[Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted Undergrads

Ben Humphreys brh at opticinspiration.org
Thu Aug 11 11:46:42 UTC 2011


Christine

What is blackboard?  Is it used in the classroom or as a means of 
assigning and collecting homework?  Is it equally friendly to blind 
students as well as instructors?

Thank you,

Ben

At 04:45 AM 8/11/2011, you wrote:
>Hi,
>  Thanks for the suggestions. I had been thinking about electronic 
> versions and will most likely go that rout, especially since the 
> version of blackboard that our school uses works really well with JAWS.
>many thanks,
>Christine
>
>
>Christine M. Szostak
>Doctoral Candidate
>Language Perception Laboratory
>Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
>The Ohio State University
>Columbus, Ohio
>szostak.1 at osu.edu
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal at gmail.com>
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>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted Undergrads
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>
>>Christine,
>>
>>I have not taught at a university setting so cannot help much with grading.
>>I have taught sighted people before. one technique I use is to create my
>>lesson as a presentation and run that in class. This ensures that I stay on
>>track and the student's audio visual senses are engaged.
>>
>>As for grading, why can't they give you their work in electronic format?
>>
>>Pranav
>>
>>
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