[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille

[Liz]

Wow! The approach makes sense,e even though students will understand the dots are a technical reversal, this approach causes unnecessary confusion. 
I had no idea it was the braille equivalent of pencils nd paper. 


Liz

> On Aug 29, 2016, at 8:31 AM, Susan Ford via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> The name of the slate which lets you write from left to right is the Swale
> Dot Inverter. It isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the dots are not as
> good as they should be. Ramona's suggestion of "first side" and "second
> side" is the approach I have taken in teaching Braille. In more than 40
> years. I wonder how many students I have had in that time? 
> Susan Ford 
> 
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> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 9:05 PM
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> Cc: Ramona Walhof
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille
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> One of my soapboxes is to get teachers ( all of them) to think of dots one
> two and three as the first side of the cell and four five six as the second
> side of the cell.  Then starting at the other end of the slate does not
> change the progression of the Braille.  Then you only have to keep track of
> the end of the line where you start.  Everything else is in progression.  It
> seems pretty simple to me.  And I have never had a student who couldn't
> understand this if somebody had not already confused them with some other
> approach.  
> Ramona
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> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Marianne Denning via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 4:37 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille
> 
> Joyce, I either heard of someone working on something like that or it is out
> there.  Or, maybe that is in my dreams.  That is why it is so important to
> learn the dot combinations when you learn braille.  When you use the slate
> and styllus dots 1, 2 and 3 are on the right.  It really made it easier for
> me to use it when I changed how I thought of the slate and styllus.  I am
> still not the greatest but I can get the job done.
> 
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner <
> nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Have anyone out there ever had or used a slate and sstyiles that you 
>> worked it from left to right and didn't have to flip it???
>> 
>> That would be cool.  You would not have to flip the letters backward 
>> or should I say right to left when you did it.
>> 
>> Joyce
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