[nabs-l] introductionn, and a few questions

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Kerri,
There is no such thing as a dumb question.

If the professor is posting the power points for the rest of the class, it 
is only reasonable for you to have the same opportunity to study them as 
everyone else. I don't think it is unreasonable to ask him/her to email them 
to you if you explain how the method of posting is inaccessible. The worst 
that could happen is the professor says no. if that happens you could talk 
to the disability office.

Also talking to the teacher and explaining your situation is often all you 
have to do to fix most problems. If the teacher is reasonable, and you are 
not asking for anything drastic, I find most teachers will accommodate you.

Mark

Kramc11 at gmail.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:50 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] introductionn, and a few questions


> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nabs-l:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kramc11%40gmail.com