[bksvol-discuss] Re: paragraphing redux
- From: Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:04:47 -0700
Hi Cindy,
You are right in theory. Kids should have proper examples
to follow. However, again, no matter whether you indent, put in five
spaces, or skip lines, Bookshare's processing tools will strip any of
that. If kids are using daisy readers, I am pretty sure that either
blank lines will be inserted between paragraphs, or the paragraphs
will be indented. One or the other will be selected
automatically. But still, what you do makes absolutely no
difference. Your tabs, spaces, and blank lines will be
stripped. The best that we can hope for is that the daisy readers
indent by default.
If you want anything else to be standard procedure, you will
need to take it up with Bookshare's engineering staff. And anything
you do inregard to inserting tabs or blank lines is purely for your
own peace of mind.
Peace,
Mayrie
At 01:00 AM 4/9/2008, you wrote:
I know we recently had a discussion about whether
indenting paragraphs was necessary, and I learned that
it really isn't because the reader can do the
indenting if he/she wants, or skip lines between
paragraphs if he/she wants. All that is necessary for
me as the validator to do is to hit return and thus
create the new paragraph symbol.
That certainly saves time and effort, but as I proceed
gayly along validating this book for young adults
without indenting paragraphs,m I'm wondering--what are
they learning? For school-age children from K - high
school, shouldn't I be indenting so that they learn
how to write in paragraphs? If they write compositions
or term papers without paragraphs indented and say
that the books they've been reading (from
bookshare)are written that way...?
Please advise me ASAP.
G.Cindy
***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE
COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
____________________________________________________________________________________
You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of
Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.
http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a
list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
Other related posts:
