[nobe-l] teaching techniques questions

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I am so glad to read these questions and responses!  I am working on
my Master's as a TVI through the University of Northern Colorado.  I
am in my last semester and doing my practicum and have had very
similar questions.
I appreciate your thoughts about explaining to a principal or other
administrator how these sorts of situations can be handled.  We know
they will have questions and it shows our professionalism when we are
prepared with well thought out responses!
I hope to glean more suggestions and tips from those of you on this list!
Thanks
Denise Millette

On 2/5/14, Jeremy Grandstaff <grandstaffjeremy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not a teacher, but I am a meeting facilitator who is blind and thought
> that my opinion might be helpful. Most of the meetings I facilitate are
> with
> sighted individuals, which to be honest presents little challenges to me.
>
> My comment is that the warm up exercise is probably an assignment that
> getting them to share/read with the rest of the class would be more helpful
> in several ways (see below). In addition, you could break them into groups
> instead of having them share with the class as a whole, and even impower
> them to help grade the assignments
> It teaches them to share their thoughts with others;
> It allows others in the class to benefit from hearing what a student did
> for
> their warm up;
> It can lead to a feeling of comradery with the class;
> And, yep, it allows you to grade their assignment real-time.
>
> I can't speak to your other question but do wonder if this is an
> opportunity
> to help the students also embrace technology with their papers.
>
> Just my thoughts and hope they help,
> Jeremy
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobe-l [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karen Palau
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 8:31 PM
> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] teaching techniques questions
>
> 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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