[nabs-l] handouts in class

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Before I answer, do you use any type of electronic Braille notetaking 
device, such as a BrailleNote or Pacmate?

Nicole

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:31 PM
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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