Wow, you must have a fantastic school to be able to get a test in braille. Cindy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of david Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:07 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] braille note on testing Well, the test is in braille. I will just dictate the answers and they will be filled on a bubble sheet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "slery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:30 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] braille note on testing >I have not been following this thread but did want to comment on this. > While using a reader is a reasonable accommodation, unless they are going > to > braille your test it is not equal. By using the braillenote, we are able > to > "read" not listen to a test just like our sighted peers. > > If a person is going to cheat, they will find any way to do it. Using a > reader could provide the student the opportunity to cheat. Unless the > reader is provided for them. But then that brings a disadvantage to the > student because a new reader on the spot does not know how the student > prefers things to be read. > > As a last note, and to make sure we stay on topic, I know several students > that use a braillenote to take a test. They are very successful and take > the class right in the class room and can ask questions as allowed and get > the same last minute information as their peers. I personally was > disadvantage on a test because I had to take it at the DSS office and did > not know what a prof was asking for on a section because he explained it > that day during class to my peers. > > Cindy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rose Combs > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:47 PM > To: 'Braillenote List' > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] braille note on testing > > > Personally, I don't know about using a braille note on a test, but if we > are > expected to take tests, especially post secondary that are administered > via > computer than we should have some access to the testing and not be > expected > to use a reader. Obviously if the test is being given to others in a > printed format than a reader is a reasonable accommodation, but if > mainstream is using the computer to take the tests then we should be able > to > do so also. > > > > > Rose Combs > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karyn > Campbell > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:50 AM > To: 'Braillenote List' > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] braille note on testing > > Mike, you still have the cheating factor as well as the fact that sighted > students are not allowed to use computers, calculators or PDAs for > testing. > That being the case, we should not be allowed either. Case closed. > > Take care. > > **All outgoing messages scanned using Norton Antivirus 2006. > > Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
