[Pibe-division] Old School vs New School Approaches

[Dr. Denise M. Robinson]

Pauline
To add to you point, the thing about the slate that is tried and true is...it does not go down. You do not need to send it in for repair. It is fast and easy and slides in anywhere to use at a moments notice.

       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

http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/


From: "Smith, Pauline L" <PSmith4 at dmc.org>
>To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List' <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Old School vs New School Approaches
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>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
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>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 
>
>http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/ 
>
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>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
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>>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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