[BlindMath] Teaching Calc III to a Visually Impaired Student

[Charlotte McCleary]

This is really awesome! I'm a visually impaired student taking calc 3 this semester as well.

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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Richwine via BlindMath
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 4:10 PM
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Cc: Brian Richwine <blrichwine at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Teaching Calc III to a Visually Impaired Student

Calc 3 at our university involves working with 3D surfaces and shapes. We found that 3d printing models of the 3d surfaces really helped the student.
We found an instructor that had created ones from the textbook we were
using:
https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thingiverse.com%2Fdennedesigns%2Fcollections%2Fmulti-calc-volumes-curves&data=04%7C01%7Ccharlotte.mccleary%40knights.ucf.edu%7Ce164a8bed43f496dcb2508d8d2bf616d%7C5b16e18278b3412c919668342689eeb7%7C0%7C0%7C637491066718311419%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ekU9e1c0WzfllWpjxA9wq77bLdqOqAENvrdmKiSM8vE%3D&reserved=0


There is a corresponding blog about the models here:
https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmathvis.academic.wlu.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ccharlotte.mccleary%40knights.ucf.edu%7Ce164a8bed43f496dcb2508d8d2bf616d%7C5b16e18278b3412c919668342689eeb7%7C0%7C0%7C637491066718311419%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gH6sdI6nXUczYtsTyDpYRMXpbQ9n9akl%2F%2Feee1SE%2BuQ%3D&reserved=0

Best Regards,
   Brian


On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 4:05 PM Diaaeldin Taha via BlindMath < blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am teaching Calc III to a visually impaired student this semester, 
> and I came across your mailing list while looking around for resources.
>
> I was wondering if you have insights that will improve my student's 
> experience. Resources on making math at that level more accessible are 
> a bit too thin. :-)
>
> Best,
> Dia Taha
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