriptum, this free webinar will showcase lessons 11-15 in our final development of lesson plans for supporting nonvisual access to geometry concepts. This webinar will not be recorded; resources and a Q&A document will be posted on Nonscriptum's...
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