[Pibe-division] graphing

[Sally Thomas]

Sand paper can be used for making shaded areas.  There are a lot of different textures available.

One thing I would mention, just because it is on my mind, not everything that has a picture in a textbook needs to be made into a tactile graphic.  The braillists in our district who create the graphics for my son have a love affair with puff paint.  They use it to draw replicas of the print pictures.  Frequently the puff paint is sloppy and/or done in a way that just couldn't make sense to a blind user.  Try as I might to convey to folks that creating tactile graphics requires a LOT of higher level thinking, the braillists seem to think it is just drawing.  It makes me a little crazy. You would get a kick out of the DNA pictures that came home last night.  Only problem is that my son has a test on this material today and the local people created the braille test. 

Sally Thomas
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dr. Denise M. Robinson 
  To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:46 AM
  Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] graphing


  Marianne


  I use many things: I try to make everything 3-D that can be. Look at APH.org for so many math manipulatives ...there are many. Wikki sticks on paper are great also for making graphs. Go to fabric store and pick up stick backed material, dots and other sticky back items that are great for making graphs into 3-D.  I also use the draftsman and students can draw their own pictures--Aph also offers a tactile kit which is wonderful too. Using a long slate n stylus so they can label the paper works perfectly.


  A few ideas


         Denise 

  Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
  CEO, TechVision
  Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
  email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com
  Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com 







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    From: Marianne Denning <MDenning at finneytown.org>
    To: "pibe-division at nfbnet.org" <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
    Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:55 AM
    Subject: [Pibe-division] graphing

    I am working with a student in algebra 2.  She is graphing inequalities so we need to create a dash line, a straight line and shade the areas between the lines.  We are having trouble reading the graphs in the book and understanding where the area between the lines are.  I would appreciate any help.


    Marianne Denning
    Intervention Specialist, Visually Impaired
    Finneytown Secondary Campus
    mdenning at finneytown.org
    513-931-0712

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