[Blindtlk] slate and stylus, was, abacus

[Judy Jones]

Pencils, pens, slates and styluses will never die.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Portillo" <jp100 at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] slate and stylus, was, abacus


> Oh, the slate is invaluable.
> Note takers crash, and sometimes, we don't have the advantage of a note
> taker.
> I learned it at the Louisiana Center, and I wasn't too keen on the idea at
> the time.  Nonetheless, it was after leaving the center that I saw how
> valuable it was.
> I tell my students now that no matter how good technology is, nothing 
> beats
> knowing Braille and knowing how to use a slate.
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Josh" <jkenn337 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:18 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] slate and stylus, was, abacus
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I learned the abacus when I was in pre-school and it was a very useful
>> tool
>> for me throughout school. How many of you still use the slate and stylus
>> to
>> braille things? My wife and I have to use one now because we needed more
>> money so we sold our braillenotes and bookports and now we only have
>> slates.
>> We sold our braille writers too just to get through the last semester of
>> college which we struggled through and failed anyway.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36 at msn.com>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 6:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] abacus?
>>
>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> I remember someone trying to teach me the abacus, but I didn't really
>>> take
>>> to it.  Maybe, it would be fun to really learn.
>>>
>>> Kasondra Payne
>>>
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