<html><head><base href="x-msg://4/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I want the student to access the program. I will see what program the district is using. Thanks for the information. I am finding that my local school districts are all using smartboard tech. It would be real handy to have access to the information. On the other hand having the text in braille may be of more educational value. I am ordering a braille display today for this student. I am concerned when the student can only work with speech without having the text under their fingers. Any opinions.<br><div><div>On Mar 14, 2011, at 5:22 AM, Shaheen, Natalie wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Denise:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">It has been my understanding that the software that comes with Interactive White Boards (IWBs) is not accessible (i.e. Promethean’s software). Has that changed or was I mistaken? Or are you just talking about being able to access PowerPoints and web content that is displayed on these boards when the boards are being used more as projectors than IWBs?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Thanks for sharing this information as it is quite helpful!<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Natalie<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="teal" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: teal; ">Natalie L. Shaheen, MEd</span></font><font size="2" color="#408080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(64, 128, 128); "></span></font><font color="teal" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: teal; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; ">Education Program Specialist</span></font><font color="teal" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: teal; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; ">Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; ">NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Dr. Denise M. Robinson<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, March 14, 2011 8:04 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Pibe-division] Smartboard</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Denise<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">The smart board can be hooked to a laptop with JAWS--any tech should be able to hook it up easily for you--just like hooking any hardware up to it<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="5" color="#4040ff" face="Brush Script MT"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Brush Script MT'; color: rgb(64, 64, 255); "> Denise</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired<br>Yakima School District<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">TechVision-Independent Contractor<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">509-674-1853 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "> deniserob@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><a href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br><br>--- On<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sun, 3/13/11, Denise Mackenstadt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><span style="font-style: italic; "><<a href="mailto:cane.travel@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">cane.travel@gmail.com</a>></span></i></span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br>From: Denise Mackenstadt <<a href="mailto:cane.travel@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">cane.travel@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [Pibe-division] Smartboard<br>To: "PIBE Division" <<a href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a>><br>Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 10:29 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Does anyone have any information on how a smartboard can be accessed by a non visual learner. Is there any technology that allows a computer to speak what is on the board and to interact with it. Thanks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Denise Mackenstadt, NOMC<br>Mackenstadt Rehab Services<br>(206)419-9555<br><a href="http://us.mc1302.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cane.travel@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:cane.travel@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">cane.travel@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pibe-division mailing list<br><a href="http://us.mc1302.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Pibe-division@nfbnet.org" ymailto="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/dmehlenbacher%40yahoo.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/dmehlenbacher%40yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Pibe-division mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/cane.travel%40gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/cane.travel%40gmail.com</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div>
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