[nabs-l] handouts in class

[Marsha Drenth]

I ask that the professor sent me handouts electronically before hand, so
that I can have them on a  notetaker for class. This is also the same for
readings or passages that a professor will discuss in class, those things
need to be given to you ahead of time, so that you can review them and be
prepared. If it's a short little something you need to read and then comment
about, other students might be willing to  read it. Another trick is, if
your book is from bookshare, or from the publisher as a PDF, search for this
text while in class, is doable. But your going to need to do it quickly and
efficiently. If I don't have access to materials in class, I gather as much
information about it while in class, and then go back afterwards and merge
my notes and whatever I didn't have access to. This means you will need to
take pretty good notes. 

Just some suggestions,
Marsha 


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Of Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 12:32 AM
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Subject: [nabs-l] handouts in class

Hi all,

Although college has mostly lectures, in some subjects such as english, we
have more interaction in class and assignments in class. We might be given a
short essay to read and comment on either orally or in writing. Sometimes
we'd read it and discuss as a class afterward. Other times, students access
their books via skimming during discussions. How do you deal with these
assignments? I have asked a classmate to read to me or sometimes the
professor themselves helps out. I remember in english when we had to write
argument essays that we had an example that we discussed as a class. For
general discussions about homework reading, I read it outside class and
referenced my notes in class. I had no access to the material in class. So
when the professor said, "look on page 22 at paragraph titled Toads" and
notice how Joe Smith used metaphor" or says "look at page 12, third
paragraph," I can't access this. If it's a long pause, sometimes a classmate
tells me what it says, but other times I just listen. I thought about
bringing my rfb book in if I had it via RFB, but figured by the time I set
up the player and got to the page, the students would have found and skimmed
the section. After all, its usually only a few minutes that I hear the
rustling of pagesor frantic flipping of pages to find that passage so they
can answer the professor's questions.

I always like to participate, but this is an area where I couldn't do it as
much. I wondered if you all felt in the same boat?
Ashley
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