Hi all,
Today I've spent at UTS doing a block class. I've got lots of ideas/thoughts, so you'll probably see two posts close together from me.
Firstly, thank you to those of you in this course who have submitted work. I hope to finish marking your work early next week, so you'll have plenty of time to make any necessary corrections and to re-do those braille exercises that need resubmitting.
For those of you who feel you're already a long way behind and that you'll "never catch up". Maybe at this time braille for Educators is not for you. However, if this is the case please see me and together we might be able to arrange something to better suit your immediate needs. (For example, if you are a braille transcriber it is good to know the mechanics of braille, however, within a few short lessons I can show you how to transcribe a simple novel in braille using the Duxbury Braille translator.) This will not get you your braille certificate, but could greatly benefit braille-using students in schools. You might need some help to correctly label the cover of the book, because you won't necessarily know how to use the Perkins or other types of braille writers, but you could produce the bulk of a braille book and this would be greatly appreciated. It won't take much more, once you know the basics of Duxbury to produce a whole braille textbook.
I started teaching braille because I truly wanted people to "love braille rather than hate it", so maybe there's a different way for you to be able to love it too.
Happy Brailling!
Nicola
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