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?

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