[nobe-l] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille200th Celebration Activities Listing

Tue Nov 11 19:04:20 UTC 2008

And, if you're looking for a more traditional course that is not done 
online, you should take a look at the Hadley School for the Blind:
www.hadley-school.org
They offer free courses through correspondence.

Good luck,

Natalie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tim and vickie shaw" <timandvickie at hotmail.com>
To: <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille200th 
Celebration Activities Listing

>
> 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 Loui
> s 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.> >>> >> >> 
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