[nabs-l] studying, skimming and reference material

Tue May 3 20:13:30 UTC 2011

Oh!=20If=20you=20can,=20I=20would=20reccomend=20getting=20the=20upgrade=20t=
o=20the=20
Apex,=20then.=20=20It's=20a=20lot=20better=20in=20most=20of=20its=20feature=
s.=20=20The=20only=20
downside=20is=20that=20it=20takes=20a=20lot=20longer=20to=20reboot=20then=20=
the=20mPower=20
does,=20probably=20because=20the=20Apex=20is=20computer=20technology=20and=
=20the=20
mPower=20is=20PDA.

Chris=20Nusbaum

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Jorge=20Paez=20<computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=202=20May=202011=2021:21:02=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20studying,=20skimming=20and=20reference=20materi=
al

M-Power=2018=20running=20Keysoft=207.5=20build=2031.

On=20May=202,=202011,=20at=208:44=20PM,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20wrote:

=20On=20the=20Apex,=20it=20usually=20works=20fine...=20=20most=20of=20the=20=
time.=20=20What=20
model=20do=20you=20have?

=20Chris=20Nusbaum

=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abi=
lities=20
motto)

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Jorge=20Paez=20<computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Mon,=202=20May=202011=2017:20:59=20-0400
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20studying,=20skimming=20and=20reference=20mat=
erial

=20You=20can't=20really=20use=20the=20BN=20for=20that=20though=20can=20you?=

=20I've=20tried=20finding=20stuff=20in=20really=20large=20books=20and=20it=
=20just=20
freezes=20the=20note.

=20On=20May=202,=202011,=20at=203:55=20PM,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20wrote:

=20I=20don't=20know=20whether=20you=20use=20a=20computer=20or=20notetaker=20=
to=20read=20
E-texts,=20but=20if=20you=20have=20JAWS=20on=20a=20computer=20or=20use=20a=
=20Braille-Note=20
BT,=20you=20can=20use=20a=20find=20command=20to=20find=20a=20text=20string,=
=20or=20
word/phrase=20in=20a=20large=20document=20like=20a=20textbook.=20=20On=20a=
=20
Braille-Note,=20hit=20space=20with=20F=20for=20the=20find=20command.=20=20T=
hen=20it=20
will=20ask=20you,=20"Search=20forward=20or=20back?"=20If=20you=20want=20to=
=20search=20for=20
something=20that=20you=20know=20is=20further=20into=20the=20text=20than=20y=
ou=20
currently=20are,=20het=20f=20for=20forward,=20and=20to=20search=20for=20som=
ething=20
before=20the=20place=20where=20you=20are,=20hit=20b=20for=20back.=20=20Then=
,=20it=20will=20
prompt=20"Find?"=20Type=20the=20text=20string=20you=20want=20to=20search=20=
for=20and=20
hit=20Enter.=20=20If=20it=20finds=20the=20string=20you're=20searching=20for=
,=20it=20will=20
put=20your=20cursor=20under=20that=20string.=20=20If=20you=20use=20JAWS=20o=
n=20your=20
computer,=20I=20think=20the=20find=20command=20is=20Alt=20F3,=20but=20don't=
=20quote=20me=20
on=20that.=20=20I'll=20have=20to=20check=20and=20get=20back=20to=20you=20on=
=20that.=20=20If=20
there's=20someone=20else=20on=20the=20list=20who=20knows=20what=20the=20Fin=
d=20command=20
on=20JAWS=20is,=20please=20let=20us=20know.=20=20Hope=20that=20helps!

=20Chris=20Nusbaum

=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abi=
lities=20
motto)

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=
=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Mon,=202=20May=202011=2000:31:32=20-0400
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20studying,=20skimming=20and=20reference=20material

=20Hi=20all,

=20College=20texts=20are=20full=20of=20words=20and=20examples.=20=20Frustra=
ting=20when=20
you=20cannot=20skim=20through=20especially=20when=20you=20need=20the=20high=
lights=20
for=20a=20test.
=20I=20take=20notes=20when=20reading.=20=20But=20my=20notes=20don=82t=20alw=
ays=20amount=20to=20
what=20the=20professor=20tells=20us=20to=20study=20for=20the=20test,=20if=20=
they=20tell=20
us.

=20So=20what=20do=20you=20do=20when=20the=20professor=20has=20a=20study=20g=
uide?
=20Some=20students=20take=20it=20and=20jot=20down=20the=20coresponding=20pa=
ges=20to=20the=20
study=20topics=20and=20study=20those=20pages.
=20How=20do=20you=20use=20it?
=20Sometimes=20professors=20give=20a=20list=20of=20terms/concepts=20to=20st=
udy=20or=20a=20
list=20of=20questions=20to=20guide=20your=20preparation.=20=20My=20communic=
ation=20
professor=20outlined=20on=20the=20board=20what=20concepts=20we=20needed=20t=
o=20know=20
for=20our=20final.
=20But=20here=82s=20the=20thing.=20=20I=20cannot=20skim=20the=20text=20or=20=
look=20up=20words.=20=20
My=20notes=20may=20or=20may=20not=20have=20them.=20=20Even=20if=20they=20do=
,=20its=20still=20
looking=20for=20a=20needle=20in=20a=20haystack=20when=20reviewing=20for=20f=
inals!=20=20So=20
I=82ve=20usually=20had=20to=20ask=20a=20reader;=20they=20act=20as=20my=20ey=
es=20and=20look=20in=20
the=20index=20for=20the=20key=20words=20or=20skim=20for=20the=20key=20words=
=20or=20headings=20
in=20the=20chapter.

=20For=20me,=20I=20usually=20use=20audio=20whenever=20possible.=20=20But=20=
even=20with=20
e-texts,=20I=20cannot=20skim=20because=20I=20don=82t=20know=20the=20exact=20=
phrase=20and=20
without=20that=20the=20computer=20does=20Not=20know=20what=20to=20look=20fo=
r;=20also
=20it=20is=20divided=20in=20to=20chapters=20and=20I=20cannot=20search=20acr=
oss=20
chapters.
=20Another=20thing,=20how=20do=20you=20work=20with=20open=20book=20exams?
=20Do=20you=20have=20a=20reader=20there=20and=20they=20look=20up=20any=20in=
fo=20from=20the=20
book?=20That=20is=20what=20I=82ve=20done.
=20Again,=20openbook=20=20tests=20let=20you=20use=20it=20as=20a=20reference=
=20tool,=20but=20
that=20is=20hard=20for=20us.

=20So=20any=20tips=20for=20studying=20or=20=84skimming=89=20would=20be=20go=
od.=20=20How=20can=20
you=20direct=20a=20reader=20to=20actually=20skim?=20=20Usually=20they=20wil=
l=20read=20too=20
much=20to=20me=20rather=20than=20just=20the=20main=20paragraph=20of=20the=20=
topic;=20
generally=20under=20the=20main=20headings=20I=20find=20the=20introduction=20=
to=20the=20
concept=20and=20smaller=20headings=20tell=20you=20details/examples.

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