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Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics Webinar series
Join us for the free Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics Webinar.
Updated March 13, 2025:
- Webinar 3 recording and resources added
- Information about evaluation and certificates
- Next webinar: Deep Dive Into Digital Math Checklists
Updated February 26, 2025; Webinar 2 recording and resources added.
Updated February 17, 2025; Webinar 2 details and PowerPoint presentation added.
Updated February 13, 2025; Webinar 1 recording and resources added.
Are you interested in learning about strategies and resources for helping your students develop tactile graphicacy skills that will lead to success in the math classroom? If so, join the Perkins School for the Blind and the TEAM (Tech Equity and Access in Math) Initiative for a 3-part webinar series this winter.
Details
- February 11, 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST, Strategies for Teaching Tactile Readiness Skills
- February 25, 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST, Teaching Students to Read and Interpret Tactile Graphics Used in Math
- March 11, 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST, Teaching Students to Create Math-Related Tactile Graphics
Resources for webinar 1: Strategies for Teaching Readiness Skills
The February 11th webinar, led by Dr. Tina Herzberg and Susan Osterhaus, will focus on easy-to-implement strategies for teaching tactile readiness skills to young students. The presentation will include the skills and concepts young students need to develop in order to understand tactile representations of pictures used in math. From information about newly developed products to tips for building spatial understanding, positional concepts and systematic scanning techniques, our goal is to empower educators and families with knowledge, strategies and resources that can be used in the classroom and beyond!
- Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics Flier
- Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics registration link
- PowerPoint presentation (link to pptx presentation in Google Drive)
Recording of the Strategies for Teaching Readiness Skills:
- Audio transcript for Strategies for Teaching Readiness Skills
- Chat transcript for Strategies for Teaching Readiness Skills
- Participants shared ideas, resources and activities in the chat – be sure to check it out!
- P2T posts for Tactile Graphicacy Webinar
- List of a few Paths to Technology posts that came to mind when listening teacher responses to the “Flood the Chat” questions.
Resources for webinar 2: Teaching Students to Read and Interpret Tactile Graphics Used in Math
The February 25th webinar, led by Sara Larkin and Dr. Tina Herzberg, will focus on strategies and resources for teaching students to read and interpret tactile graphics used in math. The presenters will offer tips to facilitate progression from simple to increasingly complex tactile graphics. Guiding questions that can be used to assist students in putting together how parts of a math graphic relate to each other will be provided. The presenters will also share a variety of assessments and checklists that can be used to guide instruction and document student progress. Come and get excited about new resources for developing efficiency and accuracy in reading and interpreting math-related tactile graphics!
February 25, 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST, Teaching Students to Read and Interpret Tactile Graphics Used in Math
- Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics Flier
- Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics registration link
- PowerPoint presentation for Teaching Students to Read and Interpret Tactile Graphics Used in Math
Recording of the Teaching Students to Read and Interpret Tactile Graphics Used in Math webinar:
- Audio transcript for Teaching Students to Read and Interpret Tactile Graphics Used in Math
- Chat transcript for Teaching Students to Read and Interpret Tactile Graphics Used in Math
- Participants shared ideas, resources and activities in the chat – be sure to check it out!
Resources for webinar 3: Teaching Students to Create Math-Related Tactile Graphics
March 11, 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST, Teaching Students to Create Math-Related Tactile Graphics
- Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics Flier
- Tactile Graphicacy in Mathematics registration link
- Teaching Students to Create Math-Related Tactile Graphics PowerPoint/PDF
- Due to the size, the PowerPoint presentation has been converted to an accessible PDF.
Recording of the webinar 3: Teaching Students to Create Math-Related Tactile Graphics:
- Audio transcript for Teaching Students to Create Math-Related Tactile Graphics
- Chat transcript for Teaching Students to Create Math-Related Tactile Graphics
For questions related to the content of the webinar, please feel free to contact the webinar facilitators directly:
- Sara Larkin: [email protected]
- Susan Osterhaus: [email protected]
- Tina Herzberg [email protected]
Evaluation and certificates
Did you attend the live webinars or view the recorded webinars? Please complete a short evaluation survey about this series. These evaluations are used to shape future webinars!
Next webinar
A Deep Dive Into the Digital Math Checklists Webinar
- Presenters: Sara Larkin, Tina Herzberg and Susan Osterhaus
- Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM EST
- Cost: Free!
- Registration: Deep Dive into the Digital Math Checklists
- A Deep Dive Into the Digital Math Checklists Webinar flier
Additional math resources by TEAM Initiative
- Digital math best practices guideline
- Digital math: Introducing skill level checklists
- Digital math: Workflows from teacher to student and student to teacher
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