[nobe-l] teaching techniques questions

[Karen Palau]

Hi Craig:

I'm a blind teacher of blind and visually impaired children in an urban 
public school district.  I teach students from kindergarten through 12th 
grade.  In response to your two questions:

1.  Hire a local college student who is studying to become an English 
teacher to read the warmups to you.  Contact your local university(s) 
financial aid office or job locator on campus.  Prepare a checklist of items 
that you are interested in evaluating and use the checklist to arrive at a 
final grade for the warmup exercise.
2.  Teach your students how to create PowerPoint projects.  The PP project 
can be taylored to any subject area and is fully accessible for all students 
to use.

Please do not hesitate to ask additional questions.

Karen

-----Original Message----- 
From: Craig Cooper
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 7:24 PM
To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nobe-l] teaching techniques questions

Greetings,
My name is Craig Cooper.  I am a member of the NFB of Oregon, and am
enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching program.  After volunteering
in public school classrooms for a couple of weeks, I have a few
questions.
1.  Students usually begin class by writing answers to a "warm up,"
which they write by hand.  I do not see well enough to read these
assignments.  Please share your ideas for evaluating and grading such
papers.
2.  Next year, I will begin student teaching.  Given the fast pace of
changing technology, and the challenges of keeping up with accessing
new software, what do you believe are the most important tools,
devices, and/or technologies to learn, to teach sighted kids, in a
middle or high school classroom?
I am excited about the opportunity to teach, but I want to be able to
anser the principal's questions, as to how I will perform various
tasks.
Thank you so much for any and all ideas.
Sincerely,
Craig Cooper

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