Hands On Learning For The Visually Impaired
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 12:28
in Mathematics & Economics
European researchers have made it easy for software developers to build educational tools that let pupils collaborate to see, hear -- and now also feel -- what is on the computer screen. When you think of the solar system you probably picture a textbook diagram: nine planets, different sizes and colors, all circling the bright yellow sun. But how can a visually impaired child take in this information? How can they grasp how the solar system works?