[nabs-l] Recording college classes

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Cory and all,
I'm sure it will be fine to record classes if you need to, but I am
unsure how that would benefit your education or how this is a good
blindness accommodation. A more effective strategy would be to write
down the most important points in the lectures using either a laptop
computer, Braille Note or even a slate and stylus. In my experience,
college success is about picking out and learning what's important,
rather than reviewing entire lectures from beginning to end. Recorded
lectures are not filtered, so even if you review a lecture recording
after class you will still need a method for identifying what's really
important. You can also ask the professor to give you a copy of any
slides or overheads the professor shows the sighted students during
class, in case you missed anything important. The professor's slides
contain only the important information, not the entire lecture, so
again, this will make your job of distilling what's important a lot
easier. Furthermore, writing down notes is an active form of learning,
while merely recording a lecture doesn't get your brain involved in
the material and it is easier to forget it or not deeply process it.
If any of you have found recording classes to be helpful, or if I'm
missing some way that this serves as a disability accommodation,
please enlighten me.
Best,
Arielle

On 12/18/12, McMahon, Cory J <cory.j.mcmahon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the information below.
>
> I intend Community college to my general Education courses, and then go to a
>
> University for the Public Policy portion.
>
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>> Cory,
>> Most university's allow one to record lectures. However, some require an
>> accommodation prior to doing so. What will you be recording on? Also, it
>> is a good idea to intermingle your major course work with your general
>> education requirement so that you have fillers. What advisors call gap
>> cushions. So that you do not get stuck taking three major courses together
>>
>> that are difficult ad time consuming. For example, taking your higher
>> level debate class (for public policy) pair with an easy physical
>> education required course. Each one benefits the other.
>>
>> Any who that is my advise. I hope it works well fr you! By the way where
>> were you hoping to go?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 18, 2012, at 7:46 AM, tiffany miles <qtiffany1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi when it comes to recording your classes you can have this request put
>>>
>>> on
>>> your accommodation letters for all your classes.  When I recorded my
>>> lectures my teachers did not mind because I had this request on my
>>> accomodation letters good luck with your studies.
>>> On Dec 18, 2012 1:18 AM, "Brandon Keith Biggs"
>>> <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> Ask the teacher. Every teacher is different. My teachers require you
>>>> record their classes. Others ask you to delete them after the quarter
>>>> is
>>>> done. Every teacher is different, but usually there is no problem. if
>>>> there
>>>> is you can work it out with the AS office and get the minimum that is
>>>> delete the recording 32 hours after you got it.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: McMahon, Cory J
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 9:38 PM
>>>> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Recording college classes
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm in the process of applying to college (with plans to attend in the
>>>> Fall of 2013), and have a quick question.
>>>>
>>>> Are their stipulations concerning recording the classes?
>>>>
>>>> My goal is to get my General Education courses out of the way, and then
>>>> major in Public Policy.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Cory McMahon
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