[blparent] something cool at school

[Brandy W]

Yes this is a big problem. It does help much more when they are older and 
really depends on the teacher.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] something cool at school


>
> You know, they're starting something like that in Colorado, too.  The 
> problem we've found with it is that it's not updated more than a few times 
> a week.  So since my stepson has a chronic homework allergy, we thought it 
> would be a way to check up on his progress.  But by the time an assignment 
> is listed at all, it's already late.  And by the time it's listed as not 
> turned in, it's sometimes a week or ten days late, which puts us 
> hopelessly behind as monitors.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
> unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
> advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 4:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] something cool at school
>
>> That sounds very similar to Black Board which is what universities are 
>> using
>> now.  I wish all schools did that but I'm sure they'll be moving there in 
>> no
>> time with technology these days.  Thanks for sharing.
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 3:06 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: [blparent] something cool at school
>>
>> Hello
>> This year, all of the schools in New Mexico are going to something called
>> School fusion.  What it is:  all teachers have to put their class 
>> schedules
>> and syllabus online, all assignments for each students, all that were 
>> turned
>> in, all the grades and us, the parents can view at our own pleasure.
>> The school assigns each parent a password and you have to use it to sign 
>> in
>> to this site.  If you lose the password, you have to go to the main 
>> office
>> and beg for another.  They have been using this system in private schools
>> for some time and it seems to work really well.
>> I, for one, will love it.  There is also a link on this page for parents 
>> to
>> send messages to the teachers and another link for students to send 
>> messages
>> to teachers.
>> Awesome! V
>>
>>
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