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Tag Archives: BANA

With One Semester To Go, Clouds Remain over Braille in Math and Science

29 Jul
"Microscope," by University of Liverpool Faculty of Health & Life Sciences on Flickr

As teachers of blind students prepare themselves and their students for the January 2016 transition to Unified English Braille (UEB), one area of the tactile code remains unaddressed. The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) voted that UEB would be … Read More »

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If These Students Can Learn Braille in 10 Weeks…

3 Dec

At Louisiana Tech, our master’s degree programs prepare teachers to work with blind and low-vision students. Because our research has shown a strong correlation between employment and braille literacy among the blind, we want our graduates to be fluent in … Read More »

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The World of Tactile Graphics: Tips and Best Practices for Teachers and Instructors

15 Jan

At T-Base Communications, we are leaders in tactile graphics at some of the largest educational institutions in the world, spanning across Canada and the U.S. We are very fortunate to have the Chair of the BANA (Braille Authority of North … Read More »

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Here Comes Unified English Braille!

8 Nov
Fingers touching braille dots on a page

The current braille code is tough for elementary students, for there is no way for a transcriber to differentiate between bold, underlined, italicized and colored text. Writing words that have numbers and letters is cumbersome. There’s a need to frequently … Read More »

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