[Trainer-Talk] Best assistive technology to present math to a classroom

[Showe Trela]

Hey. This is an older article and the person isn't blind but I wondered if using the Apple pencil with the smart board would work. Sounds really interesting to me... Take a look and let me know your thoughts. 

https://scottpdawson.com/teaching-math-with-the-ipad-pro-and-apple-pencil/

Showe


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> On Jan 27, 2021, at 2:26 PM, Maureen McCleary via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am new to the group and looking forward to hearing from other AT
> professionals. I have experience training clients in AT and test websites
> for accessibility as well for a few customers. My son is visually impaired
> and applying to a Math PhD program under a teaching assistantship at several
> universities. He is not certain what the best approach for presenting to a
> class would be other than using Power Points. When he writes on the board,
> he needs to stand close in order to see the equations as he writes them.
> Combined with the fact of being only 5 feet 6 inches tall, he is unable to
> use the top half of the board. And when he is writing and looking extremely
> close up, his students will not be able to see what he is writing until he
> moves out of the way. Although people block the view to a minor extent when
> working out math problems, they can point to the equations from a distance
> in a natural manner.        
> 
> 
> 
> Wondering what do visually impaired professors or teaching assistants use
> for presenting? Looked at the Connect and it is not very responsive and not
> sure if you can write with it and somehow share the screen. Planning to look
> at the MagniLink TAB since he has used it with a laptop. Wondering if a Doc
> Cam could be used with it so the students don't see just a magnified portion
> of the material. Any thoughts would be welcome.
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Maureen McCleary
> 
> Accessibility Specialist
> 
> McCleary Consulting LLC
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