[blparent] Smart boards coming to a school near you

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Very good.  I watched this being demonstrated when mu daughter met her new 
teacher for the first grade.  I wondered the same thing Karla did.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Smart boards coming to a school near you


> Hello:
>
>     One useful feature of a smartboard is that if it is set up to print, a 
> Tiger embosser can be used to create a raised diagram of what is on the 
> board. Of course, the quality of the output depends on what's on the 
> board.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karla Hudson" <HudsonKC at msu.edu>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:21 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Smart boards coming to a school near you
>
>
>> Hi group,
>>
>> A little off topic here. However, I am wondering if anyone knows anything
>> about ways blind kids are coping with the invention of the "smart board."
>> They are all the rage in my daughters classroom. She is sighted so this 
>> is a
>> great educational tool for her. I sit and watch this technology 
>> demonstrated
>> by her teacher just the other day and started thinking about myself being 
>> a
>> blind child in this very sighted technical environment. If you have not 
>> seen
>> a "smart board" the device allows the teacher to do various activities on
>> this large piece of technology board in the front of the classroom. The
>> children can touch various aspects on the board and make items change. 
>> They
>> can use clickers to make selections as well as use dry erase markers on 
>> the
>> device. The teacher can move and change items with their hand as well as
>> circle items and color change various portions of the board. This is 
>> really
>> a virtual chalk board. So where does the blind child find themselves in 
>> all
>> of this technology? I am worried for them. Again, great device for the
>> sighted kid.
>>
>> Karla
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blparent mailing list
>> blparent at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>> blparent:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/rjaquiss%40earthlink.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> blparent mailing list
> blparent at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> blparent:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/elizabethcooks%40comcast.net