[Blindmath] Fwd: [nabs-l] graphing and graphing calculators

[Lisa Bongiorno]

Venier Company offers a lot of technology for math and science.  You
will find the company impressive.  Also, try this website:
 http://atcalc.sourceforge.net/indexENG.htm

Hope this helps you.
Lisa
 

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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:29 AM
To: blindmath; social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] Fwd: [nabs-l] graphing and graphing calculators

This came across the NABS list. If you have suggestions, please send
them to Ashley directly, or put them on-list and I will forward them
back to her. Thanks!
Arielle

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From: Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:08:39 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] graphing and graphing calculators
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>

Hi all,

It recently came to my attention that my friend's vision teacher
discouraged algebra 2 honors based on its pace and visual emphasis; more
graphs are involved. She told me she  took algebra 1 honors and did fine
and felt the next part would be okay but wasn't sure how to do the
graphing part other than by hand. She said there is no accessible
graphing calculator. I only know of the computer audible graphing
calculator for blind students which obviously displays the graph in an
audible sound.

I did not have to use these fancy graphing calculators in algebra 2 much
but apparently the curriculum changed to involve more graphic equations
since I took it in this same county. When I needed to use it, I had a
reader who was my vision teacher type in the info in the calculator and
then draw the graph once it came up. I have some vision so could see  it
on large graphing paper with a bold pen.
Most equations I just solved algebraically, as opposed to graphing them.


So, what have you done? What do you do when other students use
scientific graphing calculators? How do you access the same info? What
options are out there for scientific talking calculators? This student
has no vision. I thought she could just use a reader and they could show
her the graph but they do not think it's a good idea. Also, she was told
she could not use a reader on the state standardized test. I was shocked
as this seems like a reasonable accomodation, if she cannot operate the
calculator herself.
She is in public school as well, and its sad that the teacher of the
vision impaired isn't coming up with a solution.

So curious to know how you handle it. One idea I had was to use the
computer such as excel to draw some of the graphs, but this couldn't be
used on state tests, as its my understanding no technology can be used
there.

Thanks.
Ashley
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