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February 15, 2022 10:31 am
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“The current generation has over 1.1 million children with visual impairment in India yet in all the generations till now, less than 50 of them have chosen to study STEM subjects beyond high school”, shares Vidhya Y in the panel discussion conducted by World Summit on Information and Society (WSIS) Forum 2022 on the International Day for Women and Girls in Science.
January 4, 2022 10:30 am
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On 4th January 2022 on the occasion of World Braille Day, Vidhya Y, the co-founder of Vision Empower moderated a panel discussion organised by the Cognizant Foundation. The topic of the panel was “An inclusive society for persons with visual impairments” where experts working in this field came together as...
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January 4, 2022 10:00 am
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On the occasion of International Braille Day 2022, Vision Empower launches its Braille Reading Initiative at schools.
January 4, 2022 9:31 am
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On International Braille Day 2022, Vision Empower expresses its gratitude to the co-creators of Hexis, Rajagopal N and Paul D’ Souza. Hexis is an electronic Braille reader which automatically converts text to Braille on a refreshable Braille display.
January 4, 2022 8:48 am
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We have all heard or read about the inventor of the Braille script, Louis Braille. Louis was born on January 4 in 1809 in France and became blind after a childhood accident at the age of 3. But, he quickly mastered his new way of living. When Louis was only 15 years old, he created the Braille reading and writing system based on Charles Barbier’s night writing system (a note-taking system he invented of embossed dots to represent sounds).
December 3, 2021 6:26 pm
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(International Day for Persons with Disabilities, 3rd Dec 2021)
A rainbow, out of the many storms that the Covid-19 pandemic brought, has been the increased usage of platforms like zoom. While we’ve all talked about the zoom fatigue and the boredom people faced all day working from home, there is a brighter side too. Assistive technology platforms like this have played an important role in empowering people with various disabilities to become contributors in conferences and events where earlier they would be mere participants.
December 1, 2021 11:28 am
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(A talk by Vidhya Y in WSIS Forum 2022 Brainstorming Session)
“Technology is a great enabler, it’s a necessity for women with visual impairment rather than a luxury”, says our co-founder Vidhya Y in a brainstorming discussion conducted by World Summit on the Information Society(WSIS).
November 30, 2021 12:59 pm
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(A Pragya Teacher Training Session with the graduates of NIEPVD)
Over 20 Bachelors in Education (B. Ed) students from the National Institute For The Empowerment Of Persons With Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD), Tamil Nadu, attended the training which focussed on introducing the fresh graduates to Computational Thinking concepts through games.
November 25, 2021 1:19 pm
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Project VICT sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. and implemented by IIITB and Vision Empower, won the jury commendation certificate in the 19th FICCI Corporate Social Responsibility Award under the category of ‘Inclusive Development of PwDs’.
November 25, 2021 1:17 pm
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From counting rice grains as a child to becoming the gold medalist of her batch in IIIT-B, read the story of Vision Empower’s co-founder who was told to take ‘easier’ subjects as a person with visual impairment. Get to know how she defied all the labels put on her for choosing to study Mathematics and is now making STEM education accessible for children with visual impairment through Vision Empower.
November 25, 2021 1:16 pm
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Read Vidhya’s story featured by HerStory as a part of its Women Entrepreneurship Day coverage. The blog features remarkable women sho are running incredible ventures raising awareness on various issues people with disabilities face daily.
November 20, 2021 5:58 pm
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Vidhya Y, the co-founder of Vision Empower participated in Splendor 2021, an International Virtual Conference conducted by Cilre. The 3-day conference, from 18th to 20th November 2021, comprised of various panel discussions, fireside chats, workshops, etc all revolving around the theme “Future of Education”.
November 10, 2021 5:05 pm
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After a long dark struggle with the pandemic and with a misty view of the future, schools are reopening and students have been requested to attend school. What does this mean for the community of students and teachers with visual impairment and outreach wings of organizations such as Vision Empower?
October 30, 2021 4:56 pm
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Vision Empower (VE) participated in the 'EMPOWER Assistive Technology Conference' conducted by the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B) from 28th to 30th October 2021.
