Developing Writing and Word Processing Skills with Visually Impaired Children: A Beginning

Abstract

The Apple Education Foundation awarded a two-year joint project to Peabody College for Teachers and Tennessee School for the Blind (TSB) for the purpose of studying the development of word processing skills by visually handicapped students. Apple IIe microcomputers, printers, software, and specialized technological aids are now being used by students and teachers at TSB and by preservice teachers at Peabody College. This article discusses the project's conceptual framework, activities at the project site, and a module developed to introduce students to the Braille–Edit word processing system.