{"id":6876,"date":"2021-08-12T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2021-11-27T21:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:43:26","slug":"megan-hale-is-taking-adaptive-and-blind-physical-education-to-the-field-of-educators-and-helping-bring-trail-orienteering-to-the-microsoft-soundscape-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6876","title":{"rendered":"Megan Hale is Taking Adaptive and Blind Physical Education to the Field of Educators and Helping Bring Trail orienteering to the Microsoft Soundscape App"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6335\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6876-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/MeganHale.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/MeganHale.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/MeganHale.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I first heard of Megan Hale when she posted a YouTube video announcement about her upcoming&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UCtI5TxfAT-h-ItUeYL7_1Tw\">YouTube Channel, Blind Physical Education<\/a>, and new right away that Megan\u2019s passion and enthusiasm would be of interests to our many listeners. Megan wants to educate Physical Education teachers about the possibilities and available adaptive techniques so more BVI students can participate beyond the level of low expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan attended&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campabilities.org\/\">Camp Abilities<\/a>&nbsp;and was given the opportunity and adaptive techniques for full participation in the sports along with other Blind and Visually Impaired attendees. This experience changed her perspective and now Megan is parsuinga career to change the perspectives of the Physical Educators and get the other Megan&#8217;s out there off the bench and onto the playing field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan is working with Microsoft and the Soundscape App to create an outdoor experience with Trail orienteering. Learn more about, this and her goals in this educational episode from Blind Abilities and be sure to check out the latest from Megan\u2019s YouTube Channel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UCtI5TxfAT-h-ItUeYL7_1Tw\">Blind Physical Education<\/a>. You can also learn about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campabilities.org\/\">Camp Abilities<\/a>, the educational sports camp for children and teens who are Blind, visually impaired and deafblind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact Your State Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a>email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a>email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093 we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6337\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6876-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/MeganHale.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/MeganHale.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/MeganHale.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/MeganHale.mp3 Show Summary: I first heard of Megan Hale when she posted a YouTube video announcement about her upcoming&nbsp;YouTube Channel, Blind Physical Education, and new right away that Megan\u2019s passion and enthusiasm would be of interests to our many listeners. Megan wants to educate Physical Education teachers about the possibilities and available adaptive techniques so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,263,467,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","category-college","category-technology","category-tvitoolbox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1MU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=48","url_meta":{"origin":6876,"position":0},"title":"College Diaries: Megan&#8217;s College Advice&#8230; Better Get Crackin&#8217;","author":"Jeffrey Thompson","date":"May 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Lori and Pete interview Megan Bening, a college student attending Minnesota State studying IT. 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