[blindkid] 4th Grade Math and introduction of technology
Tene Gibson
g_tene305 at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 3 13:50:26 UTC 2009
How do we lessen the frustration? Although I may agree some repitition, I believe that in some circles that the "drilling" method, even in children with sight, has been proven defunct. Lord knows both of my children hold to the standard "I did that already and I am not doing it again." Na'im has no problem identifying the concept of math or the process it takes to get from point A to point B. The issue is when do we move in the 21st century? When do we grasp what we have available in the schools as far as technology is concerned? I learned how to start a fire by rubbing sticks, but I still prefer matches or a lighter.
Tene
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From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009 11:11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] 4th Grade Math and introduction of technology
Depends upon the child. However, I am of the opinion that all that
Perkins brailler math time will stand him in good stead in the years to
come. It has been my observation that the only blind kids and adults who
truly grasp and are facile with arithmetic and, to some extent, with
higher math such as algebra and, later on, the calculus, used the
Perkins brailler to work the problems out in the same way they would
were they sighted.
Yes, it's frustrating. But no one ever said blindness wasn't an infernal
nuisance.
Mike Freeman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tene Gibson" <g_tene305 at yahoo.com>
To: "BVI-parents" <bvi-parents at yahoogroups.com>; "(for parents of blind
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:36 PM
Subject: [blindkid] 4th Grade Math and introduction of technology
Thanks to NCLB, I am finding that my 9yo is getting caught up in the
crunch to meet certain benchmarks with his sighted peers. Although I
believe my child is an exceptionally bright child, I am sensing that he
is stressed out by long division and multiplication (lining up problems
on the Perkins being the main culprit). He is a type A personality so
perfection is his goal and he gets caught up in the nuances of the
problem set up instead of getting the answer. From a sighted
perspective, I can understand his angst when having to go up, down,
left, right, and sideways on a Perkins just for one problem alone and
sometimes having to start all over if not lined up correctly. All we do
with Math is erase with a pencil eraser.
My question I guess is when is the right to introduce technology into
the classroom curriculum. He is one and half years shy of being in
middle school. I have the Duxbury software, the screen reader, the
notetaker, and the embosser. When can we put Perkins down for limited
use.
Tene
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