[Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted Undergrads

[Maureen Lewicki]

Which versions of blackboard work well with JAWS, have you ever tried Moodle, and how does JAWS do with google docs?
Maureen Murphy Lewicki
Teacher of Visually Impaired
Bethlehem Central Schools
(518)439-7681
"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another." Helen Keller
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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Christine Szostak [szostak.1 at osu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted Undergrads

Hi Ben,
  First, I believe Blackboard is actually just the specific brand as our
university uses a different form, though Blackboard is more well known. It
is simply a website that is used in educational settings in order to allow
for online classroom instruction, interaction, discussion, work, assignment
completing/submitting, grading... It is used by students and faculty alike
and is becoming commonplace at most universities and is also the way most
online educational programs work. Many professors use it to post their
PowerPoint slides, engage students in out-of-class discussion, give exams,
collect written class projects, post grades...

  The one our university uses is actually quite JAWS friendly. I have found
that I can pretty much do everything my classmates can do with it. Since I
have  been a TA for various faculty and since our lab uses it for
undergraduate education purposes, I have had to learn a lot of the teaching
side as well including setting  up the website for the professor... Both
sides are able to be done with JAWS which helps greatly and nearly if not
everything can be done without sighted assistance.

  To be clear, it is not something you would independently use or purchase
since it is mainly  for extending classroom learning to a more virtual
platform.
many thanks,
Christine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Humphreys" <brh at opticinspiration.org>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted
Undergrads


> 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>
>>To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'"
>><blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:48 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted
>>Undergrads
>>
>>
>>>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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