[blindkid] 4th Grade Math and introduction of technology

[Brandy with Discovery Toys]

A typical Perkins Braille writer. It helps if you set the margins in the 
back of the machine for the furthest left the problem will need the carriage 
to go. Bran


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tene Gibson" <g_tene305 at yahoo.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] 4th Grade Math and introduction of technology


> What type of braille writer did you use?
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> ________________________________
> From: Brandy with Discovery Toys <branlw at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 6:39:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] 4th Grade Math and introduction of technology
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> Hi, As others have said it is important that a blind child do math in 
> Braille. I did my math on the Braille writer through high school. I did 
> learn the abacus and used it for some of my math but when other kids had 
> to show their work so did I. This made a huge difference for me in 
> college. I was able to understand what professors were doing on the board 
> with out seeing it. I really think this is because I always did my math in 
> nemith on the Braille Writer. I think the math window may help especially 
> for learning concepts. I also didn't get a calculator till my peers did 
> some time in 7 or 8th grade.Good luck. Bran
>
>
> "We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called 
> memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams."
> Jeremy Irons
>
> Brandy Wojcik
> Discovery Toys Group Manager and Educational Consultant
>
> Shop online any time!
> www.playtoachieve.com
> (512) 231-8697
>
> Let me know if I can help with any of the following:
> * Starting your own Discovery Toys business
> * Best buy bundles allow you to shop at a discount year round
> * How you can earn toys for free
> * Gift baskets for all ages
> * Gift certificates
> * Office setups and much more
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tene Gibson" <g_tene305 at yahoo.com>
> To: "BVI-parents" <bvi-parents at yahoogroups.com>; "(for parents of blind 
> children) NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 2:36 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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