From dandrews at visi.com Wed Mar 16 01:07:30 2011 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:07:30 -0500 Subject: [Sd-talk] Fwd: Regarding Education Message-ID: >The President of the NFB of Nebraska is asking >for assistance with an education project. David Andrews > >Greetings Friends: > >Karen Lemmon, a long-time teacher and current >president of our Panhandle Chapter here in >Nebraska asks for your help with the below project. > >Thanks in advance for any help. > >Amy Buresh, President, NFBN > >The GOOD and the BAD >I am looking for information and stories of >personal experiences of blind individuals who >have been through, or are currently involved >in our K-12 classrooms as a blind or low >visioned student. All of us have stories to tell >and I am asking now that you report instances in >your education that made a positive difference >for you in your learning experience. I also want >to know the negative experiences you had as a >blind student, or in other words, what did not >work for you. You do not need to pass on names >of instructors or the name of the school, unless >of course you would like them to receive some >positive mention. I would be appreciative if you >would just submit to me two lists of what was >good and what was bad. I did not go through our >system of education as a blind student, as a >matter of fact I taught school for 18 years in a >system that had no plan to create the >opportunity for blind and low visioned students >to stay in the classroom and learn along side >the sighted students. The information I receive >from you will be very helpful in discussions in >a college level class offered at Chadron State >College titled ‘Resources for teaching blind >Individuals. (EDU 270). Below is an example of >some of the things that have been compiled this >research: Information will be confidential and may be sent to me anonymously. >Please email to: klemmon at bbcwb.net >or mail to my address at: Karen Lemmon > 104 Lemmon Road > Whitney, NE 69367 >My telephone number is 308-667-2054. > > > > >GOOD __ > >1. Examples of rocks and soils were labeled by >my science teacher in braille so that when the >samples were passed around the room I was able >to feel what the rock or soil felt like and to >identify it by name as it was passed around the room. > >2. A music teacher recorded my part on a cassette so that I could learn it . >BAD­­____________________ >1. I had a teacher’s aide assigned to me and she >did most of the work for me which seemed pretty >cool at the time, but as a result I know I missed out on a lot. >2. I used magnification for everything but as my >eyes got progressively worse I found myself >unable to read as I was never taught braille. >Please take part in this as it is very important >that we can relay this information to our future >teachers and we now have an outlet to do that at >Chadron State College. since our work here is in >progress, I would appreciate an immediate response. >Thanks >KLem > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: