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Computational Thinking as Play: Experiences of Children who are Blind or Low Vision in India
February 12, 2020 10:50 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsGesu India (MSR India), Geetha Ramakrishna (Vision Empower), Jyoti Bisht (Vision Empower), Manohar Swaminathan (MSR India)
Creating an Accessible Technology Ecosystem for Learning Science and Math: A Case of Visually Impaired Children in Indian Schools
January 31, 2020 12:05 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsLearning through Play, Designing a Game-Based Curriculum to Teach Numeracy Skills
January 29, 2020 7:09 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsPragya January 2020
January 29, 2020 5:30 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsA two day Teachers’ training workshop Pragya’2020 was organized by Vision Empower, in collaboration with Mathruchhaya- Canara Bank Relief & Welfare Society on 28th and 29th of January. The workshop was attended by 13 teachers from 8 schools for children with visual impairment. Out of 13 teachers who attended the...
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Empower 2019
January 29, 2020 4:52 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsEmpower 2019, a conference hosted by IIT Delhi in partnership with Microsoft Research, was an event that aimed to bring together all stakeholders working in the assistive technology sector. Consisting of innovative talks, a tech exhibition, and 2 experience zones for persons with disabilities to experience technology curated with a...
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DH Changemakers | A vision to empower
January 20, 2020 12:29 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsIn 2017, as her classmates at the IIITB’s MSc in Digital Society showed job offers from tech majors, 24-year-old Vidhya Y watched it in dismay. She, after all, was the class topper and gold medalist, and no company had made an offer fitting her skill… “Some of the companies asked...
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Inclusive-Stem Confluence 2020
January 13, 2020 9:55 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsThe event is in third year running of its earlier Inclusive STEM Hackathon version. The hackathon was where blind and visually impaired developers, industry professionals and CS students came together to work on exciting and challenging problems. The aim of the hackathon was to sensitise the engineers from potential IT...
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Bengaluru Tech Summit 2019
November 25, 2019 11:42 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsDuring the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2019, Vision Empower (VE) was given an opportunity to showcase Hexis in the IIITB pavilion.
Bangalore’s IIIT developing affordable Braille reader for students
October 9, 2019 4:01 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsThe New Indian Express
Oct 9 2019
“It’s Magic!”: Imagination, Creativity and a Whole lot of Learning
September 30, 2019 3:48 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsThe children had an opportunity to gain exposure to topics not typically taught in schools for the visually impaired. It was 2 days of absolute fun with learning.
Presenting the Ludic Design Approach at the Samvaad Talk series at IIITB
September 23, 2019 10:30 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsProf Amit Praskash, Supriya Dey and Aishwarya O presented the findings of the Ludic Design Approach. Watch the recording of the talk.
Anubhav 2019
September 21, 2019 3:36 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsAnubhav 2019 was designed based on information gathered over June 2018 – August 2019 from the VE school interventions which culminated in design of the 2 days of workshop on various learning activities.
Inclusive Learning for the Blind, Let’s Embrace the Growing Needs of Stem Education, Impacts on Inclusion and Social Integration
September 14, 2019 5:37 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVidhya and Supriya were speakers in a panel Discussion on “Inclusive Learning for the Blind, Let’s Embrace the Growing Needs of Stem Education, Impacts on Inclusion and Social Integration” at the SayEverything Convention 2019, jointly organised by SayEverything Group and Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled
Making STEM accessible with the aid of Geometry Boxes
September 2, 2019 12:15 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVision Empower is sincerely grateful to Mr. Balaji Varadarajan for contributing to this endeavour of making STEM accessible, by donating geometry boxes to all the schools using funds he has earned for his contribution as a Programming language trainer for visually impaired persons.
Vidhya’s Journey with VE: Inspired by the Cause
August 22, 2019 2:24 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsWith her teaching experience for sighted children, Vidhya took up the challenge of designing accessible curriculum for Grades 1 and 2 for children with visual impairment.
Science to be easily accessible to visually impaired school children
August 22, 2019 12:54 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Comments Off on Science to be easily accessible to visually impaired school childrenIn what could be a boost in Science education for the visually impaired, the Indian Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B) has developed a technology to help generate tactile images of diagrams in Science textbooks faster.
MoU with Enability Foundation
August 8, 2019 5:01 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVE and Enability Foundation incubated at IIT Madras signed an MoU on 6th of August 2019 to collaborate on creation of tactile diagrams using Tactograph, a product designed by Enability. The two teams will work on making more tactile diagrams available to VI teachers and students for Science and Math....
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MoU with Matruchhaya
August 5, 2019 12:12 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVision Empower signed an MoU with Matruchhaya to Create Braille books for Mathematics and Science for visually impaired students at schools for the blind in Karnataka and for Skill Enhancement of school teachers from special schools for the blind to teach Science and Mathematics to visually impaired students through classroom...
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Volunteering with Commitment : Devidatta Ghosh
July 22, 2019 2:29 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsDevidutta's discussion with Supriya kindled a curiosity about the possibility of using a customized version of the activities and teaching aids she was using for sighted children.
