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

[tim and vickie shaw]

i dont know if its really harder to learn Braille persay, its having the discipline to learn to read it with touch rather han your eyes that may be an issue. May need to blindfold urself or something. I know when I was first learning back in eighth grade i cheated alot by using my eyes.> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:24:42 -0800> From: maryh4548 at gmail.com> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches LouisBraille200th Celebration Activities Listing> > 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.> >>> >>> > >>> > > > _______________________________________________> > 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> > > _________________________________________________________________> > > Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster.> > >> > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008> > > _______________________________________________> > > 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/nmartiniello%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/psmith4%40dmc.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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