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

[tim and vickie shaw]

there is a site here: http://www.afb.org/braillebug/ that is designed for teaching kids, and may seem cheesy, but may help. also there is this site: http://www.brl.org/ which offers several free Braille self learning courses> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:41:01 -0800> From: maryh4548 at gmail.com> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille 200th Celebration Activities Listing> > 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:> > >> > From: <Kim.Charlson at Perkins.org>> >> To: <BANA-Announce at brailleauthority.org>> >> Subject: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille 200th Celebration> >> Activities Listing> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> PRESS RELEASE> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> November 2008> >>> >>> >>> >> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"> >> />> >>> >>> >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> CONTACT: Judith Dixon, Chairperson> >>> >> Braille Authority of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns => >> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />North America> >>> >> PHONE: 1-202-707-0722> >>> >> E-MAIL: <mailto:jdix at loc.gov>jdix at loc.gov> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> BANA Helps Celebrate Louis Braille's 200th Birthday> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> 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.> >>> >>> >>> >> 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.> >>> >>> >>> >> 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.> >>> >>> >>> >> For additional resource information, visit <> >> http://www.brailleauthority.org>www.brailleauthority.org.> >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > nobe-l mailing list> > nobe-l at nfbnet.org> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nobe-l_nfbnet.org> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for> > nobe-l:> >> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nobe-l_nfbnet.org/maryh4548%40gmail.com> >> _______________________________________________> nobe-l mailing list> nobe-l at nfbnet.org> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nobe-l_nfbnet.org> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nobe-l:> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nobe-l_nfbnet.org/timandvickie%40hotmail.com
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