[BlindMath] Any pointers for a former colleague who wants to teach math to blind children?

[nirmal verma]

Hi Pranav

What topics he wants to teach and what level the kids are. Will be useful
to know the ground reality.

Nirmal


On Sat, 4 Jan 2020, 16:26 Pranav Lal via BlindMath, <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A former colleague wants to teach math to blind children. I am not sure
> what
> to tell him. He wants to learn how to teach first and then start probably
> volunteering. Are there any resources that explain how to teach math to
> blind students? He is an engineering graduate and has majored in math so he
> knows the subject. I have shown him screen readers and explained about
> linear access to information. My experience is that teaching blind students
> math is no different from teaching math to  sighted students but you need
> to
> be significantly more descriptive.
>
> Anyone any thoughts?
> Pranav
>
>
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