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I guess my query about “best practice” touched a nerve with some of my friends/ colleagues… responses are still coming..
As part of an instructional methods class at PCO a group of graduate students (both working and pre-service TVI’s) brainstormed a list of what is ”Best Practice” for working with VI students. 

 I remember being a bit [...]

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I initially thought this was going to be easy… I’ve heard the term “best practice” for years… and used it often. But now, I had to think about what it meant. So, I went looking for a definition. Ha… not as easy as I thought. I spent several hours searching for this elusive definition, and came [...]

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http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki
That gave me some good starting information, and an intriguing definition…
Wiki is in Ward’s original description:
The simplest online database that could possibly work.
I’m going to copy/paste part of the definition directly from the website because it’s easier to talk about it with a frame of reference:
Wiki is a piece of server software that [...]

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I had every intentions of posting about a wiki… I find it a fascinating tool. I WILL post about a wiki… AFTER I tell you about my adventure.
I created a new blog. I was so proud of it, until I realized I put it in the wrong place… it’s on the edublogs COMMUNITY board… [...]

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As many of you know, I am (in week 7 of) teaching a university braille class. We use Blackboard, which (as anything in life) has its assets and liabilities. This year (as a result of my new learning and desire to decrease the social distance) I established a section on the Discussion Board called Just for You.  [...]

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I heard this podcast about 5 or 6 times… the first 4 times were the beginning over and over and over again until I could teach my i-river how to continue after I had stopped it. The last 2 times, I took notes because there was so much I wanted to ask. I’ve got a lot [...]

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I was away attending the APH annual meetings, and met (ftf) Chuck, Shawn, Loana, Julie, and Kay. Blogging and IM are fun, but nothing (IMHO) beats a smile and a hug. It was neat to see what you guys look like!
I said I would reprint the “tying up the cat” story that I share [...]

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Hi, Chuck –
I’m going to copy/paste 2 comments from your comments to Nate’s post and stick them in my blog b/c they’re important to me, and I don’t want to lose them later.
you wrote:
“As to what questions to ask, I am fascinated by your remark a few posts ago about the inappropriateness [...]

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Michelle, I can’t post a comment on your blog. I’ve tried it as many ways as I can tinker, and I keep on getting an error message b/c I can’t type my name in the name box. So, let me try to reach you and comment this way. I just want you to know that [...]

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Most people eat dessert at the end of a meal. Parents say that their children have to finish dinner before they can get dessert. Some folks have dessert every night. Some red-hatters eat dessert first. But for most people, dessert signifies the satisfying end of a meal – usually a meal shared with family and [...]

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