[nabs] Accessible Maps?

[Dornetta]

Hello All!
I would like to thankyou all for your response to my question but I have 
decided to drop the course. I will venturing into another stage in my 
academic life by attending a college where this class is not needed. So 
again, thanks
Netta
"Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
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From: "Zack Olson" <zack.olson.85 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nabs] Accessible Maps?


> Dornetta,
>
> I think I'd have to agree with Laura on this one.  I took a Middle Eastern 
> History course a few years ago at my community college.  There were map 
> assignments for the class, and for a while I tried to do the assignments 
> as anyone else in class would.  Even though I have some useable vision, 
> the task proved to be so difficult that I didn't feel the assignments were 
> a productive use of my time.  I worked with the professor to find 
> alternative assignments to do.  Basically, what he had me do was present a 
> list of some of the countries that existed in the region during the time 
> period we were studying and present some bullet points for each country. 
> Like Laura said, I gave information on which countries bordered other 
> countries and things like that.  I think you would find that even with 
> tactile maps, the assignments would monopolize a great deal of time that 
> is needed for other things.
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