[Blindtlk] Sunday school courses

[adrijana prokopenko]

Thanks, the books contain tables and pictures and i couldn't find
anyone to scan it and adapt it for me.  I don't use iphone, but have a
laptop with NVDA.

On 8/13/17, Julie Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Why can't the books be scanned?
>
> When I suggested Braille, I meant that I would personally make Braille notes
>
> for myself, with a slate or Braille writer. This is what I did when I taught
>
> at the college and at the after school programs.  I tried a lot of other
> options...Braille Note, iPad...and found that paper Braille worked best for
>
> me.  Again, this wasn't sent off and mass produced, it was information I
> personally Brailled for my own use.
>
> Do you have access to an iPhone or something similar?  What tools do you
> have available to you, and what do you need in order to do what you want?
> With that info, I think we can work together to figure out something that
> could work for you.
>
> Julie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: adrijana prokopenko via blindtlk
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 10:24 AM
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> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Sunday school courses
>
> Sunday school doesn't exist in the orthodox churches here, but I
> belong to an international church now with mostly foreigners. They got
> some books to use that can't be scanned and in macedonia we have
> trouble brailling textbooks for school, let alone other materials.
>
> On 8/13/17, Julie Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Here Sunday School usually means the hour before, after or in between
>> church
>>
>> services that is typically for children to learn Bible stories with their
>> peers.
>> I'm going to assume it's pretty much the same in your country.  If not,
>> ignore the rest of this.
>>
>> When I was a kid the Sunday School teachers were any willing person or
>> persons that were considered adults and the Pastor had some belief they
>> could manage the class.  There was no training provided.  Some of the
>> Sunday
>>
>> School teachers were my friends parents and they were really clueless.  A
>> lot of the time the Sunday School teachers were truly on their own and
>> could
>>
>> present pretty much whatever they wanted.  Later I do remember cartoon
>> handout things with some sort of message.  Mostly the teachers brought
>> juice
>>
>> and donuts in the hopes that it would keep us quiet long enough for her
>> to
>> say whatever it is she wanted to say.
>>
>> Maybe that was just my church and maybe it's all changed in more recent
>> years.   Or maybe my group was really awful and we scared off the better
>> teachers?
>>
>> Anyway if you can get the materials ahead of time, you can get them into
>> Braille or a digital form so you can use them in the class.  If the kids
>> are
>>
>> rowdy, donuts do help! LOL
>>
>> Good luck!
>> Julie
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: adrijana prokopenko via blindtlk
>> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 10:02 AM
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>> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Sunday school courses
>>
>> Wondering if anyone here had opportunities to take accessible courses
>> to enable them to teach kids Sunday school and how it all went for
>> them? in my country this is not available to blind or sighted people.
>>
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