[Pibe-division] Pibe-division Digest, Vol 69, Issue 1

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>   1. Re: [AERNet] percent of braille users by state (Marianne Denning)
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:18:06 -0500
> From: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
> To: Carol green <mommygreen69 at gmail.com>
> Cc: aernet <aernet at lists.aerbvi.org>,    Professionals in Blindness
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> Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] [AERNet] percent of braille users by
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> This is a great idea but I want to know the percent of legally blind
> students in each state who are learning/reading braille.  I wonder if
> some states have a higher percentage than others and, if so, why.  Do
> some universities do a better job preparing TVIs in braille
> instruction? Does the department of education in a state promote
> braille more?...  This could be a great doctoral thesis for someone.
> Maybe a university could request federal funds to study this.  We keep
> talking about the lack of braille instruction but we don't have hard
> evidence or solutions to the problem.
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>> On 1/31/14, Carol green <mommygreen69 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> At the GITWL conference in RI, there was a poesentaN about the Braille
>> Institute beginning a research project in which they are developing an app
>> for the iPad which can be used with a refreshable braille display. It looks
>> like it would similar !DIBLES and other types of progress monitoring tests,
>> except this is specifically for braille.
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>>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>> I think I missed that information.  Could you give more information?
>>> 
>>>> On 1/28/14, Carol green <mommygreen69 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I think the Braille Challenge data could become a more reliable source
>>>> of
>>>> braille literacy as they begin the implimentation of their new
>>>> developing
>>>> app.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> On Jan 28, 2014, at 12:00 PM, Marianne Denning
>>>>> <marianne at denningweb.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know we talk about the percent of blind braille readers throughout
>>>>> the country but is there information by state?  I would be interested
>>>>> to know if some states have higher rates of braille literacy than
>>>>> other states and, if so, what makes the difference.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>>>>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>>>>> (513) 607-6053
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>>> --
>>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>>> (513) 607-6053
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> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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