October 11, 2021 12:11 pm
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Vision Empower made a joint presentation on “Access to education amidst Covid restrictions: Enabling classroom interactions using a play-based learning approach” at Samvaad 2021
October 4, 2021 2:54 pm
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Vision Empower celebrated its fourth Foundation Day on the 4th of October 2021.
September 30, 2021 3:13 pm
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Are you passionate about Computational Thinking? Would you like to challenge yourself and make your CSPathshala Computational Thinking problems accessible for the children with visual impairment?
September 30, 2021 9:54 am
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Vision Empower conducted a workshop on VICT – Computational Thinking for Children with Visual Impairment at the ACM India Computational Thinking at Schools Conference on 30th of September 2021 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Dr Swami Manohar and the Vision Empower team conducted the two and a half hour workshop...
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September 3, 2021 10:26 am
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Abstract: This paper argues that, while universities have a crucial role to play in social innovation by democratizing knowledge, fulfilling that role in the Global South requires them to partner with civil society actors such as NGOs. With their history of working with the socially disadvantaged, NGOs have a unique role in clarifying the nature of demand since social innovation must often address ill-formulated “wicked problems”.
September 1, 2021 10:20 am
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Vision Empower in collaboration with Canara Bank Welfare Association (Matruchhaya) conducted an online workshop on the 1st of September 2021 for The Regional Braille Press, Rama Krishna Mission Ashram, Narendrapur (West Bengal), and National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD), Chennai.
Trainers: Ms. Kalyani and Ms. Pushpaja from Matruchhaya
August 26, 2021 1:21 pm
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Vision Empower is pleased to announce the commencement of the first Pragya training for teachers of children with visual impairment in Gujarat. The three-day training is being conducted online on 25th, 26th, and 27th of August 2021.
August 6, 2021 12:15 pm
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Vidhya participated in a panel discussion organized by the celebrated Information and Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development Goals on the Stocktaking of Women in Technology. Watch the session here The session was insightful and the participants enjoyed it with great enthusiasm. More than 160 people joined us via zoom and...
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July 27, 2021 10:26 am
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National Institute For The Empowerment Of Persons With Visual Disabilities (divyangjan) – Regional CentreDepartment of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities(Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India)Poonamallee, Chennai – 600 056. & Vision Empower in partnership with Microsoft Jointly organize a 3-day online workshop on “Learning Numeracy through Play”...
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June 29, 2021 11:07 pm
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Rishi Vadhana, VE Educational Co-Ordinator was awarded the second prize for presenting her paper titled "Teaching of logical reasoning diagnosis for print-disabled students" at the Science through Inquiry and Research (STIR) competition hosted by Bishop Heber College, Trichy for participants who have enlivened their Project/Research based Learning.
June 26, 2021 9:18 pm
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Vision Empower in collaboration with Saksham conducted the first Delhi Online Computational Thinking for Visually Impaired curriculum (VICT) Teacher Training intervention for teachers of two special schools for the blind in New Delhi on 25th June and 26th June, 2021.
June 18, 2021 9:32 pm
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Vision Empower conducted the first Pragya Teacher Training intervention for teachers of three special schools for the blind in Tamilnadu from 16th June to 18th June 2021. A total of 10 teachers attended this three-day online session. The three-day journey focussed on introducing the principles of teaching children with visual...
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May 24, 2021 10:59 am
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Vision Empower celebrated Global Accessibility Day with two events. Awareness on usage of Screen Reader by persons with visual impairment and A Group Discussion based on Vidhya's TED talk. Great way to recognize the importance of Accessibility in our lives.
May 24, 2021 10:45 am
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Design of Programs for Students and Teachers with Visual Impairment in the Global South: A collaborative response to the COVID19 pandemic in Karnataka, India. This entry from Vision Empower was accepted for the CHI 2021 conference workshop on Disability design in low resource settings.
May 21, 2021 3:50 pm
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Nutrition in Plants Nutrition in Animals Fibre to Fabric Heat Acid bases and salts Physical and Chemical changes Weather, climate and adaptations of animals to climate Winds, storms and Cyclones Soil Respiration in organisms Transportation in animals and plants Reproduction in plants Motion and time Electric current and its effects...
