[Pibe-division] Old School vs New School Approaches

[Smith, Pauline L]

This is an exellent and thoughful series of emails.  I agree with Eric and Denise that a mix of old and new school approaches is the best way to educate our students.  I teach my adult and young adult Braille students to write with the slate and the brailler.  Unfortunately, I don't have most of them long enough to introduce them to the electronic notetakers.  I am finding that many of the people I get who went through the school system have not been exposed to using the slate.  I guess teachers find notetakers easier to teach and use.

Pauline


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From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M. Robinson
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:32 AM
To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Old School vs New School Approaches

Perfect Dr. V...that is exactly how I believe but was over emphasizing the newer approaches as those were the main questions coming to me. I was trying to address the questions of the newer without adding in all the older that I do along with it.
That light bulb hit me last night.


       Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com<mailto:deniserob at gmail.com>

http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/


From: DrV <pumpkinracer at gmail.com>
To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:23 AM
Subject: [Pibe-division] Old School vs New School Approaches

On the topic of Old School vs New School...
As a medical subspecialist, academic teacher physicians & future subspecialists, & father of 2 blind kids, it is my belief that whether in medicine or education too much emphasis on either Old School or New School shortchanges the outcomes - the best results often come from emphasizing skillets & knowledge bases from both. That gives the user, be it student or teacher, the broadest toolbox to draw upon. I'm  a fan of promoting & emphasizing both. SImilar to learning languages, kids sighted or blind pick up technology so much faster than most adults. Developmentally, kids are capable of learning many skillets in parallel. Electronic braillenoteker skills & even iPad skills can be taught in parallel with slate & stylus & the Perkins.
All the best.
DrV


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