[nabs-l] online college vs classroom instruction

[Mike Freeman]

OCR software doesn't handle handwriting well. But I don't see a problem here: have your partner read his/her work to you. 

Mike Freeman
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On May 21, 2011, at 11:20, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ashley,
> 
> You bring up an interesting issue.  My middle school, too does peer editing of papers, where we hook up with a partner and read and make revisions to each other's handwritten rough drafts before we type them for our final copy.  But if you're mainstreamed in a class with sighted people, how do you handle those situations? I have to resort to a reader because my instructional assistant wouldn't have time to scan and Braille it.  But are there ways that you all handle these peer editing times independently? Do you request your partner's paper ahead of time and scan it into Kurzweil or OpenBook? Will those OCR softwares scan handwritten materials? In college, are even rough drafts typed into a computer, so you ask your partner to email their draft to you? I would be interested to hear all of your strategies! By the way, I hope to see many of you on the call tomorrow!
> 
> Chris
> 
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
> 
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> Josh,
> You have a lot to consider with being a student coupled with the wheelchair.
> I went to the traditional classroom all through college.  I went to a big
> state run school and then transferred to a smaller private school, Marymount
> university.
> No, online college is not more accessible.  Things like the