Getting In Touch With Literacy

11/08/2025

Save the Date for GITWL 2027!

11/08/2025

Someone accidentally picked up a yellow bag from the Braille 2 table with about 6 USB drives in it (instead of their own purchase). Please check your yellow bags if you made a purchase to make sure that you did not grab the wrong one by mistake! You can call or text 801-755-8646 if you picked it up by mistake. Thank you!

11/08/2025

Congratulations to this year's award winners, Mackenzie Savaiano and Amy Campbell! Well deserved!

11/07/2025

Happy Friday! Make sure to visit the exhibitors today at the conference!

11/07/2025

Thank you AIS for all the support in planning and implementing GITWL!

11/07/2025

11/06/2025

Are you headed to Huntsville, Alabama for the Getting In Touch With Literacy conference? Tina Herzberg and Penny Rosenblum will be there sharing about Project INSPIRE on Thursday from 10-11. We also have other presentations, so use the interactive app and look up both of our names.

We're excited to see you!

PD: GITWL conference logo

11/06/2025

We're on the road again, this week at the epic Getting In Touch With Literacy conference! Always great supporting our partner program Center for Assistive Technology Training - CATT, a gold sponsor for this event. Look for THREE (3) workshops with CATT-NW trainer Leslie Edmonds and Coordinator Dr. Yue-Ting Siu:
- From Assessment to Action: Integrating Functional Vision, Learning Media, Technology, and ECC (Thursday @1:45pm)
- Maximizing Literacy Experiences for All Students: How to Create and Teach Image Descriptions (Friday @8:45am)
- TADA! Tactile Art and Design Adventures, a free and open-source curriculum (Friday )

11/06/2025

Thank you to all of our sponsors! Looking forward to learning and connecting over the next few days!

11/06/2025

Students from The Alabama School for the Blind and Grammy Nominated, World Renowned Recording Artist Blessing Offor kick off GITWL!

11/06/2025

We’re taking flight at the Getting In Touch With Literacy Conference with two hands-on Monarch trainings! Professionals with expertise in braille and assistive tech who work with students or clients who are blind or low vision advanced their basic and advanced Monarch skills together during these interactive trainings.

If you’re attending the conference, be sure to visit us in the exhibit hall tomorrow 9:15am - 4:30pm! We’ll also be leading SEVEN sessions tomorrow that cover a wide variety of literacy-related topics. Hope to see you there!

11/05/2025

Some GITWL attendees exploring Helen Keller's Birthplace, Ivy Green!