[Athen] Question about using a magnifyer in the classroom

[Robert Beach]

What system are you currently using? If the person wants to magnify both the board and handwriting at the same time, that sounds like a dual camera system. Some systems make it very easy to move the camera between the two positions. If you have something like the Transformer, maybe connecting a web cam to magnify the board and use the Transformer to magnify the handwriting. Then he would only have to switch between screens on the laptop, if you're using a laptop.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
Phone: 913-288-7671
Email: rbeach at kckcc.edu<mailto:rbeach at kckcc.edu>

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:52 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Athen] Question about using a magnifyer in the classroom

We are a community college. I have one low-vision student who can barely see the board in the first row, so we want to supply him with a video magnifier for the classroom.

Ours have a rotating camera to magnify either the board or the textbook. Many of my students love these magnifiers.

But the current student says it's too difficult to magnify both his handwriting and the whiteboard at the same time. Not having enough vision myself for it to be useful, I'm unsure if this kid is making excuses or it's a real problem. My other students tend to just snap pictures of the board and deal with those photos later, but this student says what's on the board is interactive and he needs to switch between writing, reading the board and reading the textbook in remedial math.

This student is resisting using any sort of low-vision aid, but he's getting to the point where one is necessary.

What suggestions do you have for coping with this kind of situation? How have students coped with the problem of magnifying both the board and their handwriting, for example?

--Debee

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