Another good site for learning about braille is The Braille Bug, on the =
American Foundation's website http://www.afb.org/braillebug/
And, for those of you in California, the California School for the Blind =
is presenting a traveling exhibit from the Marie and Eugene Callahan =
Museum, part of the American Printing House for the Blind, from Jan 13, =
2003 to Feb. 13, 2003. The exhibition describes the evolution of tactile =
writing for blind people from the frist experiments in the 18th century =
to the development of braille and the invention of the Braille writer. =
The exhibit has original artifacts, reproductions, graphics, tactile =
exhibits and hands-on activities. It is open to schools, parents, =
agencies, and the general public, but you need to make an appointment.
If you would like more info, see =
http://www.csb-cde.ca.gov/Documents/Current.htm
Elizabeth Hart
Library Technical Assistant
California School for the Blind
Fremont, CA 94536
ehart@csb-cde.ca.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: S Brisco [mailto:sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:01 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GEN: January is...
January is also "Braille Literacy Month"-- January 4th was Louis =
Braille's
birthday. As a former librarian for blind and visually impaired =
students,
we celebrated this month by reading books in braille, practicing writing =
and
testing in braille, and showing others the importance of braille in =
areas
that many who are sighted take for granted--- restaurant menus, signs =
on
doors or classrooms, signs posted on bulletin boards, greeting cards, =
the
latest novels, monthly magazines, hand-outs in classrooms or assemblies,
etc.
For a special "twist" on something different, I would encourage any who =
are
interested in doing something fun to check out Hot Braille
(http://www.hotbraille.com ) to learn more about writing and reading in
braille. For more information on Louis Braille, you can do a simple =
Google
search to find tons of stuff about him, his life, and the controversy
concerning the braille code... (did you know that the blind were once
FORBIDDEN to write in braille because their teachers could not read it? =
Did
you also know that other "braille" codes were invented around the same =
time
that Louis Braille invented the code used today, but never adopted by =
the
blind community? See these websites:
http://www.brailleauthority.org/history.html
http://www.nyise.org/blind/
Have fun!
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jody Gerlock" <jody_gerlock@PDS.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: GEN: January is...
> January 2003 is.....
>
> Book Blitz Month
> Bread Machine Baking Month
> Celebration of Life Month
> Coffee Gourmet Month
> Family Fit Lifestyle Month
> International Creativity Month
> International Quality of Life Month
> Japanese ERA New Year
> National Be On-Purpose Month
> National Clean Up Your Computer Month
> National Glaucoma Awareness Month
> National High-Tech Month
> National Hobby Month
> National Hot Tea Month
> National Mailorder Gardening Month
> National Mentoring Month
> National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
> National Poverty in America Awareness Month
> National Radon Action Month
> National Soup Month
> Oatmeal Month
> UN: Decade for Human Rights Education 1995-2004;
> Decade for the Eradication of Poverty 1997-2006;
> International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence =
for
the
> Children of the World 2001-2010;
> International Decade for the World's Indigenous People =
1995-2004;
> Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Nations, =
Particularly in
> Africa; International Year of Freshwater; Literacy
Decade 2003-2012;
> Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism 2001-2010
>
> Diet Resolution Week (1/1-1/7)
> National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week (1/1-1/7)
> New Year's Resolutions Week (1/1-1/7)
> Silent Record Week (1/1-1/7)
> New Year's Day/St. Basil's Day (1/1)
> Get a Life Day (1/1)
>
> Tell Someone We'll Laugh about This Week (1/5-1/11)
> National Graves' Disease Awareness Week (1/6-1/10)
> National Thank Your Customers Week (1/6-1/10)
> Epiphany or Twelfth Day (1/6)
> National Smith Day (1/6)
> Russia: Christmas (1/7)
> Old Calendar Orthodox Christmas (1/7)
>
> International Printing Week (1/12-1/18)
> Home Office Safety and Security Week (1/12-1/18)
> National Clean Off Your Desk Day (1/13)
> Humanitarian Day (1/15)
> National Nothing Day (1/16)
> Religious Freedom Day (1/16)
>
> Healthy Weight Week (1/19-1/25)
> National Creative Frugality Week (1/19-1/25)
> National Handwriting Analysis Week (1/20-1/26)
> National Nurse Anesthetists Week (1/19-1/25)
> Penguin Awareness Day (1/19)
> Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Holiday (1/20)
> National Hugging Day (1/21)
> Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day (1/21)
> Answer Your Cat's Question Day (1/22)
> National Handwriting Day (1/23)
> Catholic Schools Week (1/26-2/1)
> Superbowl XXXVII (1/26)
> Free Thinker's Day (1/29)
> National Puzzle Day (1/29)
> National Inane Answering Message Day (1/30)
>
> Enjoy!
> Jody
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Jody Gerlock, Librarian, Upper School phone (609) 924-6700 ext. =
241
> Princeton Day School fax (609) =
924-7278
> P.O. Box 75, The Great Road email: Jody_Gerlock@pds.org
> Princeton, NJ 08542
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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