[nabs-l] study suggestions

Sun Apr 28 13:18:14 UTC 2013

I=20don't=20have=20any=20kind=20of=20VR=20device,=20so=20I=20don't=20know=20=
if=20this=20is=20an=20
option.=20I=20read=20all=20books=20on=20my=20brillenote=20apex.=20What=20I=
=20do=20when=20I=20
need=20to=20mark=20a=20passage=20(this=20works=20only=20in=20literature)=20=
is=20a=20put=20a=20
distinctive=20symbol=20at=20the=20beginning=20and=20end=20of=20each=20perti=
nent=20
passage.=20Then,=20when=20study=20time=20rolls=20around,=20I=20just=20use=20=
the=20Find=20
feature=20to=20locate=20that=20symbol=20and=20voila!=20There=20is=20the=20p=
assage.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"justin=20williams"=20<justin.williams2 at gmail.com
To:=20"'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list'"=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sat,=2027=20Apr=202013=2002:01:14=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20study=20suggestions

Is=20QRead=20a=20program=20for=20the=20pc/

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From:=20nabs-l=20[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20On=20Behalf=20Of=20
blackbyrdfly at gmail.com
Sent:=20Sunday,=20April=2028,=202013=201:57=20AM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20study=20suggestions

I=20use=20a=20program=20called=20QRead=20which=20allows=20me=20to=20open=20=
just=20about=20
any=20textbook=20format=20and=20save=20unlimited=20bookmarks,=20like=20leav=
ing=20
post=20it=20notes=20on=20pages.=20I=20also=20use=20the=20Kindle=20app=20on=
=20my=20iPad=20and=20
use=20the=20highlight=20feature=20and=20zoom=20feature=20a=20lot.=20I=20sti=
ll=20type=20my=20
own=20notes=20of=20course,=20in=20class=20and=20while=20reading.=20And=20fo=
r=20subjects=20
like=20Math,=20which=20I'm=20actually=20getting=20really=20good=20at=20thes=
e=20days,=20
in=20lifht=20of=20the=20events=20rhat=20took=20place=20at=20my=20old=20univ=
ersity=20in=20
Florida,=20nothing=20beats=20lots=20of=20practice!

-Jamie=20Principato

Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

On=20Apr=2027,=202013,=20at=2011:49=20PM,=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:

=20Hi=20all,

=20So=20how=20do=20you=20all=20like=20to=20study?=20Some=20techniques=20to=
=20review=20
material=20such=20as=20reading=20highlighted=20text=20are=20not=20available=
=20to=20
us.=20Same=20with=20marking=20passages=20with=20post-it=20notes.=20I=20do=20=
take=20
notes=20while=20reading=20which=20is=20an=20integral=20part=20of=20studying=
=20for=20
tests.
=20I=20often=20find=20my=20notes=20though=20are=20too=20lengthy=20from=20ch=
apters,=20so=20I=20
take=20shorter=20notes=20from=20those=20original=20notes=20or=20I=20summari=
ze=20the=20
chapter.
=20I=20use=20a=20vr=20stream=20or=20my=20vr=20stratus.=20Do=20you=20all=20u=
se=20the=20book=20mark=20
feature?=20I=E2=80=99ve=20tried=20but=20the=20thing=20is=20I=20cannot=20rem=
ember=20what=20
number=20I=20assigned=20to=20each=20passage.=20How=20does=20that=20highligh=
t=20book=20
mark=20feature=20work?=20This=20may=20help=20in=20marking=20key=20words=20o=
r=20concepts=20
such=20as=20theories=20defined=20for=20sociology.

=20How=20do=20you=20memorize=20vocabulary?=20For=20religion,=20we=20are=20t=
ested=20on=20
vocab=20and=20definitions=20and=20it=E2=80=99s=20a=20lot=20to=20memorize.
=20I=20struggled=20with=20that=20in=20foreign=20languages=20too.

=20So=20far=20I=20simply=20write=20the=20definition=20and=20read=20it=20and=
=20say=20it=20
aloud;
=20then=20state=20it=20from=20memory=20without=20my=20notes.=20Many=20stude=
nts=20use=20
flash=20cards=20they=20say.=20But=20I=20cannot=20do=20that=20with=20braille=
.=20I=20wish=20I=20
had=20a=20way=20to=20mix=20up=20the=20words=20and=20definitions=20like=20yo=
u=20would=20do=20
with=20flash=20cards.=20So=20far,=20what=20I=E2=80=99ve=20done=20is=20just=
=20mix=20up=20the=20
order=20of=20words=20as=20I=20study=20them=20on=20hard=20copy=20braille.=20=
Instead=20of=20
reading=20from=20top=20to=20bottom=20of=20the=20page,=20I=E2=80=99ll=20star=
t=20in=20the=20
middle=20or=20some=20random=20point.

=20Also,=20has=20looking=20up=20information=20been=20a=20challenge?=20It=20=
is=20for=20me.=20
The=20braille=20note=20does=20not=20search=20across=20files=20for=20wordds.=
=20I=20
cannot=20skim=20for=20words=20and=20key=20things=20as=20sighted=20people=20=
do.=20I=20
usually=20end=20up=20asking=20my=20reader=20to=20assist=20me=20in=20looking=
=20it=20up=20in=20
the=20book.=20I=20write=20down=20what=20the=20book=20says;=20often=20in=20m=
y=20own=20words=20
and=20make=20note=20of=20the=20page.=20If=20I=20have=20the=20book=20through=
=20learning=20
ally,=20I=20can=20go=20back=20to=20the=20page=20if=20needed=20then.
=20A=20good=20reader=20will=20check=20the=20index=20for=20key=20terms=20and=
=20words=20that=20
resemble=20key=20terms.

=20If=20its=20not=20there,=20I=20go=20back=20to=20my=20notes=20and=20search=
.=20I=20put=20the=20
topic=20for=20the=20class=20on=20the=20top=20of=20my=20notes=20which=20ofte=
n=20helps=20me=20
in=20finding=20the=20right=20area=20or=20file=20to=20look=20in.=20I=20will=
=20write=20the=20
date=20as=20well=20on=20the=20top=20of=20my=20electronic=20page.=20I=20crea=
te=20a=20file=20in=20
my=20braille=20note=20with=20key=20items=20for=20review.=20I=20find=20it=20=
helpful=20to=20
have=20a=20study=20guide=20from=20the=20professor=20and=20follow=20that=20i=
f=20we=20have=20
one.

=20I=E2=80=99d=20use=20the=20practice=20tests=20on=20the=20online=20website=
s=20if=20they=20were=20
accessible;=20but=20often=20they=E2=80=99re=20not.
=20Sometimes=20the=20textbook=20itself=20has=20review=20questions=20and=20I=
=20might=20
use=20those=20to=20review=20if=20it=20looks=20helpful.
=20If=20I=E2=80=99m=20totally=20stuck=20on=20some=20concepts=20and=20know=20=
its=20on=20the=20
final,=20I=20ask=20my=20professors.=20I=20find=20that=20usually=20they=E2=80=
=99re=20helpful=20
in=20office=20hours.

=20Ashley

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