[Athen] Thoughts on DAISY

[Robert Martinengo]

Susan,

That suggestion was made by Chuck Hitchcock from CAST, so I assume he
is referring to K-12 textbooks being provided in NIMAS that already
have the main idea and topic sentences highlighted in the text.

-- Bob

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. <SKelmer at stlcc.edu> wrote:

> Interesting article.  However, I take exception to the section about

>  topic sentences and main ideas.  If someone wants to do markup for such

>  things, then I, as a non-disabled person, want the same for my books.

>

>  If I had had textbooks in college that highlighted the main topic

>  sentences, I'd have never had to read a textbook all the way through.

>

>  I'm sorry, where's the equal access in this idea?  To me this sounds

>  like way more than equal access, this sounds like learning tools added

>  in to the document, and that, to me, sounds more like enabling than

>  equal access.

>

>  Did anyone else notice this?

>

>  Susan Kelmer

>  Adaptive Technology Specialist

>  Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms/IAL

>  Technology and Educational Support Services/

>  Campus Technology Support Services

>  St. Louis Community College at Meramec

>  314/984-7951

>

>

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