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May 21, 2021 3:49 pm
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Food: Where does it come from Components of food Fibre to Fabric Sorting materials into groups Separation of substances Changes around us Getting to know plants Body movements The living organisms Motion and measurement of distance Light,shadows and reflections Electricity and circuits Fun with magnets Water Air around us Garbage...
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May 21, 2021 3:49 pm
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The Living World Family Community Natural resources Air water Agriculture Food-essence of life Residences Nature of Matter Amazing Energy The Sky
May 21, 2021 3:49 pm
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The Animal Kingdom Honey, Sweet Honey Go around the Forest Roots-Support of the Plant Flowers – Colors Each Drop Water Pollution Food-Health Shelter-Its Variety Waste is Wealth Our body- A Wonderful Machine Traffic Rules Transport and Communication The Changing Families Home -The first school Occupations-Its Importance
May 21, 2021 3:49 pm
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A day in the garden Green Wealth Judgement of an owl The family of water Variety of food Our Kitchen Let us build a house Pretty house Our sense organs Importance of teeth Danger-accident Facilities for our use Modes of transport Communicating through letters Deepas generation My Hobby People with...
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May 21, 2021 3:49 pm
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Introduction of animals Animal Rearing Plants of Backyard We are for you Precious Water Varieties of food We need a house Organ health My safety Our property Travel My Family Festival Caring Seniors Help and Cooperation play and enjoy Our basic needs In the sky My beautiful native land
May 21, 2021 3:47 pm
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Integers Data Handling Simple equations Lines and Anlges The triangle and its properties The congruence of triangle Comparing Quantities Rational Numbers Practical Geometry Perimeter and Area Exponents and powers Symmetry Visualising solid shapes
May 21, 2021 3:47 pm
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Knowing our numbers Whole numbers Playing with numbers Geometrical IDeas Understanding Elementary shapes Integers Fractions Decimals Data Handling Mensuration Algebra Ratio and proportion Symmetry practical Geometry
May 21, 2021 3:46 pm
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5 Digit numbers Addition Subtraction Fractions Angles Circle Length Perimeter and Area Data Handling Multiplication Division Mental Arithmetic Deccimal Fractions Money Weight and Volume Time Three dimensional figures Patterns
May 21, 2021 3:46 pm
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Perimeter and Area of simple Geometrical figures Numbers Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Circles Mental Arithmetic Fractions and Decimals Addition and Subtraction of Money Measurement-length Weight Measurement of Volume Time Data Handling Patterns and symmetry Tangrams and Designs Solids
May 21, 2021 3:46 pm
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Shapes Numbers Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Mental Arithmetic Fractional Numbers Money
May 21, 2021 3:46 pm
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Shapes and Spatial understanding (1) Numbers(0-99) Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Mental Arithmetic Money Length Weight TIME Data Handling Patterns
May 21, 2021 3:42 pm
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Animals around us Plants around us Water Delicious food Do we need food My house Clean habits Safety and discipline Transportation I and my family Play the game Basic needs Sun Moon Stars Around us
May 21, 2021 3:39 pm
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Spatial Understanding Solids Around Us Digits(1-9) Zero Addition(sum not more than 9) Subtraction Number 10.pdf Units and Tens Number-11 to 20 Addition(sum not more than 20) Subtraction(DifferenceNotMoreThan20) Numbers 21-99 Money Weight Time Patterns
May 20, 2021 10:33 am
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By Devi Lockwood
Erick Ponce works in a government communications department in northern Ecuador. The 26-year-old happens to be deaf — a disability he has had since childhood. Read the full article here
May 5, 2021 8:50 pm
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Vision Empower conducted the second Pragya Teacher Training intervention for teachers of two special schools for the blind in Tripura on 5th May to 7th May, 2021. A total of 10 teachers attended this three-day session. Since this was their first interaction with us, the objective of the session was...
