[Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted Undergrads

Thu Aug 11 16:14:18 UTC 2011

our university uses the version produced by Desire2Learn.
many thanks,
Christine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maureen Lewicki" <mlewicki at bcsd.neric.org>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Teacher with Vision Loss Teaching Sighted 
Undergrads

> 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
> ________________________________________
> 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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