Re: Visually challenged students and the graphing calculator

Barb Sallach (bsallach@NMSU.EDU)
Tue, 28 Ja 1997 13:50:47 -0700

Joni, Here at NMSU, Sandy Geiger has a grant that is investigating
different possiblilities. You can contact her at sgeiger@nmsu.edu. I'm
sure she'd be happy to tell you what she knows.

Barb Sallach

>lp !!!
> I do not mean to interrupt your lottery discussion but I really need your
>help
>. Chances are that I will have a visually challenged student in my college
>alge
>bra class next fall. I will be using a graphing calculator extensively.
>However
> this student cannot see the keys on the calculator, the screen on the
>calculat
>or or the projection from the viewscreen. Many of the activities in the class
>a
>re of an investigative nature so the students need to be able to test their
>ide
>as. This makes it very hard to work with a "notetaker". My future student can
>s
>ee what is written on the viewscreen if he holds it at a specific angle and
>tap
>es a piece of white cardboard on the back. I am sure one or more of you
>are/hav
>e been in my situation. What kind of technology is out there? Where can I get
>i
>t from? and how much does it cost ? and where would that money come from?
> Thank you for your time and have a great day. ER
>>>>>>>>
>
>I am not sure of the publisher, but Inkow I saw an advertisement for an
>Algebra text that had a sofware package withit that duplicated the TI82 or
>83. Keep checking. This in a laptop with brightness control might just be
>the perfect solution.
>
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