---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear Marianne, I wondered about the iPhone, to be honest. Our school policy is no cell phones in class, so I was hoping for a different sort of device. HOWEVER, if she used the iPhone, which apps? built ins? would be helpful to her? Thanks, Jane On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Marianne Denning <marianne@denningweb.com> wrote: > I would look at an iPhone or iPad if she will have access to the Internet > once she graduates. Most blind people are doing a lot on their Idevices. > Otherwise, we need several things but we can do so much with an iPhone. > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Jane Harty <janeharty56@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> What do you recommend for a student of mine who's a brilliant audio >> learner and who (at this juncture) has no reading medium? She graduates in >> May, and I'd like her to have a technology tool to keep track auditorily of >> upcoming events and notes to herself, etc. >> Fifteen years ago, I worked with a high school teacher who's totally >> blind and used a Digital Voice Recorder from Brookstone. He was able to >> record on three different tracks and carried the small device in his >> pocket. One track was for absences, one for an address book of sorts and >> the third for a calendar. It was a marvelous tool that he could depend >> upon to keep him on track (no pun intended ;-)). >> This is the sort of item I'd like her to use well before graduating, so >> we can work out the kinks together. I assume that in 15-years this >> technology has improved. >> Your feedback is appreciated. >> Sincerely, >> Jane D. Harty >> Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments >> Mississippi School for the Blind >> Jackson, MS >> >> >> You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and >> Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. >> >> To post a message to all the list members, send an email to >> aernet@lists.aerbvi.org. >> >> Address list requests to: aernet-request@lists.aerbvi.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailma >> n/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to >> unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. >> _______________________________________________ >> AERNet mailing list >> AERNet@lists.aerbvi.org >> http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org >> >> > > > -- > Marianne Denning, TVI, MA > Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired > (513) 607-6053 >

If the school has a problem with a phone in class they will just have to make an exception. This easiest way to do this is make sure it's in the IEP. > On Sep 25, 2016, at 6:58 PM, Jane Harty <janeharty56@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Dear Marianne, > I wondered about the iPhone, to be honest. Our school policy is no cell phones in class, so I was hoping for a different sort of device. HOWEVER, if she used the iPhone, which apps? built ins? would be helpful to her? > Thanks, > Jane > >> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Marianne Denning <marianne@denningweb.com> wrote: >> I would look at an iPhone or iPad if she will have access to the Internet once she graduates. Most blind people are doing a lot on their Idevices. Otherwise, we need several things but we can do so much with an iPhone. >> >>> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Jane Harty <janeharty56@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Dear Colleagues, >>> What do you recommend for a student of mine who's a brilliant audio learner and who (at this juncture) has no reading medium? She graduates in May, and I'd like her to have a technology tool to keep track auditorily of upcoming events and notes to herself, etc. >>> Fifteen years ago, I worked with a high school teacher who's totally blind and used a Digital Voice Recorder from Brookstone. He was able to record on three different tracks and carried the small device in his pocket. One track was for absences, one for an address book of sorts and the third for a calendar. It was a marvelous tool that he could depend upon to keep him on track (no pun intended ;-)). >>> This is the sort of item I'd like her to use well before graduating, so we can work out the kinks together. I assume that in 15-years this technology has improved. >>> Your feedback is appreciated. >>> Sincerely, >>> Jane D. Harty >>> Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments >>> Mississippi School for the Blind >>> Jackson, MS >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. >>> >>> To post a message to all the list members, send an email to aernet@lists.aerbvi.org. >>> >>> Address list requests to: aernet-request@lists.aerbvi.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> AERNet mailing list >>> AERNet@lists.aerbvi.org >>> http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA >> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired >> (513) 607-6053 > > > You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. > > To post a message to all the list members, send an email to aernet@lists.aerbvi.org. > > Address list requests to: aernet-request@lists.aerbvi.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. > _______________________________________________ > AERNet mailing list > AERNet@lists.aerbvi.org > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org