[nabs-l] introductionn, and a few questions

[T. Joseph Carter]

Kerri,

I used a ScanSnap S300 in class.  It worked remarkably well, and it 
was pretty quiet too--quieter than most inkjet printers.

That said, asking for an email copy is easily done.  Most of my 
professors made at least a good-faith effort to send these sorts of 
materials before class.  The ones who didn't weren't the best 
professors I've had for a variety of other reasons.

Joseph

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On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 08:50:11PM -0500, Kerri Kosten 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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