[Cabs-talk] Fwd: [nabs-l] Slate Contest

[Tina Thomas]

this sounds like a good idea. count me in. 
tina

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On Feb 23, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey cabsters,
> this sounds pretty neat. Take a look at.
> A friend is gaging  interest in a contest in her student division,
> who would be in for having  a contest in california  between us
> students?
>  Darian
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Karen Anderson <kea.anderson at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:13:29 -0600
> Subject: [nabs-l] Slate Contest
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> 
> Hello NABSters,
> 
> 
> 
> James Konechne from BISM has asked me to cerculate the following. Feel free
> to contact either him or me with any questions.
> 
> 
> 
> Karen Anderson
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> My name is James Konechne. I'm the Braille instructor at Blind Industries
> and Services of Maryland's comprehensive adult blindness structured
> discovery
> 
> training program.
> 
> As a large component of my Braille curriculum, I teach our students how to
> write with the slate and stylus. A strategy I recently began utilizing to
> monitor
> 
> my students' accuracy and speed with this skill has been to create a monthly
> contest within the student body. Not only does this give me the information
> 
> I need to gage their progress, it also encourages a healthy dose of
> competition between the students. The contest consists of two components: a
> slate sprint
> 
> and an endurance race. Each involves writing the alphabet repeatedly. For
> the slate sprint, the students write as fast as they can for 30 seconds. I
> count
> 
> each four letters as a word and take a word off for every error that is
> made. The endurance race is similar in scoring and speed, with the exception
> of
> 
> the student being timed for five minutes of constant writing.
> 
> My students were trash talking lately and came up with the idea of having a
> friendly little competition among all adults currently learning how to write
> 
> with the slate. They are ready and willing to take on any writer with the
> guts to join in on the contest!! If you want to get a piece of the action,
> time
> 
> your students for both races and send me your results via e-mail. Then, let
> the trash talk begin!! Let's have a little fun and promote Braille writing
> 
> at the same time!
> 
> 
> 
> Official Rules:
> 
> Contest writing must be done using a standard, 28-cell, four-line slate.
> 
> Standard, heavy weight Braille paper must be used.
> 
> Only one alphabet can be written per line.
> 
> The clock must be allowed to continue to run while the slate is being moved
> to fresh paper since this is an essential component of writing.
> 
> 
> 
> A Timing Example and Scoring:
> 
> In the five minute endurance race, if, for example, a student writes five
> complete alphabets, they will have written a total of 30 words. If they make
> 
> five errors, five words are subtracted bringing them down to a total of 25
> total correct words. This is then divided by five to come up with a total of
> 
> five words per minute.
> 
> 
> 
> Call or e-mail with any questions.
> 
> James K
> 
> cell 4109250707
> 
> 
> 
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> -- 
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