[nobe-l] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille 200th Celebration Activities Listing

[Mary H]

Dear Listmates,
Can anyone recommend an online Braille course? I'm a special education
teacher already, but am starting a degree for Teachers of the Visually
Impaired. They do have Braille in my program but I will not get it until
next year. So wondering if there is somethign online I could get started
with.

Thank you kindly.

Mary
San Jose

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:34 AM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

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> From: <Kim.Charlson at Perkins.org>
>> To: <BANA-Announce at brailleauthority.org>
>> Subject: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille 200th Celebration
>> Activities Listing
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>> PRESS RELEASE
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>> November 2008
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>> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
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>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>> CONTACT: Judith Dixon, Chairperson
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>> Braille Authority of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
>> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />North America
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>> PHONE: 1-202-707-0722
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>> E-MAIL: <mailto:jdix at loc.gov>jdix at loc.gov
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>> BANA Helps Celebrate Louis Braille's 200th Birthday
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>> January 4, 2009, will be the 200th birthday of the man who created the
>> tactile code that has allowed blind people around the world to read: Louis
>> Braille. Many organizations, schools, agencies, and individuals are planning
>> special celebrations to commemorate this event and to honor Louis Braille
>> and the code he created. The braille code, based on six dots that fit under
>> the fingertips, allows blind people to read books and magazines, math and
>> science materials, music, and foreign languages.
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>> The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) has created an area on its
>> web site where announcements of special events can be posted and shared. If
>> your organization is planning an event to help celebrate Braille's birthday,
>> visit <http://www.brailleauthority.org/>http://www.brailleauthority.org,
>> and click the link for the form provided to fill in the information about
>> your planned event. The information will then be posted on BANA's web site.
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>> The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority of North America are to
>> assure literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of braille
>> and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes and facilitates the use, teaching and
>> production of braille. It publishes rules, interprets and renders opinions
>> pertaining to braille in all existing codes. It deals with codes now in
>> existence or to be developed in the future, in collaboration with other
>> countries using English braille. In exercising its function and authority,
>> BANA considers the effects of its decisions on other existing braille codes
>> and formats; the ease of production by various methods; and acceptability to
>> readers.
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>> For additional resource information, visit <
>> http://www.brailleauthority.org>www.brailleauthority.org.
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