The+Vision+Impaired+and+Podcasts

**The Vision Impaired and Podcasts**
====**Podcasts can open up a whole new world to students who are vision impaired. In every day life, podcasts can be used to listen to music, talk shows, radio stations, books read aloud, tutorials, and so much more. In the past, the vision impaired have been limited to participating in different events or activities, especially in the classroom.** ====

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====**Today, students who are vision impaired have many opportunities both personally and academically. In the general education classrooms, students who are vision impaired can participate in almost any school subject or activity taught. The teacher can put the lessons on a podcast and provide tutorials for extra support. The student(s) can have the convenience of listening to the podcast anywhere and at any time, due to the fact they are portable. Students can have the assistance of an earpiece or earphones, so as not to disturb others in the class, while working independently. They can listen to lectures and if they don't understand it the first time****, they can go back and review the material as much as necessary. If they are absent, the podcast can be used to give them any information they missed, so they won't get behind. At the same time, if they know they are going to be away from the classroom setting for any given amount of time, they can ask for the material before hand, and take the podcast with them to study while absent. As you can see, podcasts are an important web 2.0 tool, which can support students who are vision impaired in becoming active learners in their own educational experience.** ====

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====**Even though podcasts can support the vision impaired in receiving a quality education, there may be an obstacle they need to overcome as well. They will definitely need to learn how to navigate the podcast using the different technology tools available.** ====