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April 21, 2021 5:27 pm
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Vision Empower is conducting its 8th Pragya Teacher Training for teachers from 21 schools in Karnataka in English and Kannada from 21st to 23rd April 2021
April 20, 2021 6:40 pm
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Being students of social sciences, there is no better practice than service learning which facilitates learning through meaningful community service. Service learning is a pedagogy that aims to enable us students to enrich our learning by integrating our theoretical knowledge and practical skills. As part of our service learning program,...
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April 11, 2021 5:59 pm
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On the 11th of April, Vision Empower organized a workshop for 25 student volunteers on creating accessible documents using MathType. Educational Coordinators from VE trained the students and worked with them from 10 am to 1 pm.
March 15, 2021 12:16 pm
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By Joel P Joseph
The Wire Science
Entrepreneur Christina Wallace wrote in 2015, “for most people – myself included – the default [picture of a scientist] is probably a white man in a lab coat, hunched over a microscope.”
Thanks to many individuals, collectives and movements showing the mirror on racial, gender-based and caste-based discrimination in STEM, this stereotype is slowly changing. However, few still have promoted the inclusion of people with a disability in STEM.
March 9, 2021 9:38 am
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Vidhya Y wins the Special Women Achiever Award 2021 from Xiaomi India for her contributions to empowerment of the community through Vision Empower.
March 2, 2021 10:14 am
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Vision Empower and XRCVC in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha Tripura announces the first I for Inclusion Training for 40 educators from the state
February 16, 2021 3:35 pm
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All for Play, Play for All is the motto of the the team passionate about Ludic Design for Accessibility. Visit the Ludic Design website to know more.
February 11, 2021 3:24 pm
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Vidhya Y is featured in TheLifeofScience.com calendar 2021.. This year’s calendar honors various ways in which women, transgender, and non-binary persons are contributing to science in India. It features around 40 contemporary individuals who are helping the growth of the Indian scientific and academic ecosystem.
February 3, 2021 10:02 am
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Vidhya addressed a group of 100 students of 12th grade from the Ramakrishna Mission, Chennai and shared her journey and encouraged them to choose courses of their choice for higher studies.
January 27, 2021 1:45 pm
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Supriya from Vision Empower took part in the "Accessible Computer Science Fall Workshop" Nov 17, 2020 - Nov 19 2020 on "Using research to make Computer Science education accessible to all learners" organized by Microsoft, University of Washington, and University of Colorado, Boulder. The whitepaper, Reimagining Accessibility and Inclusion in K12 Computer Science Education Through Curriculum and Professional Development was an outcome of this workshop.
January 19, 2021 11:03 am
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To people with disabilities in India, STEM fields remain largely inaccessible. A glimmer of hope has come in the form of the National Education Policy 2020, but unless some serious gaps are addressed, progress is unlikely.
January 8, 2021 3:26 pm
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Article by Supriya for Samuhik Pahal, a Wipro Foundation newsletter : Addressing the new abnormal - COVID response for visually impaired teachers in schools for the blind
January 7, 2021 2:47 pm
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Vision Empower is happy to participate in the first Winter School of the Center for Accessibility in the Global South January 7th 2021 to January 9th 2021.
December 12, 2020 2:47 pm
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Supriya was part of a panel discussion at the online Wipro Partner Forum 2020 on the theme ‘Surviving to Flourish: Adaptations in the times of COVID-19.’
November 18, 2020 1:44 pm
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November 13, 2020 11:25 am
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A three day online teacher training workshop Pragya’2020 was organized by Vision Empower on 9th, 10th and 11th of November. The workshop was conducted online on the Zoom platform and a mock session on how to join and operate the meeting on Zoom was conducted two days in advance to...
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November 4, 2020 5:07 pm
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General Information: Numeracy concept: Counting and AdditionMaterials: 3 varieties of dry edible items (cashew, raisins, dates, peanuts, almonds, boiled chickpeas or anything that are not very easily breakable) – 5 of each item; 3 small bowls, 1 trayPrerequisites: CountingNumber of players: 2 or more players Game Overview and Basic Rules...
