[tabi] Fw: Hear about a student who uses one finger and reads braille at 300 words per minute

From: "Denyece Roberts, MSW, RCSW" <peace05@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:40:17 -0500
Hear about a student who uses one finger and reads braille at 300 words per 
minuteThis is interesting, wanted to share.
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From: Edward Bell, Louisiana Tech University 
To: peace05@xxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:01 AM
Subject: Hear about a student who uses one finger and reads braille at 300 
words per minute


                  Happy Friday!
                  At the end of a busy week, we have a story that's sure to 
make you smile, courtesy of Jerry Whittle. Plus, we have news about 
accessibility testing for the assessments linked to the Common Core State 
Standards (CCSS).
                 
           
                 
           
                        Testing PARCC (Common Core) for Accessibility

                        Forty-five states, plus the District of Columbia, have 
adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and along with the standards 
come new assessments. The Partnership for Assessment of College and Career 
Readiness (PARCC) will field test its CCSS-derived assessments with over one 
million students during the spring of 2014. The majority of these tests will... 
Read more »

                        The post Testing PARCC (Common Core) for Accessibility 
appeared first on Blog on Blindness.

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                        Stories of One-of-a-Kind Braille Readers

                        After 27 years of teaching, you’re bound to have some 
pretty interesting stories. We asked Jerry Whittle, who retired last year from 
the Louisiana Center for the Blind to share some of his favorites. One of the 
most remarkable braille reading demonstrations that I ever witnessed was when 
one of my students read more than... Read more »

                        The post Stories of One-of-a-Kind Braille Readers 
appeared first on Blog on Blindness.

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                        When you teach braille, you'll be rewarded.
                        If teaching literacy, reading, and independence appeals 
to you, consider working in the field of blindness. We're serious about 
training the next generation of braille teachers. Our graduates tell us that 
the greatest sense of accomplishment is watching their students learn to read 
and write with braille. Research has proven that when blind and low-vision 
children learn to use the code of raised dots, they are more likely to succeed 
in school, be employed at rates equal to their sighted peers, and live 
independent, productive lives. Today, however, only 10 percent of children who 
are classified as "legally blind" learn to read and write braille. Learn how 
you can change this depressing statistic »
                       


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[tabi] Fw: Hear about a student who uses one finger and reads braille at 300 words per minute

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