[Blindtlk] slate and stylus, was, abacus

[Josh]

no they certainly won't die. My wife and I use our computers more so than 
the slates but we do use them to write things down when we're not at the 
computer.

Josh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Jones" <nfbwatac at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] slate and stylus, was, abacus


> 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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