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November 4, 2020 3:08 pm
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Numeracy concept: Counting, Comparing (smaller, bigger) Material: one stainless steel or metal bowl, one flat tray, Marbles/Seeds/Beads, dice-2 (Android app available on the play store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_ansonsavage.DiceRole_Magic8Ball_Extension_Two_Die ) Prerequisites: The child should know how to Count Number of players: 4 or more Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play This...
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November 4, 2020 3:08 pm
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Play plan: Pebble Game – Counting Numeracy concept: Counting, Comparing (smaller, bigger) Material: one stainless steel or metal bowl, one flat tray, Marbles/Seeds/Beads, dice-2 (Android app available on the play store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_ansonsavage.DiceRole_Magic8Ball_Extension_Two_Die ) Prerequisites: The child should know how to Count Number of players: 4 or more Game Overview...
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November 4, 2020 3:07 pm
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General Information: Numeracy concept: Patterns and SortingMaterials: 2-3 different varieties of pebbles or block or any items with different texture (they should not be very small or round), 2-3 bowls and 1 flat trayPrerequisites: CountingNumber of players: 2 or more Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play: The objective of...
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November 4, 2020 3:07 pm
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General information Prerequisites: Counting and sortingPlay arena: A familiar place with less obstruction 3 chairs/stools 3 plastic boxes/jars with lid cotton/tissue paper, pulses, chocolates/toffees (3 or 4 in number), empty bag/trouser with 3-4 pockets Big bowl, some pebbles/beads. Number of players: 4-5 Game overview and basic rules for play: The...
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November 4, 2020 3:06 pm
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General Information Prerequisites: –Play arena: 3 broad items/boxes of different materials such as wood, steel and plastic.3 steel glasses of similar size, preferably little longer in height, 1 steel spoon and water. Number of players: 4 Game overview and basic rules for play: The objective of the game is to...
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November 4, 2020 3:06 pm
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General Information Prerequisites: CountingPlay arena:Number of players: 2 or more Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play Body percussion is the art of striking the body to produce various types of sounds for didactic, therapeutic, anthropological and social purposes. In both the world of musical traditions and the world of...
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November 4, 2020 3:05 pm
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GENERAL INFORMATION: Numeracy concept: Deductive reasoning skills, problem solving skillsMaterials: 3 sets with 4 items in each set. Any 3 of the following options can be selected or the sets can be made using regular items (beads/blocks/candies/pulses) which are easily available.Set 1: 3 spoons, 1 forkSet 2: 3 blocks with...
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November 4, 2020 3:05 pm
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General Information Numeracy concept: TimeMaterials: NonePrerequisites: Familiarity with numbers, days and monthsNumber of players: 2 or more Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of this game is to understand the pattern and sequence in days, weeks and months in a year along with the concept of before,...
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November 4, 2020 11:22 am
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General Information Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level) Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition, identifying suits Play arena: Standard Number of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to collect all cards of the same type (suit)....
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November 4, 2020 11:22 am
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General Information Material: Beads of two different textures, Thread Prerequisites: Counting, Number recognition Number of players: Any number Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The Ganit Mala comprises a string of 100 large beads, with number markers which can hang from it. Children learn how the numbers to 100...
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November 4, 2020 11:21 am
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General Information Numeracy concept: Place value Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level) Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition Play arena: Standard Number of players: 4 or more Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play In order to reinforce the concept of place value concept, this...
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November 4, 2020 11:20 am
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General Information Prerequisites: Counting Number of players: 2 Materials: Noughts and Crosses board Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play A simple game played by two people. The objective of Noughts and Crosses is to get a winning line of three Noughts or three Crosses in either a horizontal, vertical...
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November 4, 2020 11:20 am
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General Information Numeracy concept: Odd or Even Material: A bowl full of Marbles/Seeds/Beads/Buttons Prerequisites: Counting, addition Number of players: 2 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to collect all the marbles/seeds. This game involves only two players. Either Facilitator/Teacher/Player themselves will equally distribute...
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November 4, 2020 11:19 am
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Material: Braille Place value cardsPrerequisites: Counting, number recognition, 2, 3, 4 digit number place value, addition, subtractionNumber of players: Any number Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play: Mann card (place value cards): When we play with number cards and ask children to take number 12 and show. They tend...
