[Trainer-Talk] Advice for a young student

[Nimer Jaber]

Hello Kerryann,

Learning to type, and learning to use a Windows computer, in my mind, are
very important lessons. it is important to make it fun, and keep the
lessons short if the individual is getting frustrated... turn as many
things as you can into games, or include time for play during your
sessions. Battleship is pretty good, especially if you can have the student
play it in Excel. If you can work with your student on concepts, those are
much more important than keyboard shortcuts in my mind. Also, if you can
get them working with something like Accessible Blockly from Google
<https://blockly-demo.appspot.com/static/demos/accessible/index.html> or Swift
Playgrounds by Apple <https://www.apple.com/everyone-can-code/> they will
get a huge head start, and have fun while learning coding concepts and
computer concepts.

If you have additional questions, please let me know.

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 3:55 PM Marianne Denning via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> First, I would begin teaching the student touch typing. I like either
> Typability or Talking Typing Teacher. Both have levels for young children.
> Typability uses JAWS for speech and teaches some basic JAWS commands.
>
> I use a Braille display connected to the computer. This allows my students
> to create documents in Word, Excel and PPT, edit them and turn them in
> using Google Classroom or e-mail.
>
> Teaching children is very different from teaching adults. The techniques
> are different. Good luck.
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:36 PM Kerryann Ifill via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Iwillshortly be asked to teach a 7 year old totally blind boy. I have a
> > number of questions as I want to offer this youngster the right start.
> > 1. What assistive devices/support would be recommended for this child?
> > i.e. technology or aids.
> > 2. Which typing programme is best suited for teaching someone one so
> young?
> > 3. Would you recommend that he should use a laptop or a tablet with
> > keyboard?
> > 4. Are there any programmes that could translate electronic Braille in to
> > print? In  other words, could he type his lessons in braille on a
> computer
> > and have them translated in to regular print for his mainstream teachers?
> >
> > I look forward to hearing any and all suggestions.
> >
> > Regards
> > Kerryann Ifill
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> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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