That is very nice of you and all the others on this list to offer help. I will forward your email to my students and I will ask for help as I need it.
Thanks, Keith -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nusbaum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:30 PM To: Keith Christian; [email protected] Subject: re: [Braillenote] Best way to read in class Hi Keith, If your students' books have page numbers written in them, I would do what you suggest; that is, doing the find command (space with f on the BT) and searching for the page number. The find command will also work if the teacher reads a part of the text of a book or document and asks the students to go to that section of the text. For example, the teacher might read a subheading such as "Introduction." The student can then open the book, do a find command, and search for Introduction. If this will work, then it doesn't matter if you open the book in the wordprocessor (Keyword) or the book reader (Keybook,) as this command will work in both programs. There apparently is a command to go to a page in the book reader (kind of like the Victor Stream's "go to page" function,) but I don't know the keystroke. Would anyone else on the list know this command? By the way, I am in 8th grade, totally blind, and use my BrailleNote Apex for virtually everything in my classes, so if you or your students have any questions about using the BrailleNote in the classroom, please feel free to email me or to give my email address to your students. My email address is [email protected]. Hope this helps! Chris "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists. If a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical nuisance." -- Kenneth Jernigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Christian" <[email protected] To: <[email protected] Date sent: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:23:20 -0800 Subject: [Braillenote] Best way to read in class Hi, Recently I obtained a few Mpowers for my students. They need to be able to find their spot quickly in books as the class reads them. Is it better to have them read the books in the book reader or in Key Word. I have been asking them to use Key Word because they can drop a string such as xxx to mark their spot when done reading and easily search for their last save the next day. But there must be a better way. When the teacher says open your book to page 172, I have the kids do a space 126 and jump to that page then search for a string of words where they will begin reading. This is often not fast enough. How do you do it? Are there advantages to using the book reader that I just don't know? Are there any pod casts on using the BN in the classroom that would be helpful? These are 3rd and 6th graders. Appreciate your thoughts and tips. Keith ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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 ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
