[nabs-l] handouts in class

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi=20Joshua,

Yes,=20Bookshare=20has=20many=20textbooks.=20=20It=20is=20a=20great=20resou=
rce=20for=20
textbooks=20that=20a=20lot=20of=20us=20use.=20=20BTW,=20Learning=20Ally=20(=
formerly=20RFB=20
and=20D)
and=20NLS=20are=20also=20great=20resources=20for=20textbooks.

=20Chris=20Nusbaum

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President=20of=20the=20National=20
Federation=20of=20the=20Blind,=201968-1986.)

=20=20Visit=20the=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20online=20at:=20
www.icanfoundation.info=20for
information=20on=20our=20foundation=20and=20how=20it=20helps=20blind=20and=
=20visually
impaired=20children=20in=20MD=20say=20"I=20can!"


Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2018=20Sep=202011=2018:39:24=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20handouts=20in=20class

Thankfully,=20my=20instructors=20for=20English=20didn't=20do=20things=20tha=
t=20way.
We=20did=20all=20of=20our=20reading,=20outside=20of=20class,=20and=20E-mail=
ed=20our=20
work=20to=20them.
Do=20you=20know=20if=20there=20are=20any=20textbooks=20on=20www.bookshare.o=
rg?
I've=20been=20receiving=20E-mails=20that=20say,=20"Bookshare=20for=20Univer=
sity."
What's=20that=20about?
Also,=20you=20could=20get=20the=20handouts,=20and=20scan=20them,=20if=20you=
=20have=20Open
Book,=20and=20then=20Braille=20them,=20with=20a=20Braille=20Embosser,=20(if=
=20you=20
have
one.)
I=20wish=20I=20had=20one,=20(BTW.)
Just=20my=20thoughts.
Blessings,=20Joshua

On=209/17/11,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:
=20Hi=20all,

=20Although=20college=20has=20mostly=20lectures,=20in=20some=20subjects=20s=
uch=20as=20
english,=20we
=20have=20more=20interaction=20in=20class=20and=20assignments=20in=20class.=
=20=20We=20
might=20be=20given=20a
=20short=20essay=20to=20read=20and=20comment=20on=20either=20orally=20or=20=
in=20writing.=20=20
Sometimes
=20we=92d=20read=20it=20and=20discuss=20as=20a=20class=20afterward.=20=20Ot=
her=20times,=20
students=20access
=20their=20books=20via=20skimming=20during=20discussions.=20=20How=20do=20y=
ou=20deal=20
with=20these
=20assignments?=20I=20have=20asked=20a=20classmate=20to=20read=20to=20me=20=
or=20sometimes=20
the
=20professor=20themselves=20helps=20out.=20=20I=20remember=20in=20english=20=
when=20we=20
had=20to=20write
=20argument=20essays=20that=20we=20had=20an=20example=20that=20we=20discuss=
ed=20as=20a=20
class.=20=20For
=20general=20discussions=20about=20homework=20reading,=20I=20read=20it=20ou=
tside=20
class=20and
=20referenced=20my=20notes=20in=20class.=20=20I=20had=20no=20access=20to=20=
the=20material=20
in=20class.=20=20So
=20when=20the=20professor=20said,=20=93look=20on=20page=2022=20at=20paragra=
ph=20titled=20
Toads"=20and
=20notice=20how=20Joe=20Smith=20used=20metaphor=94=20or=20says=20=93look=20=
at=20page=2012,=20
third
=20paragraph,=94=20I=20can=92t=20access=20this.=20=20If=20it=92s=20a=20long=
=20pause,=20
sometimes=20a=20classmate
=20tells=20me=20what=20it=20says,=20but=20other=20times=20I=20just=20listen=
.=20=20I=20thought=20
about
=20bringing=20my=20rfb=20book=20in=20if=20I=20had=20it=20via=20RFB,=20but=20=
figured=20by=20the=20
time=20I=20set
=20up=20the=20player=20and=20got=20to=20the=20page,=20the=20students=20woul=
d=20have=20found=20
and=20skimmed
=20the=20section.=20=20After=20all,=20its=20usually=20only=20a=20few=20minu=
tes=20that=20I=20
hear=20the
=20rustling=20of=20pagesor=20frantic=20flipping=20of=20pages=20to=20find=20=
that=20
passage=20so=20they
=20can=20answer=20the=20professor=92s=20questions.

=20I=20always=20like=20to=20participate,=20but=20this=20is=20an=20area=20wh=
ere=20I=20
couldn=92t=20do=20it=20as
=20much.=20=20I=20wondered=20if=20you=20all=20felt=20in=20the=20same=20boat=
?
=20Ashley
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