[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille

Liz masterspanishteacher2306 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 22:06:48 UTC 2016 

Wow! I intend to work at it. :) 


Liz

> On Aug 30, 2016, at 9:07 AM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> If you learn to use the slate as a kid and keep using it, it is every bit as
> good as a pen.  I used to have the best French notes in my university class.
> No abbreviations.  At least I was the one who was asked to read notes when
> studying. I carried a clipboard with a folder for each class and wrote on
> top of it, so almost no noise. I can tell you many stories of adults
> attaining excellent skill with the Slate and stylus, as well.  You just have
> to use it every day and forget there ever was such a thing as backwards!  
> Ramona
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 8:35 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists' <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: blindhands at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille
> 
> Makes adults struggle, too.
> 
> Joyce
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 9:14 AM
> To: 'Annely Rose' <annely53r at yahoo.com>; 'List for blind crafters and
> artists' <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Ramona Walhof <walhoframona at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille
> 
> Annely, you were lucky to have a teacher who did that. Some kids handle it
> okay, but backwards makes most people struggle.   
> Ramona
> 
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> Behalf Of Annely Rose via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 11:05 PM
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> Cc: Annely Rose <annely53r at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I remember that using the word "backward" was a no no.  When I was in
> elementary school and one of my classmates was learning to write with the
> slate and stylus, I piped up and said "it's like writing backward" and my
> teacher gently but firmly said we don't use that word.  I'll never forget
> that.  
> 
> Annely
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> On Sun, 8/28/16, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Ramona Walhof" <walhoframona at gmail.com>
> Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016, 11:04 PM
> 
> 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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> Behalf Of Marianne Denning via
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> Sent: Sunday, August 28,
> 2016 4:37 PM
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> 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:
> 
>> 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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