You've Got Mail!
Photo description: The words: Inbox (1), Important, and Sent Mail appear as in an email account's inbox. Working on the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) with students can be so much fun when they discover independence as well as meet new friends in the process! It is so important for our students who are blind or visually impaired to learn how to use email and communicate with others via this necessary medium. When middle and high school students all have Chromebooks and interact with their teachers and classmates through Google Classroom or similar platform, our students need to learn it too! In other situations, email can also be used for social interaction when working on Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) goals. I currently have 2 students who have ECC goals for technology and social skills. As we all know how much teenagers love their social lives, they are learning use technology to interact with peers via email and of course, face-to-face interaction. For one stud...