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November 4, 2020 11:19 am
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Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level)Prerequisites: Counting, Number recognition, identifying suitsPlay arena: StandardNumber of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play: The objective of the game is to sort the cards into four different suits from 1 to 10 along with...
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November 4, 2020 11:19 am
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General Information Material: Tangrams Prerequisites: Counting, identifying shapes Number of players: Any number Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play A tangram is a two-dimensional re-arrangement puzzle created by cutting a square into seven pieces. Seven geometric shapes called “tans” These tangram shapes can be fitted together as a large...
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November 4, 2020 11:18 am
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General Information Card deck: Junior cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level) Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition, card game0 , basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) Play arena: Standard Number of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to be...
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November 4, 2020 11:18 am
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General Information Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level) Prerequisites: card game 0, card identification Play arena: Standard Number of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to be able to collect maximum sets of cards....
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November 4, 2020 11:18 am
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General Information General InformationPrerequisites: CountingNumber of players: 6-8 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to say the numbers in a sequence and then remember, repeat the sounds of different animals in the same sequence.The game starts by saying the numbers in a sequence,...
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November 4, 2020 11:17 am
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General Information Prerequisites: Counting Play arena: pebbles, dry beans (chickpeas) or marbles, 2 bowls, 1 tray Number of players: 2 or more Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to make 2 groups and get the maximum combination for a given number (2 to...
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November 4, 2020 11:17 am
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General Information Prerequisites: letter recognition.Play arena: StandardNumber of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to make the maximum number of words (maximum score). The game starts with the player all being drawn 7 letters (scrabbles) each. Players then take turns to...
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November 4, 2020 11:16 am
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General Information Prerequisites: Reading comprehension, basic operations of mathematics. Play arena: A familiar place with less obstructions. Number of players: 6-8 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to solve all the clues/questions and be the first to solve the last clue to get...
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November 4, 2020 11:16 am
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General Information Prerequisites: CountingPlay arena: Tactile Connect Four Board consisting of coins of 2 types with 2 different textures.Alternatively, a regular Connect Four Board with one set of coloured coins are marked with a tactile sticker at the centre.Number of players: 2 to 5 Game Overview and Basic Rules for...
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November 4, 2020 11:16 am
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General Information Prerequisites: balance on one foot, remain balanced while bending over and coming back up and to determine their correct hopping pathwayPlay arena:Number of participants: 1 or moreSkills acquired: physical coordination, balance and orientation, cognitive development, muscle strength, spatial awareness Note: A bubble wrap hopscotch will provide the necessary...
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November 4, 2020 11:15 am
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General Information Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level) Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition, card game 0, card identification Play arena: Standard Number of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play There are 2 variants of the game. In the first version, the...
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November 4, 2020 11:15 am
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General Information Prerequisites: Counting Play arena: Number of players: 2, 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play Ludo is a classic board game for two to four players. The objective of the game is to bring all the 4 tokens into the home triangle. While playing ludo, children develop...
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November 4, 2020 11:14 am
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General Information Prerequisites: Number IdentificationNumber of players: 2 groups of up to 6 children in each Game overview and basic rules for play During the different sessions of this market game, children will have fun shopping and selling, while at the same time learning valuable money skills. It is essential...
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November 4, 2020 11:14 am
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General Information Board: the standard pallanguli boardPrerequisites: CountingNumber of players: 2 Game overview and basic rules for play Pallankuli is played using an elliptical wooden board with two rows, each having seven hollows to be filled with five shells/seeds. The Pallankuzhi board has 14 holes, each player controlling one row...
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November 4, 2020 11:13 am
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General Information Prerequisites: Counting Play arena: Number of players: 2 or more Game overview and basic rules for play Body percussion is the art of striking the body to produce various types of sounds for didactic, therapeutic, anthropological and social purposes. In both the world of musical traditions and the...
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November 4, 2020 11:13 am
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General Information Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level) Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition, card game 0, card identification Play arena: Standard Number of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to be the first to reach...
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November 4, 2020 11:12 am
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General Information Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level)Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition, card game 0, card identificationPlay arena: StandardNumber of players: 3 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play Each player is dealt 13 cards. The remaining cards are placed in a face down...