PRAGYA 2019: REFLECTIONS AND EXPERIENCES
July 9, 2019 1:24 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsThe teachers training program, Pragya 2019, conducted on the 26th, 27th and 28th of June, served as a platform for many science and math teachers in the state to come together for 3 days of learning and fun. The event offered an opportunity for teachers to brush up their skills, learn through the experiences of other teachers in the group, and also get to know one another closely, creating a community that enables its members to learn from one another.
Pragya 2019 Teacher Trainings
June 26, 2019 7:06 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVision Empower organized the Pragya 2019 Teacher Trainings in collaboration with Canara Bank Relief and Welfare Association (Matruchhaya) from 26th June 2019 to 28th June 2019. Science and Mathematics teachers from 8 special schools for the visually impaired attended the training on directives from the Department for Welfare of Differently...
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I for Inclusion
May 20, 2019 11:53 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsI for Inclusion was organized by Vision Empower for its staff, researchers and volunteers on 20th May to 22nd May 2019. The event was intended to create awareness among participants on the realities of visually impaired persons, bust myths about their limitations and provide teachers with the knowledge of the...
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019
May 15, 2019 12:52 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVision Empower took part in the “Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019” program arranged at IIIT Bangalore on 15th May 2019. Aditya Manpuria of Vision Empower presented the journey of creation of the Subodha accessible Learning Management System to representatives from various organizations working on advocacy and accessibility solutions.
Meeting @ The Office of the Director for Welfare of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens
May 15, 2019 11:25 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVision Empower addresses a gathering of teachers, government officials and NGOs at the Office of the Director for Welfare of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens.
Workshop : Early Intervention and Access to Education at APD
April 10, 2019 9:08 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsThe workshop , “Early Intervention and Access to Education ” held at The Association Of People With Disability (APD) was intended to create a more inclusive education system in India through culture, policies and, best practices. Supriya and Vidhya participated in the workshop along with stakeholders such as students, special...
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Challenges of VI persons Studying STEM
March 26, 2019 9:59 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Comments Off on Challenges of VI persons Studying STEMVidhya spoke about the challenges of VI persons studying STEM , lessons from her personal journey and in an event organized by the Blind Graduates Forum of India, conducted by XRCVC, Mumbai and supported by Sight Savers. She shared information about the various Vision Empower initiatives, and the rationale behind...
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HPE’s Aruba wireless infrastructure deployed at IIITB Innovation Centre
March 1, 2019 10:06 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced that, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility efforts under its Living Progress program, the company has deployed end-to-end wireless infrastructure from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company at the I-MACX Studios located at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B) Innovation Centre...
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Conversational Interfaces (Voice, Bots) for Good
February 15, 2019 1:18 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsRISE (Research and Innovation, Society & Entrepreneurship) Feb 15 2019 intended to showcase IIITB’s focus & contribution across these dimensions. Vision Empower took part in the Roundtable on “Conversational Interfaces (Voice, Bots) for Good”
ICT Trends : United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT) created for inter-governmental organizations
February 13, 2019 12:21 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughts ICT Trends: Chap 3. Assistive technologies
Amit Prakash, Angel Jeena, Apoorva Bhalla, Rajesh Hanbal, Sanjay V.P., Supriya Dey and Vidhya Y.
CodeTalk: Improving Programming Environment Accessibility for Visually Impaired Developers
February 13, 2019 12:20 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsBy Venkatesh Potluri, Priyan Vaithilingam, Suresh Iyengar, Y. Vidya, Manohar Swaminathan, Gopal Srinivasa
“We can go anywhere”: Understanding independence through a case study of ride-hailing use by people with visual impairments in metropolitan India
February 13, 2019 12:18 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsBy Kameswaran, Vaishnav, Robin Brewer, Tiffany C.E. Veinot, Jatin Gupta, Joyojeet Pal, Sile O'Modhrain, Aakanksha Parameshwar, Vidhya Y, an, et al
Creating an Accessible Technology Ecosystem for Learning Science and Math: A Case of Visually Impaired Children in Indian Schools
February 13, 2019 12:04 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsBy Supriya Dey, Vidhya Y, Mounika Neerukonda, Suprgya Bhushan and Amit Prakash
Pragya VE Teacher Training Program – 2019
February 7, 2019 1:38 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsDates: February 7 & 14 The third trimester teacher training program for teachers of Science and Math for Class 5 as part of VE-Pilot project was conducted at a school for children with visual impairments in Bangalore.
Inclusive STEM Hackathon 2019
January 19, 2019 1:36 pm Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsThe second edition of Inclusive STEM Hackathon 2019 was organized at IIITB in collaboration with our partners IStem, XRCVC and IIITB.
Pragya : VE Teacher Training Program 2018
June 27, 2018 1:21 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVision Empower conducted its first Teacher training program for Science and Math teachers for the VE-Pilot project.
ANUBHAV 2018
March 25, 2018 1:55 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsVision Empower and Vividha Trust organized Anubhav – a Science and Math summer camp for children of 5th grade for the visually impaired children in Bangalore.
I-Stem Hackathon 2018 – Edition 1
January 16, 2018 2:10 am Published by admin@visionempowertrust Leave your thoughtsI-STEM or Inclusive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is a self-advocacy group of individuals with visual impairment, who have chosen to pursue careers in STEM related subjects. On January 20 & 21st 2018, the I-Stem hackathon was held at IIIT BangaIore. It was co-organized by E-Health Research Centre at IIITB,...
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