<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Pauline</span></div><div><span>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.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div><span style='color: black; font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 18pt;'><font color="#4040ff"> Denise </font></span></div><div><span style='color: black; font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 18pt;'></span> </div><div>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <br>Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired<br>TechVision-Independent Contractor</div><div>Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training</div><div>509-674-1853 <a href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"> deniserob@gmail.com</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/</a></div><div> </div><div><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "Smith, Pauline L" <PSmith4@dmc.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'
<pibe-division@nfbnet.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:40 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Pibe-division] Old School vs New School Approaches<br></font><br><div id="yiv412423537">
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="yiv412423537871303413-22092011">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.</span></font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dr. Denise M.
Robinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:32 AM<br><b>To:</b>
Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Pibe-division] Old School vs New School Approaches<br></font><br></div>
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<div><span>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.</span></div>
<div><span>That light bulb hit me last night.</span></div>
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<div><span style='color: black; font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 18pt;'><font color="#4040ff"> Denise </font></span></div>
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<div>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <br>Teacher of the Blind & Visually
Impaired<br>TechVision-Independent Contractor</div>
<div>Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training</div>
<div>509-674-1853 <a href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com"> deniserob@gmail.com</a></div>
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<pumpkinracer@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Professionals in Blindness Education
Division List <pibe-division@nfbnet.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:23
AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Pibe-division]
Old School vs New School Approaches<br></font><br>
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<div>On the topic of Old School vs New School...</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>All the best.</div>
<div>DrV </div>
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