Hi all,
Gail Bryant writes:
> Easier said than done. You'd have to almost check with the factory
> databases to see whose Braillenote was whose. Believe me when I say
> the name helps. I've had to look at a name and phone number for
> example to get the right notetaker back to the right person.
Gail, there is, at least in the recent run of cases, a card slot in
the flap of the BN's case. Put a business card in there. Put a card
with kid's name, address and phone number in Print, and Braille on the
back. Tie a luggage tag to the strap. Tie a plastic rose to the ring
on the side of the unit. Put contact info in the Flashdisk in a doc
file. Take the case to a leather shop and have one of those brass ID
tags rivetted to it. Think out of the box! With the new cases,
there is absolutely no reason to use the BrailleNote outside the case.
(soap box mode on) Also, you might consider changing policy in your
department. When a kid gets a BrailleNote, he or she gets a luggage
tag or a business card or something to label the dingdong BrailleNote.
I saw audible luggage tags at Blind Mice Mart for a reasonable price.
Reward responsible behavior on the part of students. Take away their
privileges if they lose their BrailleNotes or misplace them. Shoot, I
lost my study hall in sixth grade for three months because I left my
soprano recorder at home three rehearsals in a row. A soprano
recorder is a heck of a lot cheaper than a BrailleNote, but I never
did it again. In our school if you were on privileges you could study
whereever you wanted to study, including in the open air. You didn't
have to have a pass or anything, and you didn't have to report to a
study hall. Believe me, it worked! Make the kids responsible, not
Humanware! Since when are kids not supposed to be responsible for
their own equipment, or has having full-time aides in the classroom
turned all their minds to mush and their consciences to swis cheese?
Remember that Freedom Scientific and Microsoft assume that a user is
too stupid to live so they do all your work for you. Teach your
students to be truly independent souls who take responsibility for
their own actions and their own failings in life! (Soap box mode off)
Ann P.
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