[nabs-l] in class writing

Fri Jan 11 01:47:24 UTC 2013

i just use my iPad, and or laptop. but i sit somewhere close to the teacher, in case they want to see if i am taking notes, or doing the written assignment. this way, there is no question about what i am really doing. i use zoom text on my laptop, and the print on my iPad is so huge, that a teacher can see it, from a pretty good distance. 

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On Jan 10, 2013, at 16:15, Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ashley and all:
> I agree with everything that has been said on this thread. I would
> just like to add a few pointers.
> In college, in addition to purchasing paper folders and binders, I
> also bought about three or four thumb drives. Depending on the
> professor, I might have a thumb drive for just hat course. Most
> college have Wifi everywhere, so if you have a laptop in class
> assignments should never be a problem. However, you have to have a
> plan and discuss it with your professor beforehand. I had an Italian
> class, where the teacher would sometimes write the quiz questions on
> the board. Instead of making me go to the ODS office, she would email
> me the quiz right before class, and I would download it once I got
> into the classroom. As it was a foreign language, and depending on the
> quiz, I'd sometimes take that file, put it in my Braille Note and
> answer the questions. I'd then email it to her right away, and would
> be done along with everyone else in class.
> If you are doing an in-class writing assignment, part of the
> educational challenge is to do it in a short amount of time. So, it is
> not really fair to have an in-class writing assignment, take it home,
> complete it, and then send it to the professor. Instead, if you do not
> have a laptop, I suggest writing it in your braille note, saving it in
> your thumb drive, and giving that to your professor. Otherwise, most
> professors are ok with you emailing things as soon as possible, with
> the understanding that the assignment was completed during class.
> In most colleges, students have their own laptops, and at least a
> handful will bring them to class. So, when it comes to peer-review,
> most of the time, the professors will announce that it is a planned
> activity for a given class. In that case I have done one of two
> things.
> 1. I know that other students bring laptops and pair up with one of
> them. We exchange files via email or thumb drive, and do the editing.
> 2. I notify the professor ahead of time, if they do not allow
> electronics in the classroom, my dilemma, and we figure out a
> solution. that has involved, emailing the assignment to a student
> ahead of time, bringing a print copy and them sending me an electronic
> copy, or simply lifting the electronics band for that particular
> assignment.
> Whatever you choose to do, discuss it with the professor. It is not
> their responsibility to figure out your accommodations for you. You
> are not their only student. So, have a candid conversation during
> which you bring up these scenarios and together you figure out a
> course of action. As blind students who need accommodations, we must
> always keep in mind that we have to take responsibility for our own
> education. While in a perfect world everything would be accessible,
> and everyone would think of the barriers we might face during a
> particular class activity and justify for it, that is not the way it
> works. Here, I'd also like to add a note about always, always abiding
> by the honor code. Professors put a lot of trust in us when they allow
> us to use technologies which most of them do not understand, in order
> for us to have access to the educational materials we need. So, it is
> important, that as responsible, mature adults, we always abide by the
> honor code, and are ethical in the decisions we make when doing our
> academic work. There should never be a question whether accommodations
> compromise academic integrity, and unfortunately the question does
> arise on occasion. And in the long run, that hurts the entire disabled
> student population, and entities will take the few instances where
> accommodations were used to violate academic integrity as a reason why
> accommodations should not be granted. Furthermore, if a student uses
> their accommodations to cheat, if they are caught they now have a
> permanent blemish on their academic record. But even if they are not,
> that student is not actually learning, and so what is the point of
> paying sometimes, hundreds of thousands of dollars to attend an
> educational institution and then squander away the opportunity to
> learn?
> 
> Ok, that's my rant for the day.
> Mary
> 
> 
> On 1/9/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Laptops are the easiest way to go.  We did the same sort of thing with
>> in class writings and peer critiques in a history class I had, and
>> having my partner just look at my screen worked great.  If not then if
>> your professor permits computer use maybe you could save the writing
>> to a flashdrive as a text file and have someone else with a laptop
>> peer review it on their machine?  Then you could also hand that drive
>> to the teacher and not have to worry about remembering to email it in
>> or do anything with it later.
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> On 1/9/13, Lisa E Roszyk <rosz1878 at fredonia.edu> wrote:
>>> If thbere is in class writing Iuse my laptop if Iknow its going to be
>>> something Iwont have enough time to finishb in class Iwait until ikm back
>>> in the dorm then email it to the teacher if its a peer edit project it
>>> depen.ds on the subject but on.e thing Ihave done is find a partner and
>>> get
>>> the ok to do the work out side of class with them generally typing over
>>> skype or google doc is great you can type and edit automatically on each
>>> others documents and Ihave foun.d jaws works ok with it.
>>> 
>>> On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, christopher nusbaum
>>> <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> What about peer editing?
>>>> 
>>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 8:19 PM, Misty Dawn Bradley <mistydbradley at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> As for me, I usually type it on my laptop and then email it to the
>>> professor using Wifi. Also, if the professor needs access to the writing
>>> in
>>> class, if you are using a laptop, you can have your instructor look at
>>> the
>>> screen. If you are doing writing as a group, you can type things out and
>>> let your group members look at the screen. I had one situation in which
>>> we
>>> had an assignment as a group that we had to write a list of things and
>>> then
>>> place them on a white board for the class to see, so I just took down the
>>> list on my laptop and brought the laptop up while another group member
>>> copied what I had written onto the board. As far as assignments that I do
>>> alone in class, my professors so far have been fine with me emailing it
>>> whenever I was able to get internet access, whether it be at school or
>>> when
>>> I got home as long as I sent it in on the day of the assignment. Perhaps
>>> you can make an appointment with the professor ahead of time to work out
>>> a
>>> plan or place it in your letter of accomodations that you need to email
>>> class assignments after class is over or at home. Another way to do it is
>>> a
>>> thumb drive that you save for this purpose that the professor can get the
>>> file from and then give back to you. If your note taker has a USB drive,
>>> this might be a good option.
>>>>> Hth,
>>>>> Misty
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Bramlett" <
>>> bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <
>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 7:47 PM
>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] in class writing
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Professors ask us students to do in-class writing sometimes. Typically
>>> its unannounced; its not like its on the syllabus but the professor knows
>>> it usually; I mean they know when they will assign in class writing.
>>> Students are given a certain  amount of time to write and then hand in
>>> the
>>> writing. They may share the writing with each other or the class as well.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How do you handle in class writing assignments? Do you write them on a
>>> notetaker or laptop you take to school? How do you hand it in since we
>>> are
>>> not writing on paper? So far, I’ve usually written outside class and
>>> emailed the copy to the professor.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have good enough braille skills to read from my braille display to
>>> other students, but I don’t usually finish the writing.
>>>>>> I wish there was a computer lab in every building. Then I could walk
>>> over there, type my writing prompt and then email it to the professor.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I look forward to ideas.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ashley
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>> Kaiti
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> forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
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> Maya Angelou
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