[nabs-l] introductionn, and a few questions

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Kerri,

I don't have much time so I will get to questions 2 and 3 later, but I
want to give a quick response to Question 1. By all means ask the
professor for emailed handouts. In my experience they will oblige
about 90% of the time. And, many professors start getting into the
habit of emailing the handout to everybody after you ask them a few
times, and they often say later  that they appreciate being motivated
to make that change. So in my experience, professors won't at all
resent being asked for electronic handouts.

More later..

Arielle

On 12/9/09, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, my name is Beth.  I am formerly a music major, so you're at least
> better off than I was when I entered Florida State University.  I'm
> currently majoring in social work.  Btw, the question answers.  One, I
> don't see how it wouldn't be a good idea to ask a prof to e-mail you a
> copy of the handouts.  I usually get e-mailed syllabuses all the time.
>  Also, with biology, the punnet squares thing is all letters, so you
> don't have to worry about graphics.  During lectures, I usually type
> down the notes on a BrailleNote.  That's all.  Any other questions,
> feel free to post away.
> Beth
>
> On 12/8/09, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All:
>>
>> I am new to the list. I just recently joined the NFB after listening
>> to the convention in July.
>>
>> My name is Kerri Kosten. I am a student at West Virginia University
>> majoring in Journalism. I also work at a local radio station, doing
>> the sports page for one of the stations websites among other things.
>>
>> I had a couple of questions. I wasn't taught very well in high school
>> about college, so I hope these aren't dumb questions.
>>
>> First, if a professor hands out material in print, is it appropriate
>> to ask for them to email you an electronic copy? I have Kurzweil at
>> home, but my scanner is really big so haven't set it up in my
>> apartment yet. I use and love the Iphone so don't really want to have
>> to switch to a Nokia just for the KNFB reader, so that's not really an
>> option so I've been just asking the professors to email a copy of the
>> handout but wanted to make sure this is appropriate and okay, and not
>> asking too much.
>>
>> How do you handle taking notes from powerpoint lectures? At WVU, the
>> professors always use powerpoints up on a screen so the other students
>> can copy the notes down from the powerpoints. They post the
>> powerpoints on Blackboard after the class, but I haven't found them to
>> be accessible from the Blackboard's website unless I am doing
>> something wrong.
>> I have been just listening for key things the professor says and
>> writing stuff down that way that I think is noteworthy but if the
>> professor gives a really long definition sometimes I forget part of
>> the definition. The other students can of course look at the
>> powerpoints to make sure they have copied the notes correctly...so I
>> was wondering how you guys handled that.
>>
>> I am also going to take a class next semester in Biology. When we
>> study genetics, how did you do the whole punnett square thing to
>> understand genetics?
>>
>> Thanks so much, and like I said I hope these aren't dumb questions.
>>
>> Kerri
>>
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