[Nfb-science] High school biology help needed

[Salisbury, Justin Mark]

It's very possible that this teacher is a mainstream teacher and not a teacher of the visually impaired.  That might explain a little bit.

Justin M. Salisbury
Undergraduate Student
The University Honors Program
East Carolina University
salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."    -Aristotle
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From: nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org [nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Cindy Robinson [biologize at hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 6:13 PM
To: nfb-science at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] High school biology help needed

Yes, I know the teacher should show the videos. That is ludicrous to not show videos. I am a VI teacher and I show videos all the time. The students don't like all descriptive videos. Some descriptive videos just have too much wording. They prefer a good teacher who will stop the video at an appropriate time and explain a few things of what the video is showing. It takes a good teacher who really knows the videos to also keep the movie going and say a few explanations when there is no narration in the movie.
Also, the teacher can show the video in the class and then let your daughter take it home for someone in the family to help her have the same experience as the students in the class.  It seems as though this VI teacher is very out of touch with what the law states and what she should do to help a VI child.
Cindy Robinson
> From: rjaquiss at earthlink.net
> To: nfb-science at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:01:10 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] High school biology help needed
>
> Hello:
>
> I don't think a teacher should refrain from showing videos because they
> have a blind student. This hurts the rest of the class. Perhaps your
> daughter needs someone to describe them to her.
>
> VIEW International Foundation has a set of tactile diagram files on
> CDs. There are a number of biology related files. for more information, see
> the site:
> http://www.viewinternational.org/diagrams.htm
>
> Hope this is useful.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert Jaquiss, Executive Director
> VIEW International Foundation
> 230 Peach Tree Drive
> West Monroe, Louisiana 71291-8653
> Phone: (318) 396-1853
> Email: rjaquiss at earthlink.net
> Web site: http://www.viewinternational.org
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Ann Bennett" <mab749 at verizon.net>
> To: <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:22 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-science] High school biology help needed
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm new to the list. My daughter is visually impaired, in 10th grade
> > biology class, and I was recently told by her science teacher that, though
> > the teacher has a lot of interesting videos on cells, she doesn't show
> > them
> > in class, because of my daughter. Thus far, biology, which is a
> > fascinating
> > subject, has been nothing but memorizing terms and my daughter is
> > understandably becoming very bored. I've googled 3D versions of plant and
> > animal cells and have found a few that I think might be affordable to
> > order
> > for home. I've requested described DVDs from dcmp.org, but haven't
> > received
> > them yet. Do you have any recommendations for making high school biology
> > interesting for a visually impaired student?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Mary Ann Bennett
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