[Blindmath] Math editing and conversion

[Blind Collegian]

Hello,
Has anybody ever used the following site to do math? Does it work well?
http://www.hawkeslearning.com/PC_IDA.htm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gaylen Kapperman" <gkapperman at niu.edu>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Math editing and conversion


>
> Susan, you are so right!
> Gaylen Kapperman
>
> At 02:56 PM 2/8/2009, you wrote:
>>I'm very impressed with the ingenuity being used by list members.
>>
>>I know that this is an international list but still feel the need to 
>>repeat
>>for US students that it is illegal for your institution of higher learning
>>to force you to make these accommodations on your own.
>>
>>To quote an expert in the US law in this area: "A student does not have to
>>produce responses in a form the professor can read so long as the means 
>>the
>>student uses is considered standard and can be rendered into standard
>>written form by any person trained to use that method."  In other words, 
>>it
>>is perfectly legal to make a graph by sticking WikiStix on a tactile graph
>>with braille labels and leave it to the college to get it interpreted by a
>>trained person.  (If you choose to be that trained person, they should at
>>least pay you as much as they pay other student help.)
>>
>>I do understand that braille-using students want to be independent.
>>However, the main goal of college courses is to learn the subject matter.
>>If you are spending anything more that a small fraction of your valuable
>>time doing things that don't contribute to learning the course material,
>>something is wrong. This is especially important in a mathematics course 
>>as
>>there is a shortage of people who understand mathematics. Moreover, you 
>>may
>>well be making it harder for the next student.
>>
>>SusanJ
>>
>>
>>
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