<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Gaier,<br><br>Thanks for the info & referrals. Will follow up with David & Lucia tomorrow.<br><br>Also appreciate your insight. Will share with both the teacher & the student tomorrow.<br><br>Hope all is well<br><br>BTW how does one get a teaching certificate/license for college in CA?<br><br>Wink<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Gaeir Dietrich" <gdietrich@htctu.net><br><b>To: </b>"Access Technology Higher Education Network" <athen@athenpro.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:13:30 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Athen] tactile astronomy resources<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">A professor at Edinboro University did
some wonderful astronomy tactiles a number of years ago. His name was Dr. David
Hurd and his e-mail was <a href="mailto:dhurd@edinboro.edu" target="_blank">dhurd@edinboro.edu</a>.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">You might also try contacting Lucia Hasty.
I believe she knew David, and I have a very vague memory that maybe she had
access to his tactiles…not sure.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Astronomy is actually a great science for
a blind student to take. When it comes to star charts and such, tactile
diagrams really do convey as much as pictures do. A sighted student is not
going to get much more information with their eyes than the blind student can
get with their fingers—and that is unusual in the sciences where
observation is so much a part of them. The stars are so far away that none of
us can really tell all that much by looking. Mostly astronomy is very
theoretical, and that aspect really makes it quite accessible. I know it’s
non-intuitive, but I often encouraged blind students to take astronomy—especially
if they had never seen.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span></font><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"></span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich</span></font><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"><br>
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</span></font><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">De Anza College, Cupertino, CA</span></font><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"><br>
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<p><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b><strong>On Behalf Of </strong></b>Wink Harner<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 20, 2011
9:15 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Access Technology Higher
Education Network'<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Kevin Healy;
DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Athen] tactile astronomy
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi
all ATHEN-ites </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We
need resources for a student who is significantly VI who needs some tactile
resources for an intro astronomy class.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
lab portion of the class covers the northern hemisphere winter/spring seasons;
the lecture portion of the class covers the whole sky. We have an astronomy
dome lab for observation. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We
expect to be able to do raised line printing for some of the handouts &
charts. The instructor(s) have provided all materials in PDF format which our
adaptive lab can either enlarge w/contrast or produce raised-line charts.
Student is a JAWS user; instructor(s) use WEBCT for all homework
assignments. We are providing a classroom assistant which can also provide
out-of-class assistance to read screens as necessary.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Any
other suggestions will be most welcome!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please
let us know ASAP about any tactile astronomy resources available…Thanks
in advance for your collective wisdom and willingness to share resources &
solutions.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wink
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