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November 4, 2020 11:12 am
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General Information Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition, simple addition, familiarity with braille numbersPlay arena:Number of players: 2, 3, 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to be the first to reach 100. Each player places their counter at the ‘start’ position. Take turns to...
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November 4, 2020 11:11 am
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General Information Card deck: Children’s cards or standard cards (as per the child’s play level)Prerequisites: Counting, number recognition, identifying suitsPlay arena: StandardNumber of players: 4 Game Overview and Basic Rules for Play The objective of the game is to collect all cards of the same type (suit). One child is...
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October 7, 2020 4:18 pm
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We celebrated the Foundation Day of Vision Empower on 4th of October, 2020. Three years since being incorporated, Vision Empower has been very fortunate to have incredible team members, mentors, partners, student interns and volunteers without whose support we could not have implemented our pilot projects. Read the details and view the videos here.
October 5, 2020 5:29 pm
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General Information Card deck: Junior CardPrerequisites: –Play arena: StandardNumber of players: 4 Game overview and basic rules for play The objective of the game is to make players familiar with the cards by identifying the card number (counting the dots/bindis) and their suit (tactile shapes). The game starts with the...
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October 3, 2020 2:56 pm
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Vision Empower gets DWDSC approval to conduct Teacher trainings for teachers in all schools for the blind in Karnataka. Vision Empower gets approval to deploy Project VICT (Computational Thinking for VI students) in all schools for the blind.
October 1, 2020 8:50 am
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Roulette opens a new world for blind and low vision students in terms of education and career opportunities. Read more
September 22, 2020 11:40 am
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Digital Literacy is as essential for teachers and students with blindness across the globe, as it is for the non-visually impaired. Unfortunately, there has been less focus on ensuring Digital Literacy among persons with visual impairment, though it has been found to improve their quality of life significantly. Vision Empower...
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September 22, 2020 11:36 am
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(downloadable links) Textbooks Link to XRCVC Bookshare NAB Delhi IndicAI
September 22, 2020 11:35 am
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Subodha is an accessible Learning Management System created by Vision Empower. It was created to make Science and Mathematics interesting and inclusive for persons with visual impairment. To register with Subodha, please fill in the registration form here. (A registration form will be provided for any user to fill-in before...
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September 22, 2020 11:31 am
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VE and Mathruchhaya collaborate on ensuring that Science and Mathematics Braille books are made for all students in Karnataka. In 2018-19 and 2019-20, the two teams collaborated to create meaningful content for the books which also contain tactile diagrams and Alternative text where the diagrams are not provided. The Braille...
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September 22, 2020 11:25 am
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Vision Empower works with teachers at schools to create and provide instructions for creation of specific tactile models requested for by teachers.Example:Early Years Tactile Resources
September 22, 2020 11:24 am
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VE procures 3D printed models from various vendors such as RLF to meet the needs of teachers at schools for the blind. VE is also working on a project to automated the creation of 3D printed models based on inputs from text book diagrams. Pictures of 3-d printed models with...
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September 22, 2020 11:24 am
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VE is happy to provide schools with high quality hand-made models from Vividha Trust. Pictures with description
September 22, 2020 11:23 am
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VE is happy to provide schools with resources from leading STEM education resource provider for persons with visual impairment, XRCVC, Mumbai.
September 22, 2020 11:23 am
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September 22, 2020 11:01 am
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Tactile graphics are non-textual information to people who are blind or visually impaired and include tactile representations of pictures, maps, graphs, diagrams, and other images. Given below are some links which will help caregivers or instructors make Science and Math related diagrams at home by following the steps. Click on...
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September 22, 2020 11:00 am
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RLF provides tactile design and production services and is closely working with NCERT, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (Govt. of India), WSSCC (UN organization) and other organization working in the field of blindness to convert textbooks, resource books, manual etc. in accessible formats along with the tactile diagrams. Vision Empower procures high...
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September 22, 2020 10:59 am
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Tactograph, a product from Enability Foundation enables the printing of tactile books and worksheets at an affordable price. It is a motorized x-y stage that traces a predefined picture using an adhesive fluid, creating a tactile image on a normal A4 sized paper. To make this printing process user friendly...
