[Blindtlk] Sunday school courses

Sun Aug 13 17:07:10 UTC 2017

no, i even struggle to find readers and people to dictate me the
textbooks i need to use with my students for work. Every lesson is
also different and you need to be fully prepared, now they also
struggle to find sunday school teachers.

On 8/13/17, Julie Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Could you get a reader and just type in the text into the laptop in a way
> that makes sense to you?  It wouldn't have to be word for word, but maybe
> just the key points, discussion questions or whatever you would need to be
> able to lead the class?
>
> You could also sit in on classes and take notes as someone else teaches.
> Then the next time new classes begin, you'd have the info you need to be
> able to teach independently.
>
> Or you could work in tandem with another teacher, each of you taking on the
>
> responsibilities that you are best at.
>
> From my own experience working with kids of all ages, if you stick with
> reading out of a textbook for the entire session, everyone is going to fall
>
> asleep or invent their own amusements.  You have to mix it up.  Have some
> discussion, an activity, a story, some off topic time, an audio or video
> piece etc.  Of course you don't need all of these every time, but it does
> have to be different enough to keep their interest.
>
> HTH
> Julie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: adrijana prokopenko via blindtlk
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 11:31 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Sunday school courses
>
> 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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