[nabs-l] 10 Best Tips for Professors

[Amy Sabo]

hello joe,

ok, i will start this discussion and topic, and i'm sure that others will do the same as well too! one tip that i would like to see professors to do is to verbalize everything that is being said while they are writing on the board. i have had to ask them many times to do this in my classes.

another tip would be that the student  has the right to use their adaptive equipment for a test or quiz if the test is open book/open notes. i had to deal with this for my midterm and, the dss had to over ride this thanks to the director.

so, those are the two tips to begin this discussion. take care all and, i look forward to others posts and thoughts on this topic.


hugs,
amy

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com> 

> Hello all, 
> 
> Thank you for the excellent feedback of this past week regarding the best 
> tips for up and coming high school students. I'll be compiling all your 
> e-mails into a document for the NABS board's approval. The document will 
> then be made available with the launch of the web site. 
> 
> You guys had a number of excellent thoughts. I'm trusting your guidance 
> will continue this week as we turn to professors. If a document could be 
> drafted to be made available to teachers and professors, how would it read? 
> What would the top ten pieces of advice be for faculty members regarding 
> blind students? Ultimately, we'd all like to be treated equally, but break 
> it down for those individuals who may be completely afraid to deal with 
> something they may never have conceived of before. 
> 
> My advice, to get things started: Do not single out the blind kid in class. 
> No one likes to have the spotlight shined on them for being exceptionally 
> smart or exceptionally, special. No one wants to hear about Charlie and how 
> Charlie is blind and how Charlie will need buddies to get some of the work 
> done. Can you tell I have firsthand knowledge? 
> 
> Anyway, no doubt you'll have better ideas. Send them in, on list or 
> off-list. You're helping create what will be useful, downloadable tip 
> sheets of use to a diverse audience. We're counting on you! 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Joe Orozco 
> 
> "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."--James M. 
> Barrie 
> 
> 
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