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September 19, 2020 10:29 am
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Vision Empower has been accepted as a Primary member of the Daisy Forum of India (DFI). On Saturday, 19th of September, Supriya was invited to present at the AGM of the DFI on the activities of VE and especially Subodha and its utility. The presentation was well received. VE joins this consortium to work alongside the members on various interventions to make accessible content for persons with visual impairment, especially in India.
September 7, 2020 5:17 pm
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Dhanalakshmi B speaks of her experience with Vision Empower. We truly appreciate her generous heart that has caused her to volunteer above and beyond her regular responsibilities
September 7, 2020 10:57 am
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Project Sitara Foundation is a student-led non-for-profit organisation working in the space of education. They aim to provide underprivileged children with meaningful education to help them become self-sufficient by inculcating 21st century skills in them. The Vision Empower team is elated to have passionate volunteers from Sitara! This energetic group...
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September 4, 2020 6:00 pm
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IIITB volunteers were actively involved in the Confluence 2020 organized by I-STEM, VE, Vision Aid and XRCVC to highlight the need to develop awareness in the information technology industry and academia about the capabilities of visually impaired programmers and provide the necessary accommodations, so that they may not be denied...
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September 4, 2020 5:20 pm
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VE facilitators revised the Science and Math concepts from the student’s previous grade to reinforce their learning so that the children are prepared for school when it reopens. It is mostly an interactive session in which concepts are discussed with the students over a conference call or through an online...
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September 4, 2020 5:19 pm
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Stories play a vital role in the growth and development of children. They are a useful source of information and children appreciate that good reading skills and knowledge are important for success in their future lives. Reading helps children boost their confidence levels, cope with feelings, develop language skills and...
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September 4, 2020 5:17 pm
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The COVID19 pandemic has forced us to adapt to a new way of work and life, like many other businesses and educational institutes. Recognizing the need to continue the program, our VE facilitators who played the CT games with children by regularly visiting their schools through the academic year 2019-20,...
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September 4, 2020 5:15 pm
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Volunteers from Sitara – a group of bright young college goers passionate about societal needs – are helping students of Grade 10, who requested Vision Empower for help, after the school hours for Science and Mathematics concepts.
August 26, 2020 10:16 am
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Visionary Ideathon is a 3-day event from 27th - 30th August by Project Sitara Foundation in collaboration with Vision Empower Trust. It is an opportunity for you to contribute towards science education for the visually impaired children of class 10 across India
August 3, 2020 10:36 am
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Co-authored by Vidhya Y for a workshop at The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2020
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June 27, 2020 4:29 pm
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Vision Empower is covered as one of the case studies in Chap 3:
Bridging digital divides: A framework for digital cooperation.
June 17, 2020 7:05 am
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Project Torino is a physical programming environment designed for teaching computational thinking to children in schools in the UK, regardless of the level of vision. We introduced project Torino to children in three schools for the blind in Bangalore, India as a toy for playing with songs, rhymes, and stories. We present the results of 103 semi-structured play sessions spread over three months with 12 children (2 girls, 10 boys) with diverse backgrounds.
June 17, 2020 6:58 am
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The paper "Conceptual Learning through Accessible Play: Project Torino and Computational Thinking for Blind Children in India", co-authoured by Gesu India, Microsoft Research India, Geetha Ramakrishna, Vision Empower, Joyojeet Pal, Microsoft Research India and Swami Manohar, Microsoft Research India, was presented at ICTD 2020 (Paper Session 4.1)
April 16, 2020 8:26 am
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Vision Empower was one of the 7 finalists out of 53 teams selected at the 5th edition of the Innopreneurs Startup Contest 2020 held on Feb 1 and 2 2020 at Indore.
Vision Empower presented Hexis – the refreshable Braille book reader and was awarded the Special Recognition Award.
March 11, 2020 8:52 am
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Visually impaired entrepreneurs are helping make science subjects more accessible to students like themselves.
Naini Thaker, Forbes India Staff reports