[nabs-l] handouts in class

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Joshua,

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

 Chris Nusbaum

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance." -- Kenneth Jernigan (President of the National 
Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986.)

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


Sent from my BrailleNote

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:39:24 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] handouts in class

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

On 9/17/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
 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
 _______________________________________________
 nabs-l mailing list
 nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
 To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account 
info for
 nabs-l:
 
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jlester8462%4
0students.pccua.edu


_______________________________________________
nabs-l mailing list
nabs-l at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
for nabs-l:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dotkid.nusbau
m%40gmail.com