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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Krystal:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Excellent and important question. I have come to learn that predicting the timing of technology development isn’t as easy as one might guess. My hope is that
we will be launching the web site in the late November early December time frame. Not too far off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Natalie
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pibe-division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Krystal Guillory<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb "Braille ReadersAre Leaders" contest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What us the target date for the program to launch, Natalie? <br>
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Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Oct 21, 2012, at 7:24 AM, "Shaheen, Natalie" <<a href="mailto:NShaheen@nfb.org">NShaheen@nfb.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fellow Educators:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I apologize for my tardiness on getting to this particular conversation. This year the NFBJI is expanding the Braille Readers Are leaders program to be an all
year full literacy experience. That is to say, students will have an opportunity to enjoy and learn in both reading and writing. They will also have an opportunity to connect with blind students across the country around Braille, something that they’ve previously
not been able to do through the program. Below is the blurb from the web site about the expansion of Braille Readers Are Leader to Braille Readers Are leaders 360 (BRL360).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This year marks the 30th anniversary of the K-12 Braille Readers Are Leaders program. To celebrate 30 years of success, later this fall we will be expanding the
program and launching Braille Readers Are Leaders 360: A Community of 21st Century Braille Readers—the first-ever accessible online community for children who read Braille! The Braille Readers Are Leaders 360 (BRL360) online community will provide a safe place
online where Braille readers in kindergarten through twelfth grade can share their literacy experience through: online discussions about their favorite books, book trailers, live author chats, videos of themselves reading Braille, and much more! Continuing
with the Braille Readers Are Leaders mission, BRL360 will promote a pride in Braille and a joy of reading among blind children all year long. Stay tuned for more information about the expansion of our K-12 Braille Readers Are Leaders program. Contact us with
your questions at: <a href="mailto:BRL360@nfb.org">BRL360@nfb.org</a> or 410-659-9314, extension 2418.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I look forward to your students’ participation in BRL360. There have been conversations that our parents division may offer something along the lines of the traditional
contest this year. Carlton Walker could speak more to that. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Braille rocks!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Natalie Shaheen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:teal">Natalie L. Shaheen, MEd</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#408080">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Director of Education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Jernigan Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">200 E. Wells Street</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">at Jernigan Place.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Baltimore, MD 21230</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Email:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#408080"><a href="mailto:nshaheen@nfb.org" title="mailto:nshaheen@nfb.org">nshaheen@nfb.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Phone: (410) 659-9314 x2293</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Twitter: @nlshaheen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Fax: (410) 659-5129</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Visit:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#408080"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/" title="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal">"If they do not learn the way you teach, teach the way they learn" --Anonymous</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pibe-division
<a href="mailto:[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org]">[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org]</a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Donahue<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 19, 2012 5:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb "Braille ReadersAre Leaders" contest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hello Mary Jo, Mary Ann, and everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can also register the student at the following Web site:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/bral">http://www.nfb.org/bral</a> (for Braille Readers Are Leaders). There is a “Student Contest” link which you may click, and
then a registration link. The forms are pretty easy to fill out. I hope this helps.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mary Donahue, Adult Contest Participant</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pibe-division
<a href="mailto:[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org]">[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org]</a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>mary jo hartle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb "Braille ReadersAre Leaders" contest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">HI,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> You should contact Natalie Shaheen at the NFB Jernigan Institute. Her email is
<a href="mailto:nshaheen@nfb.org">nshaheen@nfb.org</a> or you can call 410-659-9134 ext. 2293. . I am pretty sure too that there is a website where you will be able to register, but I don’t know the address or when the registration period ends. You may want
to just go to <a href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</a> and look around for a link that talks about the contest.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Mary JO Hartle
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pibe-division [<a href="mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sara Rooz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org">pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb "Braille ReadersAre Leaders" contest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HI:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am a blind certified tvi teaching a blind student this year. Can a tvi or other individual inform me I can enroll my blind student in the nfb "Braille Readers are Leaders"
contest which is sponsored by nfb. My student is an avid Braille reader. Thanks for any assistance any individual can provide me with.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sara Rooz</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> tvi in NYc</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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