Jenna Gorlewicz
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Innovation Helps Teach Math to Visually Impaired Students
A new Android app developed at Vanderbilt uses tactile feedback technology to help students with visual impairments to master algebra, geometry, graphing and other subjects that are particularly hard to comprehend without the aid of normal vision. Read MoreJan 13, 2013
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Grad student demos tablet apps to aid visually impaired on Capitol Hill
NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett, left, chatting with Vanderbilt grad student Jenna Gorlewicz. (Christina West / Vanderbilt) Each May for the past 18 years, the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) has held an exhibition and advocacy day on Capitol Hill designed to illustrate how society… Read MoreMay 24, 2012
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App turns tablet into math aid for visually impaired students
A mechanical engineering graduate student has created an app that turns Android tablets into an educational aid for teaching mathematics to visually impaired students. Read MoreMar 5, 2012
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VUCast Newscast: Teaching Through Touch
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast highlighting research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Teaching through touch: How new technology is taking math to a new level Vandy students go inside ESPN What the mantra “no less” means to Commodore women’s basketball [vucastblurb]… Read MoreMar 2, 2012