[nabs-l] Tutoring and outlook

Tue Dec 8 05:48:49 UTC 2015

If you wanted to tutor other blind students, you could potentially do
it either in person if there are blind students in your area, or by
phone and email.
Arielle

On 12/7/15, STOMBERG, KENNEDY via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> People are actually quite receptive. The fact is, people want tutors,
> especially in STEM fields! As long as you know what you're doing, anyone
> you tutor will take you seriously.
>
> If someone asks a visual question like, How do I draw this Punitt Square?"
> or "What should this molicule look like?" You do your best, and if all else
> fails, know enough about other resources on campus to refer them to another
> source of information.
>
> I am happy to answer any other questions you may have!
> Kennedy Stomberg
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Anna via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Arielle,
>> Do you mean online or in person?
>>
>> Anna E Givens
>>
>>
>> > On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Another option might be to tutor other blind students.
>> > Arielle
>> >
>> >> On 12/7/15, STOMBERG, KENNEDY via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >> Anna,
>> >>
>> >> One option would be to try Cardinal Scholars. They offer really great
>> pay
>> >> for tutoring! I haven't found it to be super accessible, but maybe
>> you'll
>> >> have more luck.
>> >>
>> >> You can also try to tutor on campus in person. I tutor students who
>> >> are
>> in
>> >> an introductory biology class, and have found it extremely rewarding!
>> >>
>> >> Hope you find something that works!
>> >> Kennedy Stomberg
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 9:46 PM, Anna via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks Jason, I am able to get that far.  It's when I have typed a
>> whole
>> >>> message and discover an error somewhere in the middle of the message
>> and
>> >>> need to go to that spot with the cursor that I am having problems.
>> >>> I use the line or word or character thing but that doesn't work if I
>> want
>> >>> the cursor to stay wherever I'm trying to put it and type.
>> >>>
>> >>> Anna E Givens
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Jason Polansky via nabs-l
>> >>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> For outlook, if you double-tap on the message body text field,
>> >>>> VoiceOver should either say "insertion point at start" or "insertion
>> >>>> point at end." This is a toggle setting, meaning that if you are
>> >>>> focused on the text field and don't type anything, then you should
>> >>>> be
>> >>>> able to switch your insertion point from start to end. You want your
>> >>>> insertion point to be at the start, so your message is at the top.
>> >>>> It
>> >>>> is a little weird that all of the previous messages in that thread
>> >>>> are
>> >>>> in that text field, but that's just how it is. Hope this helps.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On 12/7/15, Jessica Hodges via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Oh, IC. I'm sorry, I really have no answers for you. Hope you find
>> >>>>> a
>> >>> place.
>> >>>>> I know that there absolutely is a need for tutoring of this kind.
>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Anna via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I'm sorry.  I suppose I should specify.  I want to be a tutor. Not
>> to
>> >>> be
>> >>>>>> tutored.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Anna
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Anna E Givens
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Jessica Hodges via nabs-l <
>> >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I think the best thing you could do is find someone online who
>> knows
>> >>> the
>> >>>>>>> subject well, and try to learn from them. don't think you'll
>> >>>>>>> really
>> >>> get
>> >>>>>>> much help from most mainstream tutoring cites. However, it is
>> >>>>>>> also
>> >>>>>>> important to weigh how well you can grasp abstract things. If you
>> >>>>>>> are
>> >>>>>>> good at visualizing things, online may work for you, but if you
>> have
>> >>>>>>> a
>> >>>>>>> hard time grasping visual/spacial concepts, you may want to look
>> for
>> >>>>>>> someone in your actual location. Though I have found a few people
>> >>> online
>> >>>>>>> who have described things to me much better than anyone i had
>> >>>>>>> contact
>> >>>>>>> with where i lived at the time, when I did find someone in my
>> >>>>>>> home
>> >>> town
>> >>>>>>> who was able to sit down and explain it trumped the awesome
>> progress
>> >>>>>>> i
>> >>>>>>> thought i was making online. The only reason I bring this up is
>> that
>> >>>>>>> math/science/stem stuff is chock full of abstract, spacial
>> >>>>>>> things.
>> I
>> >>> hope
>> >>>>>>> that you find something to help, whether its online or in person,
>> >>> these
>> >>>>>>> subjects can be brutal.
>> >>>>>>> Hope this helps:
>> >>>>>>> Jessica.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On 12/7/2015 4:11 PM, Anna via nabs-l wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> I have two questions.
>> >>>>>>>> First,
>> >>>>>>>> I am wondering about using outlook on an I-phone with Voice
>> >>>>>>>> Over.
>> >>>>>>>> It
>> >>>>>>>> seems to work pretty well with VO but the problem I'm having is
>> >>> editing
>> >>>>>>>> messages that I'm typing.  It will read the text that I typed
>> >>>>>>>> but
>> >>>>>>>> if
>> >>>>>>>> there is something I need to correct, I cannot figure out how to
>> >>>>>>>> get
>> >>> the
>> >>>>>>>> cursor to go to and stay in a chosen place to make corrections.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Secondly,
>> >>>>>>>> I am curious about online tutoring, specifically tutoring math
>> >>>>>>>> and
>> >>>>>>>> science.  I have been wanting to do this for a while, but I
>> >>>>>>>> don't
>> >>> know
>> >>>>>>>> how to do it with JAWS.  I have checked into a couple of online
>> >>>>>>>> platforms but they use things  like whiteboards and stuff that I
>> >>> don't
>> >>>>>>>> know how to use at all, much less with a screen reader.  So I
>> guess
>> >>> my
>> >>>>>>>> question is:  Is it possible for a blind person to tutor STEM
>> >>> subjects
>> >>>>>>>> online without a whole huge extra effort?
>> >>>>>>>> Wondering if anyone has any experience or thoughts on that.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Thanks!
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Anna E Givens
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
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