[nabs-l] in class writing

[Aleeha Dudley]

Hello,
     If you are concerned about the possibility of your laptop getting
stolen, here are a couple of things to consider.
1. Most other students carry laptops, phones, and other electronic
devices with them to classes. I don't think that someone would
specifically target your laptop to steal, especially with many other
students and your professor also in the classroom.
2. As others have said, you can get a flash drive, usually very low
cost, and put a doc or text file of your work on that drive in order
to exchange it with other students and/or your professor.
A good thing to keep in mind as well that some others have already
hinted at is to have a very open conversation with your professor
either before classes start or during the very first week of classes.
Ask what is to be expected from the class, the different possibilities
for in-class assignments, and the possible work-arounds for any
problems that you or your professor might forsee.
Aleeha

On 1/10/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I want to make another plug for netbooks. They aren't much bigger than
> Braille Notes, so you can easily fit it in your backpack, and a
> netbook can do just about anything a laptop can. Plus it only costs
> about $300 and the built-in battery can last for up to six hours. I
> think it really is a good idea for any blind student to carry some
> kind of mainstream computing device to class, whether that is a
> laptop, netbook, or even an I-device so that you can easily
> communicate in writing with sighted professors and peers. Braille
> Notes are great and can be a wonderful supplement to a mainstream
> computing device, but the computing technology Braille Notes use is
> neither mainstream nor up-to-date.
> Arielle
>
> On 1/10/13, Deb Mendelsohn <deb.mendelsohn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Don't you have a laptop that you could email in class to the professor?
>> Maybe RSA should get you one with JAWS on it.
>>
>> Deb
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Ashley Bramlett
>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Professors ask us students to do in-class writing sometimes. Typically
>>> its
>>> unannounced; its not like its on the syllabus but the professor knows it
>>> usually; I mean they know when they will assign in class writing.
>>> Students
>>> are given a certain  amount of time to write and then hand in the
>>> writing.
>>> They may share the writing with each other or the class as well.
>>>
>>> How do you handle in class writing assignments? Do you write them on a
>>> notetaker or laptop you take to school? How do you hand it in since we
>>> are
>>> not writing on paper? So far, I’ve usually written outside class and
>>> emailed the copy to the professor.
>>>
>>> I have good enough braille skills to read from my braille display to
>>> other
>>> students, but I don’t usually finish the writing.
>>> I wish there was a computer lab in every building. Then I could walk
>>> over
>>> there, type my writing prompt and then email it to the professor.
>>>
>>> I look forward to ideas.
>>>
>>> Ashley
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