[nobe-l] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches LouisBraille200th Celebration Activities Listing

Tue Nov 11 22:24:42 UTC 2008

Dumb question:
How hard is it for a sighted person to learn Braille?
I learned French, Russian, Spanish but then again, I was younger! :)
Mary
ps thank you for all the websites and ideas!

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Smith, Pauline L <PSmith4 at dmc.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The correct web address for the Hadley School is
>
> www.hadley.edu
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Pauline
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Natalie Martiniello" <nmartiniello at gmail.com>
> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List" <
> nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:04:20 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches LouisBraille200th
> Celebration Activities Listing
> 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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